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WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060

Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Juneau (CL-52) Construction and Crew

This page features photographs of USS Juneau's construction and of members of her crew.

See USS Juneau (CL-52) for overall views of this ship after completion and of her in action.

If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

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Photo #: 19-N-28147

USS Juneau (CL-52)


Ready for launching, at the Federal Shipbuilding Company yard, Kearny, New Jersey, 25 October 1941.

Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

Online Image: 101KB; 740 x 615 pixels

Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

 
Photo #: NH 52357

USS Juneau (CL-52)


Shipyard workers on the ship's bow, during launching ceremonies at the Federal Shipbuilding Company yard, Kearny, New Jersey, 25 October 1941.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 47KB; 600 x 765 pixels

 
Photo #: 19-N-28154

USS Juneau (CL-52)


Sliding down the ways at the Federal Shipbuilding Company yard, Kearny, New Jersey, during her launching ceremonies, 25 October 1941.

Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

Online Image: 72KB; 530 x 765 pixels

Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

 
Photo #: 19-N-28149

USS Juneau (CL-52)


Afloat just after being launched at the Federal Shipbuilding Company yard, Kearny, New Jersey, 25 October 1941.

Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

Online Image: 96KB; 740 x 535 pixels

Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

 

The following photographs show members of Juneau's crew:

Photo #: NH 52360

USS Juneau (CL-52)


Captain Lyman K. Swenson (left), ship's Commanding Officer, receives the congratulations of Rear Admiral Adolphus Andrews, Commander, Third Naval District, at Juneau's commissioning ceremonies. Photographed at the New York Navy Yard, 14 February 1942.
Captain Swenson was lost with his ship following the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, 13 November 1942.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 43KB; 590 x 765 pixels

 
Photo #: 80-G-11251

Captain Lyman K. Swenson, USN


Ashore at Fox Harbor, Newfoundland, 14 June 1942, while he was in command of USS Juneau (CL-52).
He was killed in action on 13 November 1942 when Juneau was torpedoed and sunk by a Japanese submarine.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

Online Image: 154KB; 740 x 615 pixels

Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

 
Photo #: NH 52362

The five Sullivan Brothers


On board USS Juneau (CL-52) at the time of her commissioning ceremonies at the New York Navy Yard, 14 February 1942. All were lost with the ship following the 13 November 1942 Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.
The brothers are (from left to right): Joseph, Francis, Albert, Madison and George Sullivan.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 49KB; 740 x 610 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 67048-KN (Color)

"the five Sullivan brothers"


"'missing in action' off the Solomons". "THEY did their part".
Office of War Information poster 42, number 1943-0-510254.
It shows the Sullivan brothers on board USS Juneau (CL-52) in early 1942. All were lost with Juneau on 13 November of that year.

Donation of the Steamship Historical Society of America, 1965.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 75,707 bytes; 590 x 780 pixels

 

See USS Juneau (CL-52) for overall views of this ship after completion and of her in action.


If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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New image added 11 September 1999