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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --
USS Manchester (CL-83), 1946-1960
USS Manchester, a 10,000-ton Cleveland class
light cruiser, was built at Quincy, Massachusetts. Commissioned
in October 1946, she made four deployments to the Mediterranean
Sea in 1947-49. In March 1949, Manchester transferred to
the Pacific fleet and cruised in the western Pacific during
May-November of that year.
Soon after the outbreak of the Korean War, Manchester,
by then the only one of the twenty-seven Cleveland class
cruisers still on active duty following the late 1940s' reductions
in Naval strength, again was sent to Asiatic waters, where she
arrived in time to provide fire support for the mid-September
1950 invasion of Inchon. During the rest of 1950 and the first
five months of 1951, Manchester operated along the Korean
Coast, shelling enemy troops and facilities. She also participated
in patrols of the Taiwan Straits in October and November 1950.
Manchester made two more Korean War combat deployments,
during November 1951-May 1952 and January-July 1953. These involved
active blockade and bombardment duties, mainly off eastern Korea,
including participation in the prolonged Seige of Wonsan.
Following the end of the Korean conflict, Manchester
continued her western Pacific involvement with a pair of deployments
in 1954 and 1955. In January 1956, she helped bring Korean War
Unknown Servicemen to Hawaii for burial. USS Manchester
decommmissioned in June 1956 and was sold for scrapping in October
1960.
This page features views of USS Manchester and provides
links to pictures of her actions and activities.
For additional images related to this ship, see:
USS Manchester -- Korean War Actions
and Activities, 1950-1953;
USS Manchester -- Miscellaneous
Scenes On Board
Click on the small photograph to prompt
a larger view of the same image.
Photo #: NH 97200
USS Manchester (CL-83)
Photographed from a USS Philippine Sea plane while operating
in the Mediterranean Sea, 9 March 1948.
Note that the ship still retained one aircraft catapult at this
time.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collection of Rear
Admiral Frederick S. Withington, USN, held by the Naval Historical
Center.
Online Image: 108KB; 740 x 615 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 97181
USS Manchester (CL-83)
Underway in August 1950, possibly while en route to join the
Seventh Fleet for Korean War combat operations.
Photographed by Ph1 Hugh Le Gros, USN.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
Online Image: 98KB; 740 x 620 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 97180
USS Manchester (CL-83)
"Returning to bombline off coast of Korea after a short
rest period in Yokosuka, Japan." (Quoted from the original
caption).
The photo is dated November 1953, but was actually taken during
Manchester's first two Korean War tours, 1950-52.
All of her 6-inch gun turrets, four of her 5"/38 gun mounts
and all of her main and secondary gun directors are trained on
the port beam.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
Online Image: 100KB; 740 x 625 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 97183
USS Manchester (CL-83)
Underway, circa 1950-52, probably in U.S. West Coast waters prior
to her first or second Korean War deployments.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
Online Image: 98KB; 740 x 610 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 97182
USS Manchester (CL-83)
Underway, circa 1950-52, probably in U.S. West Coast waters prior
to her first or second Korean War deployments.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
Online Image: 139KB; 740 x 605 pixels |
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For additional images related to USS Manchester,
see:
USS Manchester -- Korean War Actions
and Activities, 1950-1953;
USS Manchester -- Miscellaneous
Scenes On Board
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28 December 1999