PARTNER

OBJECT ID

ddr-njpa-13-58 (WR12.005)

PARENT COLLECTION

Nippu Jiji Photograph Archive, "War Related" Collection

DESCRIPTION

Caption on reverse: "Built at a cost of $15,000,000, the USS Honolulu was authorized on March 27, 1934; her keel laid at New York Navy Yard, September 10, 1935; launched, August 26, 1937; commissioned, June 15, 1938. Her length is 600 feet at water line; beam, 61 feet; draught, 19.9; speed, 32.7 knots. Main battery carries fifteen 6-inch guns; secondary battery, eight 5-inch guns. Two hangars are capable of accommodating eight planes. The new 10,000-ton light cruiser carries a complement of 600 officers and men.--Nippu Jiji photo."

CONTRIBUTOR

Hawai'i Times Photo Archives Foundation

PREFERRED CITATION

Courtesy of the Hawai'i Times Photo Archives Foundation

RIGHTS