San Francisco Photographs | World War II Database

21 items in this album on 2 pages.


USS San Francisco at anchor, off San Pedro, California, United States, 22 Apr 1935	Rear Admiral Husband Kimmel, commanding officer of US Navy Cruiser Division Seven, probably on board his flagship USS San Francisco, circa 1939

San Francisco in a South American port, with US Navy Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel and a South American officer onboard for tours, 1939; note SOC-1 aircraft in hangar	USS San Francisco in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, early Apr 1939

Aerial view of the Pearl Harbor Submarine Base with the supply depot on the Kuahua Peninsula in upper center, 13 Oct 1941. Note the building in the lower left with a roof painted to resemble two smaller buildings.	View of Pearl Harbor Navy Yard from the submarine base, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941, photo 1 of 2; USS Narwhal at left and various ships in background

View of Pearl Harbor Navy Yard from the submarine base, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941, photo 2 of 2; USS Narwhal at left and various ships in background	USS President Jackson (left of photograph), USS San Francisco (background center) during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, 12 Nov 1942; the column of smoke in the background astern of USS San Francisco was from a downed Japanese aircraft

USS San Francisco at Pearl Harbor with crew manning the rails, US Territory of Hawaii, 4 Dec 1942	USS San Francisco under Golden Gate Bridge en route to Mare Island Navy Yard for repairs, San Francisco, California, United States, 11 Dec 1942

Bruce McCandless receiving the Medal of Honor from Ernest King aboard USS San Francisco, 12 Dec 1942 in San Francisco, California, United States. The medal was for night actions off Savo Island, Solomons, 12 Nov 1942.	USS San Francisco at Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 14 Dec 1942; note circles marking shell damage during Naval Battle of Guadalcanal of 13 Nov 1942

USS San Francisco off Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 15 Feb 1943	USS San Francisco in Kulak Bay, Adak Island, Aleutian Islands, US Territory of Alaska, 25 Apr 1943

Louisville and San Francisco operating in the Bering Sea during May 1943	USS Minneapolis (foreground), USS San Francisco (center, with 8-inch gun smoke), and USS New Orleans (background) bombard Wake, 5 Oct 1943

Task Force bound from Kwajalein to Saipan for the invasion of the Mariana Islands, mid-Jun 1944. Photo taken from USS Honolulu. Note the OS2U Kingfisher float plane on the catapult.	Cruiser San Francisco off Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 13 Oct 1944; note camouflage Measure 33, Design 13d

San Francisco off Korea, 28 Sep 1945; note SOC aircraft on catapults	Rear Admiral Thomas Stettle hosting a Communist Chinese general and his officers aboard USS San Francisco, China, circa Sep-Nov 1945