USS Augusta (CA-31)

  "I have the greatest pride in commanding this fine ship and
 her 100% loyal Brotherhood of the Sea."
          --- Captain Chester W. Nimitz, Commanding Officer (1933-35)

Welcome to the Homepage of the USS Augusta (CA-31), the famous US naval ship that both witnessed and participated in history. This site is dedicated to this famous ship and all those who served aboard her. We here honor their service, sacrifice,  and dedication.

WAR DIARIES - read the ship's daily logs from WWII

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Old Bulletin Board (de-activated on 10/30/99)

Wade Ring served  on board the USS Augusta from 1941-1946.  He was part of the Aviation Crew serving as a "spotter" radioman.   Wade Ring passed away January 30, 2008 and will be interred at the Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell, Florida on February 22 at 2 PM.  if needed contact ninagville@aol.com, Gainesville, FL.
 

Atlantic Conference | Commanding Officers | Crew | Crew Photos ||History |Links Operation Overlord - (Normandy Invasion; - Operation Neptune) Operation Torch (North African Invasion)  Operation Dragoon - Invasion of Southern France    Patton |Planes | Reports | Reunion |Ship Photos | Ship Statistics | Truman & Potsdam Conference |  What's New | Farewell to the Augusta

"Thank God for the United States Navy!" -- Major General L. T. Gerow, United States Army, from his V Corps HQ at Omaha Beach to Gen. Omar Bradley on board USS AUGUSTA, after Gerow and his staff left USS ANCON for the beach, evening message, June 6, 1944.

• NEW - read contemporaneous newspaper articles speculating about FDR's and Churchill's "disappearance" for the Atlantic Conference in August 1941

• NEW - view a postcard of the Augusta standing out from NYC and passing under the Brooklyn Bridge (image provided by Ron Heberlee; 67kb b&w)

• High Stakes intrigue at the Harbor of Refuge - by Gerry Goldstein 8/7/01 - Providence Journal-Bulletin - read all about FDR's intricate & secret plans to rendezvous with the Augusta to be transported to the Atlantic Conference to meet with Winston Churchill four months before Pearl Harbor

• Atlantic Charter Plus 60 - by Richard Shaw -  Bangor Daily News 8/14/01

We thank Robert Forry, Franklyn Dailey, George Nelson, James D. McGrew, Linda Rigel,  Chuck McPartlin, and Daniel Rennus for their contributions to this website and we welcome hearing from all who wish to provide us with additional material for this website. We are especially interested in photos and personal accounts.

 Webmaster: Robert Swanson ship@internet-esq.com

Last revised: 09/06/08