Keywords: Stern view of USS Newport News (CA-148) on 8 January 1949.jpg Stern view of the U S Navy heavy cruiser USS Newport News CA-148 on 8 January 1949 at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company The cruiser was commissioned on 29 January 1949 Note her single aircraft catapult an the 76 mm/50 caliber guns Visible on the right is the mothballed aircraft carrier USS Bennington CV-20 7577566 1949-01-08 U S Navy Bureau of Ships photo 19-NN-CA 148 Newport News-133719 PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Newport News CA-148 USS Bennington CV-20 |