Skip to main content

reports

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Harry B. Heneberger papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSC-118
Content Description

Subject Files, including action report, interviews, memoranda and lists regarding the sinking of the USS Quincy (CA-39) on August 9, 1942 at the Battle of Savo Island; Miscellaneous correspondence, 1942, 1960; Naval War College Thesis, 1948; Photographs of the International Air Races, 1923, and the surrender of the Japanese at Tokyo Bay, September 2, 1945; Newspaper clippings of the sinking of the Quincy, 1942, and the Japanese surrender, 1945

Dates: 1923 - 1948

Report of Engagement the morning of August 9, 1942 off Guadalcanal Island in which the U.S.S. Quincy participated, 1942 Aug 16

 Item
Identifier: MSC-118
Scope and Contents

Report from senior surviving officer of the USS Quincy, LCDR Henry B. Heneberger, regarding the events at the Battle of Savo Island on the morning of August 9, 1942. Included is a diagram depicting the probably disposition of forces that morning, a listing of the locations and amount of resources (fuel, water, oil) aboard the Quincy, and statements of the other survivors.

Dates: 1942 Aug 16