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USS Philadelphia - CL-41

These photos were provided by Richard Whitehead.
His uncle T. R. (Rudolph) Whitehead served as a Chief Boatswain's Mate aboad the Philadelphia.

. September 29, 1941: Change of command party at the Hotel Astor in New York.
Captain Vance D. Chapline was being relieved by Captain C.J.Moore.
Here are closeups of the above picture.



While we originally thought the photo below was also of the Philadelphia crew,
this is not possible since the Philly was bombarding Southern France on that date in 1944.
Other possibilities are Chief Whitehead's other assignments:
Chateau Thierry AP-31, General W.A. Mann, AP-112 or the Titania AKA-13
or his brother's ship, the USS Plunkett.

Here are some closeups of the above picture.