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1360:. On 29 November, TF 67 sailed to intercept a Japanese destroyer-transport force expected off Guadalcanal the next night. Just before midnight of the 30th, the American ships transited Lengo Channel and headed past Henderson Field on Guadalcanal as the Japanese task group steamed on a southerly course west of
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to the
Marianas on 3 September, she joined an air-sea bombardment of Wake Island. On 9 October, she pounded the main radio station and installations on Marcus Island. She and her sister cruisers and destroyers stirred up a fire melee in their "impersonation" of Halsey's 3rd Fleet to lead the Japanese
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continued to hit hard at Taroa, Maloelap Atoll through 18 February, destroying coastal defenses and air bases of the enemy in the eastern
Marshalls. Operating from Majuro and Kwajalein, she continued to patrol in approaches of the Marshalls. She again served in the screen of fast carriers conducting
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fired back as she retired for temporary repairs then returned to her bombardment station. The morning of 19 February she commenced harassing and counter-battery fire in direct support of the invasion landings. Her deadly guns fought day and night into 1 March when she silenced enemy shore batteries
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departed Majuro on 25 April sailing via Pearl Harbor and Mare Island for duty in the
Northern Pacific, arriving in Kulak Bay on 27 May. On 13 June, she joined her cruiser-destroyer task force in raining destruction on the airfields of Matsuwa, Kuriles. In the early morning of 26 June, she fired 300
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bombarded enemy defenses and covered the operations of minesweepers preparing the way for the
Okinawa invasion landings. On 27 March, she spotted a torpedo wake on her port quarter. A second "fish" streaked toward the ship from dead astern. As her 40 mm gunners opened fire on the torpedoes,
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sailed from Pearl Harbor in the screen of
Southern Attack Force aircraft carriers. On 19 November, Pensacola made bombardment runs on Betio and Tarawa. She rained 600 projectiles to put coast defense guns out of action, and destroyed enemy beach defenses and numerous buildings. As troops stormed
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arrived Saipan on 22 November to prepare for the invasion of Iwo Jima. Five nights later, she helped splash several attacking
Japanese aircraft. She departed Saipan on 6 December, plastering Iwo Jima with 500 8-inch projectiles on the 8th. She returned to Iwo Jima on the 24th and 27th, pounding
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went hard left then hard right to parallel the deadly missiles. The first torpedo missed her starboard quarter by less than 20 ft (6.1 m). The second passed some 20 yd (18 m) along the port side of the cruiser as her gunners opened fire with automatic weapons on a submarine
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into
Funafuti, Ellice Islands. For the next two months, she ranged out of that base to screen carriers covering the movement of reinforcements and supplies to the Gilberts. On 29 January 1944, she began strikes and bombardments to destroy Japanese air power and shipping in the
1180:—again put to sea on 22 June, carrying 1,157 marines of Marine Aircraft Group 22 (MAG 22) to Midway. She patrolled and trained in Hawaiian waters until 7 August. As Marines stormed the shores of Guadalcanal, the cruiser set course for the Solomons in the screen of
866:, before returning to New York on 5 June. For the next four years she operated along the eastern seaboard and in the Caribbean Sea, several times transiting the Panama Canal for combined Fleet battle practice ranging from California to Hawaii.
1817:. She stood out of Pearl Harbor on 20 May, and reached Bikini on the 29th to serve as a target ship. She survived the tests of 1 July and 25 July. On 24 August, she was taken in tow for Kwajalein where she decommissioned on 26 August. Her
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turned left to prevent collision with two damaged
American ships ahead of her. Silhouetted by the burning American cruisers, she came into the Japanese line of fire. One of 18 torpedoes launched by Japanese destroyers hit her below the
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gave direct bombardment support to the initial invasion of
Okinawa on 1 April and continued to blast at enemy targets until the 15th. She then sailed via Guam and Pearl Harbor for home. She arrived at Mare Island on 7 May for overhaul.
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in the
Eastern Marshalls. She then slammed shells into airfield runways, seaplane ramps, ammunition storage areas and buildings on Wotje. She continued pounding these targets as Marines and Army troops landed on 31 January to seize
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s main deck aft where ammunition exploded. Only supreme effort and skillful damage control by her men saved the ship. The fire—punctuated by the frightful explosion of 8-inch projectiles in her Number 3 turret—gradually subsided.
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formed with a battleship-cruiser-destroyer gunstrike task force under Rear Admiral B. J. Rodgers. Six battleships, four cruisers and a destroyer screen comprised the bombardment force which sailed on 10 February via
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to San Francisco, California, arriving on 3 December. Five days later, she put to sea for Apra Harbor, Guam, where she embarked nearly 700 veterans for transport to San Diego, arriving on 9 January 1946.
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took six hits from enemy shore batteries as her guns covered operations of the minesweepers close inshore. Three of her officers and 14 men were killed. Another five officers and 114 men were injured.
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made steady progress toward Tulagi. She arrived there still aflame. After 12 hours the last fire was quenched. Her dead numbered seven officers and 118 men. One officer and 67 men were injured.
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screened fast aircraft carriers striking Luzon and directly supported the invasion of Leyte beginning on 20 October. She raced north to aid in the destruction of the enemy carrier force in the
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ashore on Tarawa on 20 November, the cruiser screened carriers launching air strikes supporting the landings. That night, she fought off Japanese torpedo bombers and assisted
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was turned over to the custody of Joint Task Force One for radiological and structural studies. On completion of these studies, her hulk was sunk on 10 November 1948 off the
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on the portside. Her engine room flooded, three gun turrets went out of commission, and her oil tanks ruptured to make a soaked torch of her mast. Meantime,
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made repairs in Tulagi Harbor that enabled her to steam to Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides Island. She arrived there on 6 December for emergency repairs by
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mountain gun positions north of Suribachi Mountain. She hit defenses on Chichi Jima and Haha Jima as well as Iwo Jima on 5 January and 24 January 1945.
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into thinking the ladder of islands to the Bonins was next on the American timetable for invasion. Meanwhile, Adm. Halsey's units advanced on the
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8-inch projectiles to destroy shipping, airfields and installations at Kurabu Zaki, Paramushiru To, Kuriles, returning to Kulak Bay on 28 June.
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took two torpedo hits that blasted her bow downward like an immense scoop and left her forecastle deck awash, but she continued to fight on.
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departed Nouméa on 2 November to guard transports landing Marine reinforcements, and supplies, at Aola Bay, Guadalcanal. She helped guard
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which was fought without contact being made between surface ships of the opposing forces. Air strikes inflicted severe bomb damage to
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made rendezvous with the units of the Fast Carrier Task Force retiring from the great air battles over Formosa. After escorting
1299:, whom she debarked at Nouméa on 30 October 1942. The task force had turned back a Japanese attempt to regain Guadalcanal, sunk
1434:(35 mph; 56 km/h), her guns continuing their rapid fire as she escaped the trap. The last American cruiser in column—
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on 27 October 1926, launched on 25 April 1929, sponsored by Mrs. Joseph L. Seligman, and commissioned on 6 February 1930.
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895:, and combined fleet maneuvers returned her briefly to the Caribbean Sea before she sailed on 5 October 1939 to base at
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on 20 November, she spotted a periscope about 1,200 yd (1,100 m) to starboard. As she maneuvered clear,
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and the American flattops struck back, leaving the enemy carrier hit many times, in a mass of flames. Meanwhile,
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Atolls. The invasion of the Marshall Islands continued on 1 February as Marines occupied Roi and Namur Islands.
1323:, one cruiser, three destroyers, and eleven auxiliaries, and the damaging of four cruisers and four destroyers.
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departed San Pedro on 29 April to stage with units of Joint Task Force One at Pearl Harbor in preparation for
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on 25 October, then turned south as the fast carriers launched planes to aid the gallant escort carriers.
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returned to Pearl Harbor on 19 January 1942, and put to sea on 5 February to patrol the approaches to the
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s task force until 8 April, then headed, via Samoa, for Pearl Harbor, arriving on 21 April. She carried
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arrived, and the cruiser assisted in shooting down four enemy torpedo bombers during a second attack.
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to support the leathernecks in that bitter campaign. In submarine-infested waters, torpedoes damaged
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1763:, and was there when hostilities ended. On the 31st, she sailed with units of Cruiser Division Five
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1391:′s cruiser formation. Now gun flashes, tracers, and star shell candles stained the inky darkness.
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On 26 October, search planes located a Japanese carrier and battleship formation, beginning the
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on the night of 11/12 November and returned to Ulithi the 14th. As she was about to depart for
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departed Ominato on 14 November to embark 200 veterans at Iwo Jima, then touched Pearl Harbor
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opened fire on the northwest sector of Iwo Jima to prepare for the landings. That afternoon,
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rammed the enemy. Four minutes later, her men witnessed the flaming explosion that destroyed
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891:, her new home port, on 30 January. Fleet problems ranged to Hawaii, one cruise took her to
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and the combined force steamed to intercept enemy warships approaching the Guadalcanal-
1045:. A complete surprise, the raid caused heavy damage. The task force then turned toward
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continued patrol in Alaskan waters until departing Kulak Bay on 8 August for Hawaii.
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being re-designated as "CA-24." The third Navy ship to be named after the city of
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helped fight off a coordinated dive bombing and torpedo plane raid which damaged
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1375:. American destroyers launched torpedoes as the enemy range came within 5
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the day after being heavily damaged off Tassafaronga by a Japanese torpedo.
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so severely that she had to be abandoned. Within minutes of the attack on
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task force for a rendezvous on 2 June northeast of Midway with units of
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joined the task force on 6 March. The American ships steamed for the
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arrived at Nouméa, New Caledonia on 26 September, and departed with
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was redesignated CA-24 in accordance with the provisions of the
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970:. On 17 February 1942, she rendezvoused off Samoa with Carrier
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departed Pearl Harbor on 29 November 1941, with the so-called "
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arrived Pearl Harbor on 13 August and put to sea on the 29th.
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received two torpedo hits amidships and had to be abandoned.
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1147:, the ship was struck with a torpedo and hit in the galley.
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to Ulithi, she joined a Fast Carrier Task Group—including
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8 Ă— 5 in (127 mm)/25 caliber anti-aircraft guns
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8 Ă— 5 in (127 mm)/25 caliber anti-aircraft guns
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Macintyre, Donald (September 1967). "Shipborne Radar".
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10 Ă— 8 in (203 mm)/55 caliber guns (2Ă—3, 2Ă—2)
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10 Ă— 8 in (203 mm)/55 caliber guns (2Ă—3, 2Ă—2)
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She arrived in Ulithi on 5 March, and was assigned to
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departed New York on 24 March 1930, and transited the
1732:(TF 54). They put to sea on the 20th to support the
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in 1940. Maneuvers frequently found the cruiser off
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2 Ă— 3-pounder 47 mm (1.9 in) saluting guns
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2 Ă— 3-pounder 47 mm (1.9 in) saluting guns
776:that was in service from 1929 to 1945. She was the
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9 Ă— twin 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons
1907:. US Naval Department. 1 July 1935. pp. 16–23
1704:—shot down a Japanese fighter. The next morning,
1546:(30 March–1 April), against Japanese defenses at
883:departed Norfolk on 15 January 1935, to join the
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1281:, 24 dive bombers dropped 23 bombs in a run on
1135:—hit by three bombs—was fighting for her life.
1033:launched planes for a surprise strike over the
2135:. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press.
2094:. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press.
803:, from 1931 on the class was re-classified as
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1176:returned to Pearl Harbor on 13 June and—with
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1371:The two opposing task forces clashed in the
2184:Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
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2031:Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
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2296:List of cruisers of the United States Navy
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1121:was badly damaged. A fourth enemy carrier—
1076:Islands and returned to Pearl Harbor with
1037:at Japanese shipping and installations at
720:20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons
2337:Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1948
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1397:—hit many times—was afire and exploding.
1326:
1088:departed Pearl Harbor on 28 May with the
1005:planes shot down 17 of the 18 attackers.
869:Originally CL-24, effective 1 July 1931,
388:16 ft 2 in (4.93 m) (mean)
349:9,100 long tons (9,246 t) (standard)
39:(CA-24), underway at sea, September 1935.
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1840:for World War II service including:
994:s gunners helped repel two waves of
749:40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors guns
102:9 July 1926 (supplementary contract)
1802:being sunk as a target ship in 1948
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799:as "CL-24." Under the terms of the
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2040:Naval History and Heritage Command
1905:"Ships' Data, U. S. Naval Vessels"
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523:3-pounder 47 mm (1.9 in)
514:5 in (127 mm)/25 caliber
325:General characteristics (as built)
287:Sunk as a target, 10 November 1948
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1813:, the atomic bomb experiments at
1500:(L to R), at Pearl Harbor in 1943
1170:to pursue the retiring Japanese.
409:107,000 shp (80,000 kW)
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2057:. United States Naval Institute.
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1241:Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands
1158:Despite all that could be done,
468:1,500 short tons (1,400 t)
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1929:Rickard, J (31 January 2014).
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728:General characteristics (1945)
692:General characteristics (1942)
297:Designated as a test ship for
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2071:. Navsource.org. 1 March 2015
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954:, the convoy was diverted to
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713:1.1 in (27.9 mm)/75
530:6 Ă— 21 in (533 mm)
391:22 ft (6.7 m) (max)
16:Pensacola-class heavy cruiser
2131:Silverstone, Paul H (1965).
2090:Silverstone, Paul H (1965).
1462:
1447:The oil-fed flames engulfed
1295:received 188 survivors from
1066:Marine Fighting Squadron 212
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130:$ 11,100,000 (limit of cost)
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2133:US Warships of World War II
2092:US Warships of World War II
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1759:She sailed on 3 August for
1317:assisted in the sinking of
1151:was dead in the water when
1015:on offensive patrol in the
974:(TF 11), built around
565:–4 in (64–102 mm)
10:
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3006:Maritime incidents in 1948
3001:Maritime incidents in 1946
2208:at NavSource Naval History
2069:"USS PENSACOLA (CL/CA 24)"
1931:"Pensacola Class Cruisers"
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365:558 ft (170 m)
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1011:continued to help guard
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588: in (25–44 mm)
479:85 officers 445 enlisted
2976:Ships built in Brooklyn
1654:, victim of a Japanese
1267:and other enemy ships.
1166:rejoined the screen of
1115:went up in flames, and
962:harbor on 22 December.
801:Washington Naval Treaty
154:Mrs. Joseph L. Seligman
1803:
1626:battle off Cape Engaño
1501:
1373:Battle of Tassafaronga
1339:
1327:Battle of Tassafaronga
1202:on 31 August and sank
1035:Owen Stanley Mountains
952:attack on Pearl Harbor
2991:Ships sunk as targets
2903:June (unknown date):
2152:Warship International
2126:. Ships and Aircraft.
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1224:area. On 24 October,
916:French Frigate Shoals
660: in (32 mm)
606: in (19 mm)
405:White-Forster boilers
1811:Operation Crossroads
1791:Operation Crossroads
1261:. Bomb hits damaged
299:Operation Crossroads
2412:Gertrude L. Thebaud
985:Bougainville Island
875:London Naval Treaty
795:herself originally
678:Aviation facilities
2868:Schleswig-Holstein
2385:Joseph V. Connolly
1933:. Historyofwar.org
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1660:midget submarine.
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1358:Carleton H. Wright
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1029:where—on 10 March—
828:New York Navy Yard
819:. She received 13
813:Pensacola, Florida
791:in 1929, with the
774:United States Navy
715:anti-aircraft guns
517:anti-aircraft guns
486:processing systems
210:Hull symbol: CA-24
186:CA-24, 1 July 1931
113:New York Navy Yard
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1289:besides her own.
1206:on 15 September.
1003:Combat Air Patrol
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1366:Ironbottom Sound
1098:battle of Midway
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1406:New Orleans
1400:Minneapolis
1383:; 8.0
1362:Savo Island
1255:, and sank
1222:Guadalcanal
1139:raced from
1100:commenced.
1082:on 26 May.
958:, entering
948:Philippines
807:, with the
718:8 Ă— single
672:floatplanes
253:Nickname(s)
205:Hull symbol
162:9 July 1929
2981:1929 ships
2965:Categories
2926:Maristella
2894:HMAS
2707:HMCS
2643:Wainwright
2630:HMAS
2344:Shipwrecks
1891:References
1850:Santa Cruz
1823:Washington
1688:Lieutenant
1634:bombarded
1409:closed on
1379:(4.3
1364:to enter "
1315:Enterprise
1311:Enterprise
1283:Enterprise
1230:Enterprise
1178:Enterprise
1168:Enterprise
1141:Enterprise
1090:Enterprise
1079:Enterprise
908:CXAM radar
860:ValparaĂso
817:Tokyo Rose
797:designated
766:(CL/CA-24)
490:CXAM radar
476:Complement
444:32.7
425:reduction
416:Propulsion
261:Honors and
2806:Pensacola
2804:USS
2761:USS
2750:USS
2739:USS
2728:USS
2696:USS
2685:USS
2674:USS
2665:Gasconade
2663:USS
2652:USS
2641:USS
2625:Conyngham
2623:USS
2602:USS
2591:USS
2584:USS
2573:USS
2562:USS
2555:USS
2544:USS
2533:USS
2522:USS
2511:USS
2500:USS
2493:USS
2482:USS
2471:USS
2460:USS
2453:USS
2442:USS
2421:USS
2400:USS
2258:Pensacola
2244:Pensacola
2206:Pensacola
2164:0043-0374
1875:Kwajalein
1834:Pensacola
1807:Pensacola
1800:Pensacola
1780:Pensacola
1753:Pensacola
1746:Pensacola
1741:Pensacola
1712:Pensacola
1706:Pensacola
1692:Pensacola
1684:Pensacola
1672:Pensacola
1664:Pensacola
1632:Pensacola
1622:Pensacola
1600:Pensacola
1577:Pensacola
1571:Pensacola
1566:Pensacola
1539:Pensacola
1531:Kwajalein
1522:Pensacola
1506:Pensacola
1492:Pensacola
1469:Pensacola
1463:1943–1945
1457:Pensacola
1449:Pensacola
1442:Pensacola
1417:Pensacola
1389:Pensacola
1343:Pensacola
1336:Pensacola
1307:Pensacola
1293:Pensacola
1271:Pensacola
1264:Kirishima
1210:Pensacola
1174:Pensacola
1164:Pensacola
1153:Pensacola
1137:Pensacola
1086:Pensacola
1055:Pensacola
1031:Lexington
1017:Coral Sea
1013:Lexington
1009:Pensacola
1000:Lexington
989:Pensacola
977:Lexington
964:Pensacola
956:Australia
946:, in the
936:Pensacola
931:1941–1942
901:Pensacola
889:San Diego
887:arriving
881:Pensacola
877:of 1930.
871:Pensacola
844:Pensacola
809:Pensacola
793:Pensacola
783:Pensacola
778:lead ship
764:Pensacola
747:7 Ă— quad
686:catapults
593:Barbettes
492:from 1940
335:Pensacola
159:Completed
135:Laid down
81:, Florida
79:Pensacola
68:Pensacola
37:Pensacola
2913:20 Jul:
2892:11 Apr:
2839:22 Nov:
2823:17 Nov:
2816:Hopestar
2813:14 Nov:
2802:10 Nov:
2796:disaster
2790:30 Oct:
2780:26 Oct:
2770:22 Oct:
2759:16 Oct:
2737:24 Sep:
2730:Searaven
2726:11 Sep:
2716:29 Aug:
2705:19 Aug:
2698:Skipjack
2694:11 Aug:
2683:31 Jul:
2672:25 Jul:
2661:21 Jul:
2654:New York
2632:Vendetta
2614:Altalena
2611:16 Jun:
2600:25 May:
2582:12 May:
2571:11 May:
2542:24 Apr:
2531:19 Apr:
2520:18 Apr:
2491:22 Mar:
2480:10 Mar:
2440:16 Feb:
2430:12 Feb:
2419:10 Feb:
2395:Hanazuki
2382:29 Jan:
2372:19 Jan:
2362:10 Jan:
2122:(1941).
1880:Iwo Jima
1784:en route
1775:Post-war
1765:en route
1636:Iwo Jima
1605:Canberra
1581:En route
1427:Honolulu
1422:mainmast
1394:Takanami
1349:to join
1200:Saratoga
1183:Saratoga
1160:Yorktown
1149:Yorktown
1145:Yorktown
1133:Yorktown
1129:Yorktown
1059:Yorktown
1039:Salamaua
1022:Yorktown
996:Japanese
960:Brisbane
733:Armament
697:Armament
683:Amidship
497:Armament
470:fuel oil
465:Capacity
191:Stricken
143:Launched
121:New York
117:Brooklyn
77:City of
74:Namesake
2923:3 Aug:
2862:Koolama
2852:Kiangya
2849:4 Dec:
2748:5 Oct:
2676:LST-661
2650:8 Jul:
2639:5 Jul:
2621:2 Jul:
2593:LST-545
2557:Briscoe
2553:6 May:
2513:Mayrant
2509:4 Apr:
2495:Mugford
2484:Bracken
2469:9 Mar:
2451:8 Mar:
2409:6 Feb:
2392:3 Feb:
2355:Podolsk
2352:9 Jan:
2204:of USS
1885:Okinawa
1825:coast.
1769:Ominato
1611:Houston
1594:Formosa
1590:Okinawa
1494:, with
1252:ShĹŤkaku
1072:in the
780:of the
772:of the
770:cruiser
655:⁄
633:⁄
619:⁄
611:Turrets
601:⁄
583:⁄
560:⁄
507:caliber
423:Parsons
340:cruiser
207:: CL-24
109:Builder
94:Awarded
86:Ordered
45:History
2896:Barcoo
2832:U-1105
2763:Hughes
2709:Arleux
2687:Nevada
2575:Barrow
2564:Catron
2535:Dawson
2524:Mustin
2473:SC-632
2462:Wilson
2444:Banner
2433:Soegio
2402:Trippe
2375:Oriana
2176:
2162:
2139:
2098:
1865:Tarawa
1845:Midway
1829:Awards
1677:Tinian
1657:kaiten
1640:Saipan
1560:Woleai
1556:Ulithi
1535:Majuro
1474:Vestal
1353:under
1297:Hornet
1287:Hornet
1279:Hornet
1275:Hornet
1236:area.
1234:Tulagi
1226:Hornet
1214:Hornet
1189:Hornet
1047:Nouméa
1019:until
944:Manila
912:Midway
893:Alaska
858:, and
852:Callao
768:was a
433:screws
354:Length
337:-class
263:awards
216:: NIJS
2794:luzzu
2792:Gozo
2752:Skate
2586:Butte
2546:Stack
2502:Rhind
2283:class
1870:Makin
1723:Terry
1718:Terry
1695:'
1548:Palau
1526:Taroa
1452:'
1387:) of
1351:TF 67
1246:ZuihĹŤ
1124:Hiryū
1118:Sōryū
1106:Akagi
1094:TF 17
1070:Efate
1062:'
992:'
983:Near
864:Chile
785:class
541:Armor
534:(2Ă—3)
502:10 Ă—
453:Range
441:Speed
403:12 Ă—
383:Draft
292:Notes
276:13 Ă—
2952:1949
2939:1947
2874:Take
2826:EK-3
2741:Tuna
2189:here
2160:ISSN
2137:ISBN
2096:ISBN
2077:2015
1939:2015
1913:2015
1819:hulk
1645:Case
1616:Wasp
1608:and
1592:and
1558:and
1533:and
1490:and
1320:Hiei
1301:Yura
1258:Yura
1249:and
1204:Wasp
1195:Wasp
1192:and
1112:Kaga
1109:and
1041:and
920:Guam
914:and
856:Peru
762:USS
711:4 Ă—
681:2 Ă—
670:4 Ă—
570:Deck
548:Belt
521:2 Ă—
512:8 Ă—
431:4 Ă—
421:4 Ă—
375:Beam
284:Fate
127:Cost
64:Name
35:USS
2156:LVI
1767:to
1552:Yap
1381:nmi
1368:".
1043:Lae
905:RCA
850:to
458:nmi
301:at
2967::
2871:,
2865:,
2829:,
2628:,
2589:,
2560:,
2498:,
2458:,
2398:,
2154:.
2038:,
2034:.
2028:.
1947:^
1921:^
1697:s
1596:.
1562:.
1554:,
1550:,
1444:.
1432:kn
1385:km
1377:mi
1186:,
1049:,
987:,
980:.
922:.
862:,
854:,
574:1–
446:kn
367:pp
361:oa
119:,
115:,
2330:e
2323:t
2316:v
2235:e
2228:t
2221:v
2191:.
2166:.
2145:.
2104:.
2079:.
2042:.
1941:.
1915:.
1220:–
657:4
653:1
650:+
648:1
645::
635:2
631:1
628:+
626:2
624:–
621:4
617:3
613::
603:4
599:3
595::
585:4
581:3
578:+
576:1
572::
562:2
558:1
555:+
553:2
550::
23:.
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