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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Rochester (CA-124) --
Korean War Activities.

This page features views of USS Rochester's Korean War activities during 1950-53

For other images of and on board this ship and of her insignia, see:

  • USS Rochester (CA-124) Ship Portrait Views and Historical Overview; and
  • USS Rochester (CA-124) Post-Korean War On Board Views and Ship's Insignia.

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

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: 80-G-416423

    USS Rochester (CA-124)


    Senior U.S. and British naval officers confer on board Rochester, flagship of the U.S. Seventh Fleet, during the early days of the Korean War. The original photograph is dated 1 July 1950.
    Those present are (from left to right):
    Captain A.D. Torlesse, RN, Commanding Officer of HMS Triumph;
    Rear Admiral John M. Hoskins, USN, Commander, Carrier Group, Seventh Fleet;
    Vice Admiral Arthur D. Struble, USN, Commander, Seventh Fleet; and
    Rear Admiral Sir William G. Andrewes, RN, Commander, British Commonwealth Forces.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 107KB; 740 x 605 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-418734

    USS Valley Forge (CV-45)
    (left) and
    USS Philippine Sea (CV-47) (center)

    At their anchorages at Sasebo, Japan, during Korean War resupply activities, 23 August 1950.
    The ship in the right distance is USS Rochester (CA-124).

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 71KB; 740 x 605 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-668791

    Inchon Operation, September 1950


    Flag conference on board USS Rochester (CA-124), flagship of Joint Task Force Seven, during the Inchon operation.
    Those present are (from left to right):
    Rear Admiral James H. Doyle, USN, Commander, Task Force 90,
    Vice Admiral Arthur D. Struble, USN, Commander, Joint Task Force Seven, and
    Rear Admiral John M. Higgins, USN, Commander, Task Group 90.6.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 107KB; 740 x 620 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-423716

    Rear Admiral James H. Doyle, USN
    ,
    Commander, Task Force 90

    Congratulates four sailors who have just received the Silver Star Medal for service as coxwains of LCVP landing craft during the Inchon Invasion. Taken during ceremonies on board USS Rochester (CA-124).
    See Photo # 80-G-423716 (Complete Caption) for identities of the medal winners and other information.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 87KB; 740 x 535 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-420481

    Inchon Operation, September 1950


    View of the transport area, looking southwestward from over Inchon, with Sowolmi Do in the foreground. The original photograph is dated 29 September 1950, two weeks after the Inchon assault and the day that liberation ceremonies took place in Seoul.
    USS Rochester (CA-124), flagship of Joint Task Force Seven, is in the center.
    USS Mount McKinley (AGC-7), flagship of Task Force 90, is the nearest of the three ships at left, seen straight out from the Sowolmi Do seawall.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 72KB; 740 x 610 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-434918

    Hungnam Evacuation, December 1950


    Shipping off Hungnam, 10 December 1950, as the evacuation of troops and supplies commenced.
    USS Rochester (CA-124) is at right, with transports and merchant ships beyond and to the left. A LCVP is maneuvering in the center foreground.
    Photographed from USS Mount McKinley (AGC-7), flagship of Task Force 90.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 79KB; 740 x 610 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     


    Note: For three photographs that some sources credit as representing a bombardment by USS Rochester, see the following images: Photo # 80-G-422474, Photo # 80-G-422473 and Photo # 80-G-422471.

    For other images of and on board this ship and of her insignia, see:

  • USS Rochester (CA-124) Ship Portrait Views and Historical Overview; and
  • USS Rochester (CA-124) Post-Korean War On Board Views and Ship's Insignia.

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


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    New information added 6 October 1999