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Vue depuis la proue du croiseur léger USS Memphis (CL-13) – Atlantique Sud – 1941-1942
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Vue depuis la proue du croiseur léger USS Memphis (CL-13) – Atlantique Sud – 1941-1942
©Naval History and Heritage Command - 80-G-10535
USS COLORADO (BB-45), USS OKLAHOMA (BB-37), USS NEVADA (BB-36), USS RICHMOND (CL-9), USS MEMPHIS (CL-13), USS IDAHO (BB-42) and the rest of the Pacific Fleet passing under Golden Gate Bridge.
Date: July 12, 1938
Berkeley Library Digital Collections: BANC PIC 2006.029--NEG box 691, sleeve 096494_05
Nov 20 1916 in WWI
On May 25 1916 Armored Cruiser No. 10 aka USS Tennessee was renamed USS Memphis, so that the name "Tennessee" could be reassigned to the new battleship Tennessee (BB-43)
On Aug 29 1916 a monster wave hit the USS Memphis and drove it onto the rocks of the harbor of Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic.
Memphis's casualties numbered 43 men dead or missing – 10 of them washed overboard by the waves or killed by steam as the ship's powerplant broke up, another 25 lost as they returned from shore leave in the ship's motor launch and were caught in the harbor by the huge breakers, and eight more lost in three boats wrecked after dark as they attempted to reach shore – and 204 badly injured. Due to their heroic actions during this incident, Chief Machinist's Mate George William Rud, Lieutenant Claud Ashton Jones, and Machinist Charles H. Willey were awarded the Medal of Honor.
The ship was a total write off and was abandoned where she lay.
Evening Public Ledger. November 20 1916
Le croiseur léger USS Memphis (CL-13) en cale sèche – Kiel – Allemagne – 1926-1927
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USS MEMPHIS (CL-13) in the Anacostia river, bound for the Washington Navy Yard, D.C., with Charles Lindbergh on board. She was returning him from France, following his solo transatlantic flight.
Photographed on June 11, 1927.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command: NH 93553
State Ship Series: USS Tennessee
There has been six ships commissioned named after the state of Tennessee in the US Navy. The state was admitted into the United States on June 1, 1796.
USS Tennessee (1853), side-wheel steamer, in commission from 1862 to 1865. Originally SS Republic, captured by the Confederate in 1862 and renamed CSS Tennessee. Later that year, captured by the Union and commissioned. Renamed USS Mobile.
USS Tennessee (1863), casemate ironclad, in commission from 1864 to 1865. She was originally CSS Tennessee and was captured by Union during the Battle of Mobile Bay. She participated in the Siege of Fort Morgan. Scrapped in 1867.
USS Tennessee (1865), Wampanoag class, screw frigate, in common from 1867 to 1886. Originally named USS Madawaska, renamed USS Tennessee in 1869. "In The Steam Navy of the United States, Frank M. Bennet relates that during the time Tennessee was flagship of the North Atlantic Squadron she was 'the largest vessel then in commission in the American Navy, and the era of mastless steel cruisers was yet so far away that she was not suspected, by the youngsters at least, of being obsolete and stood as the type of all that was excellent and majestic in ship construction.' Her spaciousness and the comfort of her quarters as well as her handling characteristics made her a favorite duty station."
USS Tennessee (ACR-10), Tennessee class, Armored Cruiser, in commission from 1906 to 1917. Renamed USS Memphis in 1916 to free the name for BB-43. She was lost on August 29, 1916 in San Diego Harbor when 70 to 100 ft (21 to 30 m) waves started slammed into her. She was rolling 45°, water entered through her gun ports and funnels. This put out the fire in her boilers and losing steam. Over the next hour and a half, she was slammed against the harbor floor and pushed up onto the beach. 43 men were killed or missing and 204 injured. Deemed a total loss as she had suffered the destruction of her propulsion plant and severe distortion of her hull structure. She was salvaged for her guns and other equipment and scrapped from 1922 to 1938.
USS Tennessee (BB-43), Tennessee Class, Dreadnought Battleship, in commission from 1920 to 1947. She was part of the "Big 5", the group that consisted of the the most modern battleships of the interwar period. The group compromised of the Tennessee class and Colorado class. Survived the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, being hit by two bombs, one of which was the same as the one that destroyed USS Arizona. Luckily, it was a dud. She was protected from torpedoes by being inboard of USS West Virginia. She was pulled from her mooring after USS Maryland was freed. Quickly repaired and went on patrols in 1942. She went back to the yard to be completely rebuilt and modernized from late 1943 to 1944. She fought in the Aleutian Islands Campaign, Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign, Battles of Tarawa, Battle of Kwajalein, Battle of Eniwetok, Mariana and Palau Islands campaign, Battles of Saipan, Battle of Guam, Battle of Tinian, Battle of Angaur, Philippines campaign, Battle of Leyte, Battle of Surigao Strait (the last battleship engagement), invasion of Iwo Jima, and invasion of Okinawa. She took a kamikaze hit at Okinawa. She earned ten battle stars during WWII. Placed in reserves in 1947, she was scrapped in 1959. Rumor has it the citizens of Tennessee wanted her as a museum ship but the Mississippi river was not deep enough for the battleship to make it.
USS Tennessee (SSBN-734), Ohio class, nuclear powered ballistic missile submarine, in commission from 1988 to present.
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NARA: 306536
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There are many UFO encounters over or near large bodies of water. However, there are also many that take place under the surface of the world’s oceans and seas, with many of these involving military submarines. Even more concerning, there is reason to believe that some of these encounters resulted in several tragedies that saw submarines sunk or missing. Indeed, there have been many more encounters of UFOs witnessed from military submarines than many of might suspect…