Launching of light cruiser Miami, William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 8 Dec 1942Aerial view of William Cramp & Sons shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 15 Mar 1943USS Miami in Camouflage Measure 32 Design 1d, early 1944; war time censor had erased radar antennae and gun directorsUSS Miami underway, date unknown
Launching of light cruiser Miami, William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 8 Dec 1942Aerial view of William Cramp & Sons shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 15 Mar 1943USS Miami in Camouflage Measure 32 Design 1d, early 1944; war time censor had erased radar antennae and gun directorsUSS Miami underway, date unknown
USS Miami underway, early 1944; note Camouflage Measure 32 Design 1dUSS Miami, date unknownUSS Miami, date unknownUSS Miami, date unknown
USS Miami underway, early 1944; note Camouflage Measure 32 Design 1dUSS Miami, date unknownUSS Miami, date unknownUSS Miami, date unknown
USS Miami prowing through a wave during her shakedown cruise, 17 Feb 1944; photo taken from USS QuincyUSS Miami at Trinidad, British West Indies during her shakedown cruise, 19 Feb 1944; note worn Camouflage Measure 32 Design 1dUSS Miami underway, 27 Apr 1944USS Miami, late 1944
USS Miami prowing through a wave during her shakedown cruise, 17 Feb 1944; photo taken from USS QuincyUSS Miami at Trinidad, British West Indies during her shakedown cruise, 19 Feb 1944; note worn Camouflage Measure 32 Design 1dUSS Miami underway, 27 Apr 1944USS Miami, late 1944
Carrier Ticonderoga burning after being struck by special attack aircraft off Taiwan, 21 Jan 1945; note light cruiser MiamiUSS Miami, probably at Ulithi, Caroline Islands, Mar 1945; photo taken from USS West VirginiaUSS Shannon steaming through Ulithi anchorage, Caroline Islands, 13 Mar 1945; note USS Flint at left, USS Miami at right, carriers USS Enterprise, USS Intrepid, USS Essex, and USS Bunker Hill, and battleship Tennessee behind Intrepid.Crewmen hoisting one of USS Miami
Carrier Ticonderoga burning after being struck by special attack aircraft off Taiwan, 21 Jan 1945; note light cruiser Miami's starboard catapult and OS2U Kingfisher aircraft in foregroundUSS Miami, probably at Ulithi, Caroline Islands, Mar 1945; photo taken from USS West VirginiaUSS Shannon steaming through Ulithi anchorage, Caroline Islands, 13 Mar 1945; note USS Flint at left, USS Miami at right, carriers USS Enterprise, USS Intrepid, USS Essex, and USS Bunker Hill, and battleship Tennessee behind Intrepid.Crewmen hoisting one of USS Miami's paravanes while in the Pacific Ocean, 26 Mar 1945
Gunners aboard USS Miami firing at Japanese aircraft, off Okinawa, Japan, 14 Apr 1945USS Miami in an anchorage somewhere in the Pacific Ocean, Sep-Oct 1945; photo taken from USS AntietamTechnical drawing of the Cleveland-class light cruiser, as appeared in a 1958 issue of All-Hands magazine.
Gunners aboard USS Miami firing at Japanese aircraft, off Okinawa, Japan, 14 Apr 1945USS Miami in an anchorage somewhere in the Pacific Ocean, Sep-Oct 1945; photo taken from USS AntietamTechnical drawing of the Cleveland-class light cruiser, as appeared in a 1958 issue of All-Hands magazine.
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