USS Concord, a 7050-ton Omaha class light cruiser, was built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Commissioned in November 1923, late in that year and into 1924 she made her shakedown cruise through the Mediterranean Sea and around Africa. For the next several years, Concord mainly served with the Atlantic-based Scouting Fleet, making occasional visits to the Pacific to participate in major U.S. Fleet maneuvers. Her homeport was changed to San Diego in 1932, and she operated mainly in the Pacific after that. As U.S.-Japan tensions increased in 1940, she moved with the Battle Fleet to the advanced base at Pearl Harbor.
When the United States entered World War II in December 1941, Concord was on the West Coast to undergo an overhaul. She served in the southern Pacific beginning in February 1942, escorting reinforcement convoys and patrolling off Central and South America. She was flagship of the explorer Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd in September-November 1943, during his survey of Southeastern Pacific islands. An accidental gasoline explosion during this cruise damaged the ship and took the lives of 22 of her crew.
Following repairs, Concord was transferred to the northern Pacific, where she spent the rest of World War II patrolling, interdicting enemy shipping and conducting bombardments of facilities in the Kuril islands area. During September 1945, just after the end of the fighting, she supported the occupation of northern Japan. Concord passed through the Panama Canal in October 1945 and was decommissioned late in the year at Philadelphia. She was sold for scrapping in January 1947.
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Photo #: NH 55316 USS Concord (CL-10) Anchored at Algiers, Algeria, circa late 1923. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 71KB; 740 x 575 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 64647 USS Concord (CL-10) At the edge of the desert off the North African coast, with local camel troops in the foreground, circa late 1923 or early 1924. During her maiden cruise at that time Concord steamed through the Mediterranean Sea and returned to the United States by way of the Suez Canal and the Cape of Good Hope. Donation of Franklin Moran, 1967. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 88KB; 740 x 615 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 63530 USS Concord (CL-10) In a harbor, circa 1935. Note that she still has twelve six-inch guns. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 76KB; 740 x 600 pixels |
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Photo #: 19-N-28439 USS Concord (CL-10) Off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 9 February 1942. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 84KB; 740 x 615 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: USA C-627 (Color) USS Concord (CL-10) Off Balboa, Panama Canal Zone, 6 January 1943. Photograph from the Army Signal Corps Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 75KB; 740 x 605 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 19-N-42165 USS Concord (CL-10) Steaming off the Panama Canal Zone, 19 March 1943. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 95KB; 740 x 615 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: NH 61552 USS Concord (CL-10) Underway off the Panama Canal Zone, 19 March 1943. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 95KB; 740 x 610 pixels |
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Photo #: 19-N-62694 USS Concord (CL-10) Off the Panama Canal Zone, 14 March 1944. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 86KB; 740 x 615 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 19-N-75591 USS Concord (CL-10) Underway in Puget Sound, Washington, 1 November 1944. Her camouflage is Measure 33, Design 2f. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 105KB; 740 x 570 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: NH 55317 USS Concord (CL-10) Firing a torpedo from her port side upper torpedo tubes, circa the early or middle 1920s. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 100KB; 740 x 605 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 83903 USS Concord (CL-10) Ship's officers and officers of Commander Cruiser Division THREE, circa late 1933. Those seated in the center include: Commander Frank Slingluff, Jr., Executive Officer; Rear Admiral Charles R. Train, ComCruDiv3; Captain Alexander Sharp, Jr., Commanding Officer. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of Vice Admiral Alexander Sharp, USN. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 73KB; 740 x 345 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 83902 USS Concord (CL-10) Ship's race boat crew, circa 1933. Those present are listed on Photo # NH 83902 (complete caption). Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of Vice Admiral Alexander Sharp, USN. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 87KB; 740 x 480 pixels |
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