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

USS Saint Paul (CA-73), 1945-1980

USS Saint Paul, an 13,600-ton Baltimore class heavy cruiser, was built at Quincy, Massachusetts, and commissioned in February 1945. She went to the Pacific following shakedown and participated in final operations against the Japanese home islands in July and August 1945, including firing her eight-inch main battery guns at targets ashore at Hamamatsu and Kamaishi. Saint Paul was present in Tokyo Bay when Japan formally surrendered on 2 September 1945. She supported occupation activities in Japan until November, when she went to Chinese waters, where she continued to serve until late in 1946. The cruiser had three more Far Eastern tours during 1947-49.

With the outbreak of the Korean War in late June 1950, Saint Paul again was ordered to the Western Pacific, operating off Formosa and in the combat zone from July 1950 until the Spring of 1951. She made two more Korean War deployments, in November 1951 - June 1952 and from March 1953 until the fighting ended, firing the Navy's final shore bombardment round on 27 July 1953. Over the next decade, Saint Paul served in the Far East on several occasions, including a 39-month cruise that began in 1959. Specially modified for flagship service, she was frequently employed in that role by both the Seventh and the First Fleets.

Beginning in 1965, Saint Paul made five further Western Pacific deployments for Vietnam War operations. Her eight-inch and five-inch guns were kept busy supporting U.S. and allied troops in South Vietnam and bombarding coastal targets in the North. USS Saint Paul decommissioned in April 1971, following 26 years of continous active service including combat in three wars. She was sold for scrapping in January 1980.

This page features selected views of USS Saint Paul (CA-73).

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Photo #: NH 94152

USS Saint Paul (CA-73)


Underway in Massachusetts Bay, 15 March 1945.

Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Institute, Annapolis, Maryland.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Photo #: NH 94151

USS Saint Paul (CA-73)


In Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, on 16 February 1945.

Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Institute, Annapolis, Maryland.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 78KB; 740 x 560 pixels

 
Photo #: 80-G-K-11868 (Color)

USS Saint Paul (CA-73)

Off Wonsan, North Korea, with her guns ready for bombardment, during the Seventh Fleet's seige of that place.
Photograph is dated 20 April 1951.

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

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

 
Photo #: 80-G-442234

USS Saint Paul (CA-73)


In Chongjin harbor, North Korea, with her 8-inch gun turrets trained toward bombardment targets.
Photo is dated 23 May 1952.

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

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

 
Photo #: NH 85098-KN (Color)

USS Saint Paul (CA-73)

Underway on 26 March 1968.
Photographed by PH3 D.R. Hyder.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 81KB; 740 x 600 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 85099

USS Saint Paul (CA-73)


Photographed during the later 1960s.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Photo #: 80-G-424455

USS Saint Paul (CA-73)


Fires a salvo from her forward eight-inch gun turrets at enemy troops closing in on Hungnam, North Korea, during the evacuation of UN forces from that port.
Photograph is dated 21 December 1950.

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

Online Image: 81KB; 740 x 615 pixels

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

 
Photo #: 80-G-625880

USS Saint Paul (CA-73)


Fires her forward 8"/55 guns at enemy gun positions at Hungnam, North Korea, on 26 July 1953, the day before the Korean armistice was signed.
Three shells are faintly visible in the upper right.
On 2159 hrs on 27 July 1953, a minute prior to the armistice taking effect, Saint Paul fired the last Navy bombardment round of the Korean War.

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

Online Image: 97KB; 740 x 610 pixels

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

 
Photo #: NH 86634

USS Saint Paul (CA-73)


Actor John Wayne (top left, dressed as a Rear Admiral) on the ship's bridge circa August 1964, during the filming of the motion picture "In Harm's Way".
A Paramount Studios camera crew is in the foreground.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 110KB; 640 x 675 pixels

 
Photo #: 80-G-K-33437 (Color)

USS Saint Paul (CA-73)

Fires her forward 8"/55 guns in support of ground troops in South Vietnam.
Photographed by JO1 J. Johnson.
Image was received by the Naval Photographic Center in October 1966.

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

Online Image: 94KB; 740 x 590 pixels

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

 
Photo #: USN 1125104

USS Saint Paul (CA-73)


Under fire from shore batteries, while bombarding the Cong Phy railroad yard, 25 Miles south of Thanu Hoa, North Vietnam, on 4 August 1967.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

Online Image: 87KB; 740 x 535 pixels

Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-N-1125104.

 


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4 October 2000