Collection Guide:
S-441-A
19 views of USS Louisville’s kamikaze damage received in Lingayen Gulf in January 1945. Views are annotated and describe damage received and cause. The show the ship (overall and close up), including #2 8” turret (inside and out), 5” gun direct bridge area with damaged 20mm and 40mm guns and structure, a bomb fragment found amid the damage.
S-441-B
9 views showing repair and Louisville after arrival at Mare Island, February-April 1945. The views show models of conceptual rebuilt bridge area for planning work, close-up of 8” gun from turret #2, view of the ship (close-up) during an inclining experiment on March 25, 1945, and views of ship after completion of repair April 7-10, 1945.
S-441-C
Views of electronic installations on board the ship (including some mock-up installations) in March-April 1945. Views show radar equipment, gun director, aft fire control station, range keeper, views in the R.C.M room, close-up view of mainmast showing ECM antenna and Magnesyn Compass Transmitter.
S-441-D
4 views in combat information center, flag plot and auxiliary C.I.C. of Louisville on indicators, SK and BK radars.
S-441-E
9 views of general quarters drill on USS Louisville, April 1945, while the ship was still under repair. All photos show crewmen at their stations on the bridge.
