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The salvaged boilers of USS Cassin (DD-372) and USS Downes (DD-375) awaiting shipment to Mare Island Navy Yard. Only the engines, boilers and other equipment were salvaged from the ships. Entire new hulls were built for the ships
Date: August 29, 1942
Admiral Furlong Collection
Digital Archives of Hawai'i: PPFUR-2-16-027, PPFUR-2-16-028
USS CASSIN [X]
Artist: 大月紅葉
“Forward plan view of the new USS Cassin (DD-372) at Mare Island on 20 Feb 1944. She was under construction at the yard starting on 12 Nov 1942 and departed on 26 Feb 44.” (Source)
“Vertical view of the drydock area, about 10 December 1941, showing damage from the 7 December 1941 Japanese raid. In the left drydock are the battleship Pennsylvania (BB-38) and the burned out destroyers Cassin (DD-372) and the Downes(DD-375). The cruiser Helena (CL-50) torpedoed on 7 December 1941, has been moved into the center dock for repairs. In the floating drydock, at the right, is the USS Shaw (DD-373), whose bow has been blown off.”
(NHHC: NH 54565)
“USS Cassin (DD-372) in drydock at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, 23 January 1942, while under salvage. She was burned out and capsized in the drydock during the 7 December 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.”
(NHHC: NH 55061)
“USS Cassin (DD-372), at left, and USS Downes (DD-375) under salvage in Drydock Number One at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, 23 January 1942. They had been wrecked during the 7 December 1941 Japanese air raid. Photographed from the foremast of USS Raleigh (CL-7), which was undergoing battle damage repairs in the drydock.”
(NHHC: NH 54562)
“USS San Diego (CL-53) at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 9 April 1944, following overhaul. The destroyer in the background is USS Cassin (DD-372). Note San Diego's after 5/38 gun mounts, 40mm quad anti-aircraft machine gun mount and depth charges on her fantail, and floating crane alongside.”
(NHHC: 19-N-64801)