USS NEWPORT NEWS CA 148

CA 148   NEWPORT NEWS   Norfolk   09 1966                             ( Original b & w  negative in collection )

CA 148   NEWPORT NEWS
FLAG : U.S.A.
TYPE : DES MOINES-CLASS  HEAVY CRUISER
LAID DOWN : 01 November 1945
LAUNCHED  : 06 March 1948
COMMISSIONED : 29 January 1949
DECOMMISSIONED : 27 June 1975

Decommissioned on 27 June 1975 she was laid up at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.
Stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 31 July 1978 and sold for scrap to Southern Scrap Material Co, Ltd, New Orleans, Louisiana on 25 February 1993.

CA 148   NEWPORT NEWS   Norfolk   09 1966                   ( Original  b & w  negative in collection )

CA 148   NEWPORT NEWS   Norfolk   09 1966                    ( Original  b & w  negative in collection )

CA 148   NEWPORT NEWS   Norfolk   09 1966                               ( Original  b & w  negative in collection )