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USS Philadelphia
New Items in 2010 - 2012

Additions, Comments or Suggestions? - Contact Eileen Backofen - backofene@hotmail.com

Operation Husky, June 10, 1943
Events of the that day resulting in the loss
of a Philly scout plane
have been documented in an article
by researcher Jan Bos.

Click HERE for the article


Memories of Ships Philadelphia in a WWII era Newsletter of the Atwater Kent Museum

Alfred J Mussi

 

Submitted by his granddaughter
Andrea Chesmore

John (Jack) Crowley

Served on Philadelphia
early 1945 to late 1946

He was a Signalman
while escorting President Truman.

 

Photo submitted by his son Sean Crowley


From Album of Doc Rountree:
Aboard & On Shore
On Deck Homeward Sailors Harbors

From Estate of George G Crissman Engineering Dept 1942


Equator Crossing July 24, 1940

(Pollywog to Shellback - A Navy Tradition)

Shipmate Lee E Morgan
(Drawings & Poems)
   
Documents obtained during the 2010 Reunion are organized below. Thank you to all who provided these windows into history.
North Africa 1942 Sicily 1943 Salerno 1943 Roselle Coastal Defense
Officers' List February 1945 German ID Charts Miles Traveled/Rounds Fired
Phila Daily News Article - Nov 7, 1944 Silver Service Navy Yard Article (11/10/44)  
Times of Malta (6/5/1944) Times of Malta (6/9/1944) Times of Malta (7/20/1944)  

Don Passoth - Marine aboard the Philadelphia (1942-1945)
Photos -- Memoirs -- Bomb Attacks
 
Material in this section provided by
Mrs Ruth Hartrey & Mrs Helen Stevener
Philadelphia Inquirer Articles:
Boston Post Article
Wartime Diaries:

Commanding Officers

Decommissioning of USS Philadelphia SSN-690

History of the Fifth Philadelphia CL-41
This article appeared as part of a series about the ships which were named Philadelphia in the newsletter of the sailors’ association of the latest ship to carry the name – Nuclear Submarine SSN 690 which is being decommissioned 25 June 2010.

Photo of a "Smoker" aboard the Philly 1942-43 provided by Peter Crosby, son of CDR Gordon Crosby.

Collision with USS Laub (photo and reports)

Thank you, Bernie Kuta!

Joe Laurenzano - Philly crewmember and Yankee Fan

Sailors Remember WWII Aboard USS Philadelphia (Article from Pittsburgh Press - 1982)

GTMO - 1938 (Frank White)

B Division - 1943

Shift Crew (Ken Cromwell)

Plank Owners

Unidentified-1 (Who? When? Where?)

Unidentified-2 (Who? When? Where?)

Morning Orders & Plan for the Day - November 7, 1942

Photos - Crew and Martha Raye

 

Updated: September 17, 2012