Heavy Cruisers: Northampton Class

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Northampton Class Heavy Cruiser USS Houston pictured in the Houston Shipping Channel during Navy Week celebrations on December 6th 1930.

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Lead Ship, Heavy Cruiser USS Northampton pictured c1935....She was sunk during the Battle of Tassafaronga on December 1st 1942.

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Northampton Class Heavy Cruiser USS Chester pictured off Mare Island Navy Yard, post her torpedo damage repairs and refit, October 2nd 1943.

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Northampton Class Heavy Cruiser USS Houston pictured with New Orleans Class Heavy Cruiser USS Tuscaloosa off San Pedro on April 18th 1935.

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Northampton Class Heavy Cruiser USS Chester pictured at Mare Island Navy Yard on September 15th 1943.

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Northampton Class Heavy Cruiser USS Chicago pictured off Guadalcanal the day after the action, showing crewmen cutting away damaged plating to enable the ship to get underway. She had been torpedoed at her bow during the night action of August 9th 1942....She was sunk by Japanese aerial torpedoes in the Battle of Rennell Island, in the Solomon Islands, on January 30th 1943 with the loss of 63 crewmen..RIP Lest We Forget.

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Lead Ship, Heavy Cruiser USS Northampton pictured under construction at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation Shipyards at Quincy Massachusetts on July 1st 1929...She was sunk during the Battle of Tassafaronga on December 1st 1942.