General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force, accompanied by Rear Admiral Alan G. Kirk (behind him), inspected the heavy cruiser U.S.S. Quincy (CA-71) in Belfast Lough, under the watchful eye of a Marine guard, on  May 18, 1944.

Ship inspection


U.S.S. Quincy, a Baltimore class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy.
In Belfast Lough (sea inlet) Northern Ireland she began final preparations for the invasion of Europe. - At 0537,  on June 6, 1944, she engaged shore batteries from her station on the right flank of Utah Beach, conducted highly accurate pinpoint firing against enemy targets.

U.S.S. Quincy

The sunken battleship West Virginia (BB-48) after her fires were out, possibly on December 8, 1941, following the attack on Pearl Harbor. - USS Tennessee (BB-48) is inboard.
An OS2U floatplane (marked &quot;4-O-3&quot;) is upside down on West Virginia's main deck.  A second OS2U is partially burned out atop the Turret # 3 catapult.
Note radar antenna atop West Virginia's foremast.