Photos Taken in Hampton Roads, Virginia


Heavy cruiser USS Chester at Hampton Roads, Virginia, United States, Nov 1930.	USS Arizona underway in Hampton Roads off Virginia, United States, Mar 1931; note Presidential flag on the mast indicating that President Herbert Hoover was aboard

Suffern in Hampton Roads, Virginia, United States, 15 Oct 1931	Newly commissioned aircraft carrier USS Hornet (Yorktown-class) in Hampton Roads, Virginia, United States, 27 Oct 1941.

USS Essex at Hampton Roads, Virginia, United States, 1 Feb 1943. Photo 2 of 2.	USS Essex leaving Norfolk, Virginia, United States, for shakedown exercises, 15 Mar 1943.

View from the forward fire control tower of USS Iowa, looking aft, as the ship arrived at Norfolk, Virginia, United States on 15 Apr 1943; note USS Lexington (Essex-class) in the background, and the Chamberlin-Vanderbilt Hotel building further beyond.	Starboard side view of Essex-class carrier Ticonderoga being delivered to the US Navy on the morning of her commissioning, Hampton Roads, Virginia, Untied States, May 8, 1944.

USS Ticonderoga off Hampton Roads, Virginia, United States, 26 Jun 1944. Two months later, the flight deck would be extended 11-feet to nearly cover the forward 40mm anti-aircraft mounts.	Double stacked Jeeps packed for transport on Liberty Ship SS Esek Hopkins, Pier 2, Hampton Roads, Virginia, United States, Jul 10, 1944

USS Shangri-La at Hampton Roads, Virginia, United States, 17 Jan 1945; note Camouflage Measure 33, Design 10A	USS Conecuh at anchor, Hampton Roads, off Virginia, United States, 25 Apr 1955

De Grasse at the International Fleet Review, Hampton Roads, Virginia, United States, 26 Jun 1957; seen in the Dec 1959 issue of the US Navy publication All Hands