1949
Commissioning Day USS Newport News (CA-148)
Commissioning Day Souvenir Edition. The Newport News
Rapid Fire. Vol. 1 No. 1. USS Newport News (CA-148) 29 January 1949. 8 pages. 10-3/4 inches, Illustrated. Light
age toned. Very good condition.
Includes in part: Commissioning Prayer For Ship;
Newport News’ Name Over 200 Years Old – Origion Still Unknown; U.S.S. Newport
News, Heaviest Cruiser, Is Pride Of The City For Which She Is Named; Captain
Roland N. Smoot, USN Commanding Officer; Comdr. John A. Webster, USN Executive
Officer; Crew Roster of U. S. S. Newport News (CA 148); Roster Of Officers
Aboard U. S. S. Newport News; Program Of Events.
Historical Notes:
- - - Name: Newport News; Namesake: Newport News,
Virginia; Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company; Laid down: 1
November 1945; Launched: 6 March 1948; Sponsored by: Mrs. Homer L. Ferguson; Commissioned: 29 January 1949; Decommissioned:
27 June 1975; Struck: 31 July 1978; Identification: Hull symbol: CA-148; Fate:
Sold for scrap to Southern Scrap Material Co., Ltd, New Orleans 25 FEB 1993.
- - - Class & type: Des Moines-class heavy cruiser;
Displacement: 20,980 tons; Length: 717 ft 6 in (218.69 m); Beam: 76 ft 6 in
(23.32 m); Draft: 27 ft (8.2 m); Propulsion: 4 shaft; General Electric
turbines; 4 boiler; 120,000 shp; Speed: 31.5 knots (58.3 km/h); Complement:
1,667 officers and enlisted; Armament: 9 × 8"/55 caliber guns; 12 ×
5"/38 caliber guns; 12 × 3"/50 caliber guns.
- - - U. S. Navy; Cuban Missile Crisis; Viet Nam.
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