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Photo # USN 1121549:  USS Canberra fires a three-gun salvo while bombarding targets in North Vietnam, March 1967

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USS Canberra (CAG-2) -- Activities and Views On Board, 1967-1970


This page features selected images of USS Canberra's activities during 1967-1970, and views taken on board during those years.

For other images related to this ship, see:

  • USS Canberra (CAG-2, previously and later CA-70), 1943-1980.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: USN 1142156

    USS Canberra (CAG-2)


    Ammunition handler mans a shell hoist in one of the cruiser's eight-inch gun barbettes, during a gunfire support mission off the Republic of Vietnam, March 1967.
    Photographed by Chief Journalist R.D. Moeser, USN.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

    Online Image: 90KB; 585 x 765 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-N-1142156.

     
    Photo #: USN 1142153

    USS Canberra (CAG-2)


    Crewmen in the cruiser's Main Battery Plot work to obtain firing solutions from the ship's fire control computers, during bombardment operations off Vietnam, March 1967.
    Photographed by Chief Journalist R.D. Moeser, USN.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

    Online Image: 134KB; 740 x 605 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-N-1142153.

     
    Photo #: USN 1142158

    USS Canberra (CAG-2)


    Crewman closes the main battery firing circuits, during bombardment operations off Vietnam, March 1967.
    Photographed by Chief Journalist R.D. Moeser, USN.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

    Online Image: 86KB; 740 x 605 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-N-1142158.

     
    Photo #: NH 98396

    USS Canberra (CAG-2)


    Fires a six-gun salvo of eight-inch shells from off the coast of Vietnam, while bombarding an enemy stronghold during Operation "Deckhouse V".
    The photograph was released by Commander Seventh Fleet on 7 January 1967.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 82KB; 740 x 525 pixels

     
    Photo #: USN 1142159

    USS Canberra (CAG-2)


    Eight-inch guns of Turret # 2 firing, during a Vietnam War gunfire support mission, March 1967.
    Note the two outgoing projectiles in the upper right corner.
    Photographed by Chief Journalist R.D. Moeser, USN.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

    Online Image: 109KB; 530 x 765 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-N-1142159.

     
    Photo #: USN 1121549

    USS Canberra (CAG-2)


    A three-gun salvo from the cruiser's forward 8"/55 turret pierces the Gulf of Tonkin darkness, during bombardment of targets ashore in North Vietnam, March 1967.
    Photographed by Chief Journalist R.D. Moeser, USN.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

    Online Image: 63KB; 740 x 515 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-N-1121549.

     
    Photo #: NH 98397

    USS Canberra (CAG-2)


    A shell from a North Vietnamese shore battery falls near the ship, while she was conducting a bombardment mission in the South China Sea, March 1967.
    Photographed by Chief Journalist R.D. Moeser.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 113KB; 740 x 605 pixels

     
    Photo #: USN 1122618

    USS Canberra (CAG-2)


    Crewmen "sponge out" a 8"/55 gun of Turret # 2, following Vietnam War bombardment operations, March 1967.
    Photographed by Chief Journalist R.D. Moeser, USN.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

    Online Image: 106KB; 740 x 525 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-N-1122618.

     
    Photo #: USN 1121545

    USS Canberra (CAG-2)


    A Sailor keeps a watchful eye on a load of eight-inch projectiles, as they swing over to the cruiser during replenishment operations in the Gulf of Tonkin, March 1967.
    Photographed by Chief Journalist R.D. Moeser, USN.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

    Online Image: 82KB; 510 x 765 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-N-1121545.

     
    Photo #: USN 1142163

    USS Canberra (CAG-2)


    A Sailor from USS Keppler (DD-765) receives medical treatment on board Canberra, March 1967.
    He had been struck by shell fragments when a North Vietnamese coast defense gun hit Keppler on 11 March.
    Photographed by Chief Journalist R.D. Moeser, USN.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

    Online Image: 83KB; 500 x 765 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-N-1142163.

     
    Photo #: USN 1142193

    USS Canberra (CAG-2)


    Petty Officers take a coffee break during operations in the South China Sea, March 1967.
    Note the Boatswain's call worn by one of these men.
    Photographed by Chief Journalist R.D. Moeser, USN.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

    Online Image: 126KB; 585 x 765 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-N-1142193.

     
    Photo #: USN 1142872

    USS Canberra (CAG-2)


    Regunning operations for the cruiser's forward 8"/55 triple gun turret, at the U.S. Naval Ship Repair Facility, Subic Bay, Philippines, 1967.
    USS Kennebec (AO-36) is one of the ship's in the background.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

    Online Image: 127KB; 740 x 610 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-N-1142872.

     

    For other images related to this ship, see:

  • USS Canberra (CAG-2, previously and later CA-70), 1943-1980.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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