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Photo # NH 98281:  USS Boston fires a Terrier guided missile, August 1956

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USS Boston (CAG-1) -- Activities and Views On Board, 1955-1966


This page features selected images of USS Boston's activities during 1955-1966, and miscellaneous views taken on board during those years.

For other images related to this ship, see:

  • USS Boston (CAG-1, previously and later CA-69), 1943-1975.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

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    Photo #: NH 98281

    USS Boston (CAG-1)


    Fires a "Terrier" guided missile from her after launcher, during a training cruise in August 1956.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 94KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 98288

    USS Boston (CAG-1)
    (right)
    and
    USS Canberra (CAG-2)

    Nested together at Pier 5, Norfolk Naval Base, during change of command ceremonies in which Rear Admiral Charles B. Martell relieved Rear Admiral Charles L. Melson as Commander Cruiser Division FOUR.
    This photograph accompanied a Commander Cruiser Force, Atlantic Fleet, press release dated 14 April 1958.
    Note the different guided missile guidance radars fitted to these "sister" ships, with Boston having a pair of Mark 25 Mod 7 types, while Canberra has two of the later, and larger, SPQ-5 types.
    USS Intrepid (CVA-11) is on the other side of the pier.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

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    Photo #: NH 98289

    USS Boston (CAG-1)
    (left)
    and
    USS Canberra (CAG-2)

    Steam alongside each other, as they practice high-line operations for the transfer of the World War II Unknown Soldier, 22 April 1958.
    Photographed by Naval Air Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 149KB; 740 x 605 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 54117

    Unknown Servicemen of World War II and the Korean War


    Crewmen of USS Boston (CAG-1) render honors as the first casket is transferred to USS Canberra (CAG-2), prior to ceremonies on board Canberra to select the Unknown Serviceman of World War II. Two more caskets are still on board Boston, visible just aft of the starboard whaleboat davits.
    The ceremonies took place off the Virginia Capes on 26 May 1958.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 122KB; 740 x 615 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 98290

    USS Boston (CAG-1)


    View of the ship's after portion, as she prepares for underway refueling, 15 July 1959.
    The photograph shows both of her launchers for "Terrier" guided missiles, with a pair of Mark 25 Mod 7 guidance radars just ahead of them. An antenna for a SPS-12 radar is atop the pedestal at the right side of the image, with Boston's after starboard 5"/38 twin gun mount below.
    Note the refueling boom rigged alongside the forward missile launcher, and the destroyer Blandy in the left center background.
    This print features the large "NAVY" block frequently used in official public release photographs during the later 1950s.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 116KB; 740 x 600 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 98291

    USS Boston (CAG-1)


    One of the cruiser's 3"/50 twin gun mounts firing during amphibious exercises in the Caribbean Sea, circa 1961.
    The original print is dated (by rubber stamp on its reverse) 2 March 1961.
    Note the ring of burning gas produced by the gun.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 57KB; 740 x 620 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 98292

    USS Boston (CAG-1)


    Crewmen moving crates of provisions during replenishment at sea in the Mediterranean, 8 January 1962.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 128KB; 600 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: USN 1112356

    USS Boston (CAG-1)


    The ship's after port 5"/38 gun mount firing during gunnery practice, 21 November 1964.
    Photographed by PHCS G.R. Phelps.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

    Online Image: 82KB; 740 x 615 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-N-1112356.

     
    Photo #: NH 98293

    USS Boston (CAG-1)


    "'Friendship Lights' aboard Boston cast a glow on the waters of the Bay of Naples during CAG-1's October 3-10 visit to 'Bella Napoli'. A tradition among the ships of the Sixth Fleet, the lights symbolize the peaceful intent of the Fleet's mission in the Mediterranean Sea." (quoted from the original photo caption).
    The original print is undated, but was taken during the mid-1960s.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 59KB; 740 x 605 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 98294

    USS Boston (CAG-1)


    "Relieving on Station...USS Boston CAG-1, world's first guided missile cruiser relieving USS Albany in Augusta Bay, Sicily. The Boston has joined the U.S. Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean as Flagship of a fast carrier strike group." (quoted from the original photo caption). Albany (CG-10) is tied up to Boston's starboard side.
    The photograph was received by "All Hands" magazine on 8 October 1965.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 93KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 98295

    USS Boston (CAG-1)


    "Terrier" guided missiles on one of the cruiser's two missile launchers, while she was moored in the harbor of Beirut, Lebanon.
    The photograph was released on 3 January 1966.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 125KB; 740 x 605 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 98296

    USS Boston (CAG-1)


    CH-46A helicopter from USS Sylvania (AFS-2) lifts a new Tactical Air Navigation (TACAN) radome into position atop Boston's foremast, during replacement of the cruiser's lightning-damaged TACAN transmitter and radome in the Mediterranean Sea.
    The photograph accompanies a USS Boston press release dated 26 February 1966.
    The damage was received in the northern Aegean Sea in January 1966. Due to non-availability of suitable cranes in the area, and the ship's operating schedule, the helicopter was used to remove the original transmitter and install its replacements. Pilots were Lieutenant Commander R.W. Russell and Lieutenant (Junior Grade) T.H. Hoivik. Controller was Lieutenant B.E. Allen, working on the mast platform assisted by Electronics Technicians 3rd Class Ken Lohrey and Jim Ramey.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 123KB; 595 x 765 pixels

     

    Distant View: Photo # NH 98399, a view of USS Canberra (CAG-2) during the International Naval Review at Hampton Roads, Virginia, on 12 June 1957, shows USS Boston (CAG-1) in the distance.

    For other images related to this ship, see:

  • USS Boston (CAG-1, previously and later CA-69), 1943-1975.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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    Page made 25 January 2003
    New images added 16 March 2003