Heavy Cruisers: Northampton Class

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Here is HOUSTON and old 4 piper in Darwin, 1942 before her loss............ DFO

[Brian James]

Northampton Class Heavy Cruiser USS Louisville pictured fitting out at Puget Sound Navy Yard on August 27th 1930.

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Northampton Class Heavy Cruiser USS Chicago...installing her forward 8-inch guns, at Mare Island Navy Yard,July 9th 1931.

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Northampton Class Heavy Cruiser USS Augusta in a heavy fog,pictured as she enters Port Melbourne in 1933.

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NORTHAMPTON in Aussie waters just pre-war............DFO

[Brian James]

The ill fated Northampton Class Heavy Cruiser USS Houston pictured with President Roosevelt aboard in the Panama Canal Locks on July 11th 1934...She was sunk in the Battle of Sunda Strait on March 1st 1942.

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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 extreme bow during the Battle of Savo Island night action of August 9th 1942.

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

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Northampton Class Heavy Cruiser USS Louisville pictured astern of Leander Class Light Cruiser HMS Achilles at Port Melbourne in February 1938.

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CHESTER's A n B turrets plus bridge......... DFO