#uss augusta

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USS AUGUSTA (CA-31) in Cape Cod Canal, Massachusetts.

Photographed on June 17, 1941.

NARA: 134673582

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USS AUGUSTA (CA-31) off Normandy, while boats from USS ANNE ARUNDEL (AP-76) head for the beaches.

Note: the photo has been retouched AUGUSTA's radars, as well as certain items of equipment that appear to have been mounted in the landing boats.

-Information from Navsource: link

Photographed on June 6, 1944.

NARA: 80-G-45720

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USS HOUSTON (CA-30) and USS AUGUSTA (CA-31) on the Wusong river (Suzhou Creek) in Shanghai, China. Photographed during the Sino-Japanese Hostilities.

Photographed in February 1932.

University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Library: pe000035, fr208399, pe001214, fr202530

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View of the launching of USS AUGUSTA (CA-31), at Newport News Shipbuilding and dry dock Company, Norfolk, Virginia.

Note USS HOUSTON (CA-30) in background (upper right) fitting out in the same yard.

Photographed on February 1, 1930.

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command: 80-CF-21338-7

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USS AUGUSTA (CA-31) in an English Port.

Photographed in October 1944.

NARA: 6922658

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USS HOUSTON (CA-30) relieving USS AUGUSTA (CA-31) (in the background) as Asiatic Fleet flagship.

Photographed in November 1940.

Info from Navsource: link

University of Houston Library Achives: uhlib_1981_001_do79182m82t_0001_ac, uhlib_1981_001_do7883xv63j_0001_ac, uhlib_1981_001_do63483m087_0001_ac

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USS HOUSTON (CA-30) relieving USS AUGUSTA (CA-31) as Asiatic Fleet flagship.

Photographed in November 1940.

University of Houston Library Achives: uhlib_1981_001_do1706g2119_0001_ac, uhlib_1981_001_do0511xd44x_0001_ac, uhlib_1981_001_do3890rs32n_0001_ac

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USS AUGUSTA (CA-31), USS MIDWAY (CVB-41), USS ENTERPRISE (CV-6), USS MISSOURI (BB-63), USS NEW YORK (BB-34), USS HELENA (CL-50), and USS MACON (CA-132) in the Hudson River in New York City during Navy Day celebrations.

Date: October 27, 1945

USNNM: 2001.256.009

Colorized by Alex Color Studio: link