USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37) - Knowledge (XXG)

33: 2410: 1676: 767: 55: 1814: 237: 232: 194: 215: 208: 1714:. (Some have speculated that the admiral might have jumped overboard to commit suicide, but there was no prior evidence at all that this might happen.) The heavy seas ruled out rescue attempts, and the task group's commanding officer soon disappeared in the stormy Atlantic. With Admiral Wilcox's death, Rear Admiral Giffen, whose two-starred flag flew from 201: 2922: 2292:. During the action, the enemy frequently straddled the British and American ships and forced them to take evasive action. Great clouds of smoke and dust, kicked up by the intense bombardment conducted from sea and land, initially hampered Allied fire. By noontime, however, visibility improved and greatly aided the accuracy of the bombardment. 952:; and, the next day, the cruiser departed for her first patrol, which kept her at sea until she returned to her home port on the 11th. Three days later, the heavy cruiser departed Norfolk and spent the remainder of September and most of October engaged in gunnery training and conducting exercises out of Guantanamo Bay and 1062:

embarked the 576 men, boys and women. He then followed them to safety on board the cruiser which provided hospitality for the shipwrecked mariners who were glad to be on board an American cruiser as rescued seamen and not in a British warship as prisoners-of-war. The bulk of the survivors were put up

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s guns pounded Japanese positions inland. Then, after the Americans had reached land, her batteries supported their advances with incessant fire and illumination. This continued from 19 February to 14 March, throughout all phases of the bitterly fought campaign to wrest the island from the Japanese.

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All hands turned-to and unloaded the valuable cargo. The cruiser then took on fuel; prepared to get underway; and, just before departure, embarked 243 passengers, most of whom were survivors of ships which had been sunk while serving in earlier convoys to Russia. Many of them had endured the special

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took part in the relief expedition to reestablish the station before the onset of winter. Assigned to Force One, the cruiser loaded two LCV(P) and cargo and departed Seidisfjord in company with four destroyers—three British and one American—on 17 October. Force Two, covering Force One, consisted of

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and her screening warships—which by that time consisted of three destroyers (two American and one British)—were spotted by a snooping German reconnaissance plane. The task force changed course and, assisted by the worsening visibility in the northern latitudes, managed to shake the intruder. On the

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The similarities between the Continental Army's historic winter campground and the Icelandic region were not just confined to a homonymous relation of their names. The bitter cold, wind, and snow and the wartime operations seemed similar—the latter in the form of daily patrols, unceasingly vigilant

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singly, or in small groups—usually occurred during the covering force's nightly retirement from the beachheads. Of the high altitude variety, these aerial assaults included the use of radar-controlled glider bombs. However, radar counter-measures and jamming devices, as well as effective evasive

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for a cruise to Panama and the west coast of Central America. The voyage gave the President an opportunity to discuss Pan American defense with leaders of Latin American nations. Steaming to the Pacific coast of Central America, Roosevelt inspected the Pacific defenses of the Panama Canal. In

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fielded a party of 160 men on shore to unload supplies and equipment to reestablish the weather station. By nightfall, the cargo had been safely unloaded, and the force left the area. After fueling at Seidisfjord, the cruiser proceeded to the Clyde to disembark the survivors of the original

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conducted one more sweep of the Norwegian coast in an attempt to draw German fleet units to sea, but the enemy chose not to give battle. Upon the cruiser's return to Iceland, she was detached from the Home Fleet and proceeded to New York where she began major overhaul on 3 December 1943.

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addition, he fished regularly at a variety of locations but, as he later recounted, caught "damned few fish." On the return passage through the canal, on 27 February, Roosevelt conferred with United States Navy, Army, and Air Corps officers to discuss the defense of the vital passage.

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retired from the battle scene to refuel at sea and to replenish her ammunition in deeper waters farther offshore. After these laborious operations, she remained offshore in support of the invasion and then she headed back to the East Coast of the United States for a major

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and returning to Norfolk on 11 January 1941, the cruiser went to sea on maneuvers that kept her at sea until 2 March. She subsequently arrived at the newly opened American naval facility at Bermuda, on 8 April, the day after the base's commissioning. Her consorts included

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She arrived in Hawaii on 26 November, where additional passenger facilities were installed, and took on board 206 more men before departing Hawaiian waters on the 28th and arriving at San Francisco on 4 December. After voyage repairs, the ship sailed for the

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engaged in Fleet exercises and shore bombardment practice out of Casco Bay until April and then entered the Boston Navy Yard for installation of radio intelligence and electronic countermeasures gear. Later that month, she embarked Rear Admiral

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She arrived at Pearl Harbor nine days into the new year, fueled, and picked up additional demobilized servicemen to transport home. She sailed for San Francisco on 10 January and arrived five days later. On 29 January, the men delivered,

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arrived at Scapa Flow on 4 April and she immediately took on board a British signals and liaison team. She was initially employed with the British Home Fleet on training duties and later took part in covering runs for convoys to northern

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of the U.S. Navy. Commissioned in 1934, she spent most of her career in the Atlantic and Caribbean, participating in several European wartime operations. In early 1945, she transferred to the Pacific and assisted in shore bombardment of

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Meanwhile, the Neutrality Patrol found itself keeping track of German merchantmen in waters of the western hemisphere. At the outbreak of hostilities, there had been some 85 German ships near the Americas. One of those, the North German

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proceeded north to Norfolk and from thence to the New York Navy Yard for a three-month overhaul. During her sojourn at Brooklyn, Hitler's legions conquered France in June 1940 and won mastery of continental Europe. Soon thereafter,

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arrived off Yantai, then held by the Communists, on 13 October. Remaining until 3 November, she lay at anchor off the port, keeping well informed on the situation ashore through daily conferences with officials of the Communist

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Besides honing its fighting edge, this group formed a fast, mobile, and ready striking force, should German surface ships slip through the Allied blockade to terrorize Allied shipping in the Atlantic. In late May, she escorted

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For Captain Dahne, there remained only one alternative. After having carefully planned for that eventuality, he scuttled his ship. All but two of his crew of 578 succeeded in going over the side and manning the lifeboats. The

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refused to show herself, the American ships continued to conduct "short of war" operations against German shipping and naval forces which became increasingly warlike as time went on. The attempted torpedoing of the destroyer

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took the survivors to New York—the only port equipped to handle such a large and sudden influx of aliens—and disembarked them at Ellis Island between 1610 and 1730 on 20 December for officials to process. Ultimately, most of

1652:—for a training mission through the Denmark Strait. After returning to port three days later, the heavy cruiser moved on to Boston for a navy yard overhaul from 8–20 February. She conducted refresher training out of 2512:, flew apart as the cruiser's shells splashed her in the old battleship's wake. The other headed for an escorting destroyer in the screen only to be splashed after hitting a curtain of fire from the cruiser's guns. 2469:

s main and secondary batteries opened fire on shore targets pinpointed by aerial reconnaissance. Time considerations only allowed a six-day respite in the middle of the arduous campaign for replenishment purposes,

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in the recently negotiated "destroyers for bases" deal. In that transaction, the United States had traded 50 old flush-deck destroyers for 99-year leases on bases in the western hemisphere. Ports of call included

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For the next 11 days, the cruiser delivered fire support for the right flank of the Army's advance to the Italian frontier. She engaged German shore batteries and fought off air attacks. The raids—conducted by

2531:, for duty. Six weeks later, with Allied warships bombarding her shores with near impunity and Allied planes sweeping her skies clear of rapidly dwindling numbers of her defending aircraft, Japan surrendered. 863:. The three cruisers drove their bows deep into heavy seas and battled gale-force winds as they made the difficult passage on 14–15 May. The division then sailed up the west coast of South America, visiting 1090:

The heavy cruiser remained at Norfolk into the New Year, 1940, and departed her home port on 11 January bound for the West Indies. On the voyage to the Caribbean, she was accompanied by her sister ship

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commenced fire at 0635 and continued to pound targets ashore until the combined Allied forces stormed onto the beaches at H-Hour, 0800. Then, moving off the 100 fathom (180 m) curve,

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at that time, or for years later.) The French Army's shore batteries at Table d'Aukasha and El Hank also proved to be troublesome. However, the combined might of the American warships and

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on the evening of the 11th, she remained on station in the fire-support area until 21 June, providing gunfire support on call from her shore fire control party operating with

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on the 16th, and two days later shifted to Guantánamo Bay. There, she participated in fleet exercises from the 18th to the 27th. Departing Guantánamo on the latter day, the

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where she took on more passengers, and arrived at Nouméa on New Year's Day 1946. By that afternoon, the ship got underway for the west coast with more than 500 passengers.

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on 2 February, and then she moored at NOB Norfolk. Two days later, she got under way for Cuba, arriving at Guantánamo on the 7th, only to steam out three days later for

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She remained there but briefly before steaming to the mouth of the River Clyde, where she disembarked her passengers. Detached from the Home Fleet shortly thereafter,

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of 1922. Such ships, with a limit of 10,000 tons standard displacement and 8-inch caliber main guns may be referred to as "treaty cruisers." Originally classified a

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two years prior as a hostile act against the German nation, insisting that it had forced the liner "into the hands of British warships". As such, Hitler listed the

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soon returned to the tedium, the tenor of events soon changed for the heavy cruiser. On 8 August, she departed Bermuda for Newfoundland and soon embarked General

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to sea immediately. Most of the crew on liberty at the time could not be rounded up in time, so the ship set out for the hunt with personnel "shanghaied" from

2932: 1244:, to head for Washington to implement his "lend-lease" idea—one more step in United States' progress towards full involvement in the war. Soon thereafter, 3115: 1055:, "Our orders, either you take all or none. We are warning, stay away from the boats. If you ram or sink one, we will have to commence firing at you." 2192:, Commander, CruDiv 7, and task force commander, and set out for the Clyde to join the Allied Forces massing for the assault on the European continent. 1675: 1385:, British warships—directed under legally questionable circumstances by an American naval reserve ensign piloting a British PBY—succeeded in torpedoing 1924:, and she fired several relatively accurate salvoes, straddling the American warships several times with shell splashes. (The French did not have any 2211:

and checked them out for spotting purposes. However, they remained shore-based for the remainder of their time operating in support of the invasion.

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and a group of reserve ensigns who happened to be on board for a reserve cruise. However, before the cruiser reached waters where she hoped to find

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beaches. At 0550, 6 June, she opened fire with her 8 inches (203 mm) battery, and three minutes later her 5 inches (127 mm) guns engaged

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returned to Norfolk on 29 January and entered the navy yard there for special alterations to fit her out for service as presidential flagship.

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put to sea once more on 30 September, bound for Taku, China, to support Marines landing there. She next sailed for Yantai on 6 October but,

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and other heavy units subjected the installation and its garrison to a severe shelling before retiring, unscathed, to their Norwegian lair.

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On 3 November, she put to sea, bound for Qingdao, where the cruiser spent one evening before proceeding down the Chinese coast to call at

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The ship's former mast is the centerpiece of the Tuscaloosa Veterans Memorial Park, which also features one of her five-inch guns.

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Elsewhere in the Atlantic, the war between the British and the Germans took an anxious turn late in May when the German battleship

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and numerous light cruisers and destroyers as the "big guns" for the segment of Operation Torch in Morocco. (Other forces invaded

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conducted further shore bombardment practice and engaged in further exercises. Her aviation unit exchanged its venerable Curtiss

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Shortly afterward, the Germans did elect to come out to sea, conducting a foray against the important Allied weather station on

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pushed the Axis Armies and the Vichy French forces out of Morocco and Algeria, and following that, cornering them in northern

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rejoined the mission covering convoys bound for North Africa via the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, while American, British,

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jockeyed for position to control formerly Japanese-held territory, American forces stood by in the uneasy role of observers.

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against any European targets, and they lasted from 2–6 October 1943. These raids reportedly devastated shore facilities and

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s attention, and the cruiser's 8 in (200 mm) shells soon destroyed it. Air spotters located a field battery, and

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s powerful 8-inch, 55-calibre guns, aided by accurate spotting from the cruiser's scout planes, thundered loudly and sent

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and then underwent another brief refit at New York Harbor before joining Task Group 39.1 (TG 39.1), under the command of

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hangar that had been cleared out to facilitate its use as a large berthing area; and the women were berthed in sick bay.

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which had stayed down after a test dive on 24 May. On 24 August, following visits to Campobello and several ports in

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The liner departed Veracruz on 14 December 1939 but soon thereafter was escorted by seven destroyers, including the

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at dawn on 16 February. Three days later, as waves of landing craft bore marines shoreward to invade the island,

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leisurely cruised the shoreline, visually inspecting it for targets of opportunity. A troublesome pillbox at the

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shortly before Christmas. She then underwent post-shakedown repairs which kept her in the yard into March 1935.

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s charmed life in the face of everything the Axis could throw at her still held through the maelstrom of the

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s guns, which were aided by her air spotters and by fire control parties attached to Army units on shore.

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stood out of San Francisco bound for the east coast on her last cruise as an active member of the fleet.

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which had to be scuttled by her own crew after the damage caused a rudder jam and loss of her main guns.

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for a goodwill tour of South American ports. From 8 April to 10 May, the division—under the command of

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returned to the neutrality patrol and conducted monotonous but intensive patrols in the Caribbean and

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on 7 December 1941, plunged the United States into a real war at last, in both oceans, because both

1032:—two flushdeckers— at 0600 on 18 December. On 19 December, the liner spotted the British destroyer 3146: 3099: 3039: 2908: 2749: 2702: 2320: 2251: 2040: 1925: 1660: 1412: 1298: 1272: 1147: 1096: 995: 796: 698: 408: 3067: 2524: 1703: 1404: 1130: 1102: 1033: 1027: 979: 974:—the 13th largest steamship in the world—had been on a tourist cruise when war caught her in the 969: 945: 860: 843: 785: 725: 655: 111: 2340: 2295:

In July, with the beachhead secured in Normandy and Allied forces pushing into occupied France,

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embarked—awaited her. The ensuing discussions between the two heads of state hammered out the "

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At that period, Anglo-American naval operations frequently were mounted in an attempt to lure

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while the carrier launched air strikes against port installations and German shipping at the

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In September, when Allied forces had secured footholds in both western and southern France,

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TG 39.1 sortied from Casco Bay and then it struggled through the gale-whipped seas of the

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steamed in a task force on training exercises off the east coast of the United States.

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remained off the east coast into the summer of 1939. In August, she carried President

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soon received new orders which assigned her to a task group built around battleships

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to the Mediterranean to join British, French, and American forces assembling for

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departed San Diego on 3 January 1939 and proceeded, via the Panama Canal, to the

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from 13 to 15 November, remained in the Hampton Roads areas until mid-December.

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and proceeding to Scapa Flow to resume operations with the British Home Fleet.

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all pointed to the fact that American ships were becoming involved in the war.

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and pinnacles hampered antisubmarine screening by the destroyers' sound gear,

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cleared Kola Inlet on 24 August and then she reached Seidisfjord on the 28th.

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s screen; and, the following day, a Russian escort guided them to Kola Inlet.

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After being narrowly missed by several torpedoes from Vichy French submarine

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officers and men returned, via the Pacific, to their native land. Meanwhile,

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in the screen of the men of-war. Under the two-starred flag of Rear Admiral

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s escape into the swirling mists of the Atlantic prompted orders which sent

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before she was laid down, because of her thin armor, she was reclassified a

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which came at the invasion ships and their escorts from all quarters. The "

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From his motor launch, Captain Dahne kept the lifeboats together while the

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The heavy cruiser soon shaped a course for the west coast. After a stop at

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Returning from Argentia upon the conclusion of the Anglo-American talks,

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embarked President Roosevelt and his guests and departed in company with

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s gunners splashed two of the intruders. One, headed for the fantail of

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tribulation and agony of the PQ 17. With her human cargo thus on board,

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for the third time for a cruise to inspect the base sites obtained from

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departed New York on the 21st and arrived at Norfolk the following day.

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Following her sortie from Ulithi, she joined the bombardment group off

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stood out of Norfolk, bound for her patrol station. She soon relieved

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that they unhesitatingly gave their lives to defend their home soil.

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s gunners promptly knocked it out of action with three direct hits.

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action and gunfire, thwarted these twilight and nocturnal attacks.

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to replenish her depleted ammunition. Back in the vicinity of the

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in Alaskan waters and in the vicinity of the Hawaiian Islands and

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departed from Okinawa on 28 June. Two days later, she arrived in

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scurried about as they prepared to sortie against the attackers.

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After the Iwo Jima operation, she returned to Ulithi to join

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still active in convoy covering and escorting assignments.

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devoted the autumn to a shakedown cruise which took her to

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headed back to Hvalfjord and then proceeded thence to the

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evening of 22 August, two more British destroyers joined

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sailed for the European war zone, initially escorted by

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staged in May in the northern Pacific off the coast of

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was decommissioned in early 1946 and scrapped in 1959.

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and immediately commenced unloading operations. While

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on 1 March 1959. Her hulk was sold on 25 June to the

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by a German U-boat; and the torpedoing of the oiler

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2377:returned to the United States for refitting at the 1914:The unfinished and immobile French Navy battleship 1741:out of her snowy Norwegian lair. One such attempt, 2772:. US Naval Department. 1 July 1935. pp. 16–23 1682:(foreground) anchored at Scapa Flow in April 1942. 1606:declared war on the United States on 11 December. 1173:areas through the summer and fall months of 1940. 948:. On the 5th, President Roosevelt established the 2092:These were the first-ever US Navy naval aviation 1323:, enforcing the neutrality of the United States. 1248:sailed for Norfolk and, on 22 December, embarked 1047:clearly had no room for all of the Germans. The 822:, which was conducted in the vicinity of Hawaii. 574:9 × 8 in (200 mm)/55 caliber guns (3x3) 3142:Ships built by New York Shipbuilding Corporation 2315:Following preliminary bombardment exercises off 636:. She earned 7 battle stars for her service in 2290:dueled with the accurate German shore batteries 2183:Upon completion of the refit in February 1944, 1160:After disembarking the President at Pensacola, 2724:European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal 654:The keel was laid down on 3 September 1931 at 3003: 1000:. Captain Willibald Dahne, the master of the 8: 2933:Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships 2108:attempted to attack the strike forces from 1319:continued patrolling shipping lanes in the 1267:II and III, and her largest colors flying, 1240:On 16 December, Roosevelt left the ship at 674:). She was commissioned on 17 August 1934, 3152:World War II cruisers of the United States 3116:List of cruisers of the United States Navy 3010: 2996: 2988: 2644:" transportation home for demobilization. 1841:and Nazi Germany, and thence to expel the 280:9,975 long tons (10,135 t) (standard) 1233:, the President hit upon the idea of the 319:19 ft 5 in (5.92 m) (mean) 2927:This article incorporates text from the 2474:stood on duty for the entire operation. 2276:Five days later, on 26 June, the Army's 2004:Meanwhile, from March through May 1943, 1343:broke out into the Atlantic. On 24 May, 322:23 ft 6 in (7.16 m) (max) 19:For other ships with the same name, see 2834: 2832: 2761: 1904:'s defensive positions. In the harbor, 743:on 7–8 April and then steamed north to 2594:, China, before finally anchoring off 2073:formed part of the covering force for 1636:steamed out of Hvalfjörður along with 1237:program to aid the embattled British. 1107:, the prototype high-speed transport. 940:a week later (1 September 1939) found 27: 2891:Jane's Fighting Ships of World War II 2273:units. She then returned to Britain. 1255:, the newly designated Ambassador to 915:, President Roosevelt disembarked at 751:(CruDiv 6) in time to participate in 51: 7: 2223:steamed in company with the rest of 1889:.) As American troops waded ashore, 1358:and had temporarily eluded pursuit. 672:Alabama's 6th congressional district 2381:. After a short exercise period in 2307:, the invasion of southern France. 2280:mounted a landward assault against 2195:During the interim period prior to 2039:After leaving Boston, she escorted 1868:joined the new American battleship 1710:and then was washed overboard from 309:61 ft 9 in (18.82 m) 2770:"Ships' Data, U. S. Naval Vessels" 1900:shells flying shorewards into the 1462:conveyed Under Secretary of State 1185:, President Roosevelt embarked in 666:Thomas L. McCann and the niece of 592:20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon 425:3-pounder 47 mm (1.9 in) 416:5 in (130 mm)/25 caliber 256:General characteristics (as built) 14: 2720:with "FLEET" clasp and "A" device 1218:of Windsor—on board the cruiser. 1008:capes. He then headed east. The 434:caliber 0.50 in (13 mm) 340:107,000 shp (80,000 kW) 2920: 2527:; there reporting to Commander, 2100:forces in the Bodø area. German 1810:for a many-weeks-long overhaul. 1540:, the sister ship of the sunken 235: 230: 213: 206: 199: 192: 53: 31: 2817:. Hazegray.org. 22 January 2000 2791:Rickard, J (19 December 2014). 1808:East Coast of the United States 1663:, whose flag flew from the new 1259:, and his wife, for passage to 1221:While the President cruised in 585:40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors 378:(37.6 mph; 60.6 km/h) 2733:Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal 2718:American Defense Service Medal 2542:in the Philippines, bound for 1718:, assumed command of TG 39.1. 1522:for any signs of the "enemy". 932:September 1939 – November 1939 759:and in waters surrounding the 650:Construction and commissioning 564:General characteristics (1945) 1: 2936:. The entry can be found 1974:and replenishment at a large 1454:September 1941 – October 1941 1095:; Battleship Division 5—less 807:, as part of the "augmented" 724:, before she returned to the 678:John N. Ferguson in command. 121:$ 10,450,000 (limit of price) 2431:is flying in the foreground. 2257:On the afternoon of 9 June, 2155:group arrived at devastated 2151:On the morning of the 19th, 2054:, before rendezvousing with 1640:and two American destroyers— 1629:for his declaration of war. 1111:and her consorts arrived at 1086:January 1940 – November 1940 456:3–5 in (76–127 mm) 336:Babcock & Wilcox boilers 2405:February 1945 – August 1945 2062:conducted sorties into the 1562:in October; the sinking of 523:–8 in (38–203 mm) 251:Sold for scrap 25 June 1959 3168: 3137:New Orleans-class cruisers 2957:at NavSource Naval History 2739:World War II Victory Medal 2311:August 1944 – January 1945 2035:Summer 1943 - October 1943 2031:for a 10-day work period. 1613:described the presence of 1583:December 1941 – April 1942 1242:Charleston, South Carolina 1177:December 1940 – April 1941 780:subsequently was based at 406:8 in (200 mm)/55 18: 3111: 3085: 3028: 2605:After a stay of 22 days, 1981:Following this overhaul, 1939:, and demolished several 1534:by the German battleship 903:Portsmouth, New Hampshire 887:Franklin Delano Roosevelt 660:New York Shipbuilding Co. 563: 394:103 officers 763 enlisted 296:574 ft (175 m) 290:588 ft (179 m) 255: 46: 30: 16:New Orleans-class cruiser 2793:"USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37)" 2652:on 14 December, via the 2172:December 1943 – May 1944 1825:November 1942 – May 1943 1733:June 1942 – October 1942 1617:at the scuttling of the 670:, the Representative of 492: in (32–57 mm) 2305:Operation Anvil-Dragoon 2227:(TF 125) bound for the 1702:—the main base for the 795:In May 1937, the Fleet 687:Washington Naval Treaty 532:5 in (130 mm) 501:5 in (130 mm) 2432: 2379:Philadelphia Navy Yard 2168:Spitzbergen garrison. 2148:, and six destroyers. 1821: 1683: 1593:attack at Pearl Harbor 1589:Imperial Japanese Navy 1558:, the damaging of the 1327:May 1941 – August 1941 1181:On 3 December 1940 at 774: 145:Mrs. Thomas Lee McCann 2969:Veteran's Association 2915:. Ships and Aircraft. 2744:Navy Occupation Medal 2735:with two battle stars 2699:Boston Metals Company 2695:Naval Vessel Register 2412: 2215:June 1944 – July 1944 2209:Supermarine Spitfires 1860:, the heavy cruisers 1816: 1678: 1498:and two divisions of 1442:—with Prime Minister 1347:had sunk the vaunted 954:San Juan, Puerto Rico 782:San Pedro, California 769: 604:1 × Amidship catapult 594:anti-aircraft cannons 108:New York Shipbuilding 2974:Navy photographs of 2343:breakwater provoked 2137:, the heavy cruiser 1829:On 8 November 1942, 1688:North Atlantic Ocean 1625:operation among the 1315:. Based at Bermuda, 1016:departed Veracruz, 968:) Lloyd (NDL) liner 739:, she transited the 668:William Bacon Oliver 386:Fuel oil: 1,650 tons 2750:China Service Medal 2703:Baltimore, Maryland 2670:embarked troops at 2656:, and proceeded to 2397:to join Commander, 2321:French North Africa 2233:Fort Ile de Tatihou 2069:On 2 October 1943, 1997:around the city of 1962:s heavy artillery, 1835:Northwestern Africa 1661:John W. Wilcox, Jr. 1632:On 6 January 1942, 927:Before Pearl Harbor 832:. She took part in 747:, where she joined 699:London Naval Treaty 601:Aviation facilities 550:Aviation facilities 2795:. Historyofwar.org 2525:Philippine Islands 2433: 2267:Îles Saint-Marcouf 1822: 1704:British Home Fleet 1684: 1405:Richmond K. Turner 1133:, in company with 1131:Pensacola, Florida 1125:departed from the 861:Strait of Magellan 786:Fleet Problem XVII 775: 773:under way in 1935. 749:Cruiser Division 6 726:New York Navy Yard 656:Camden, New Jersey 587:anti-aircraft guns 419:anti-aircraft guns 112:Camden, New Jersey 3124: 3123: 2746:with "ASIA" clasp 2705:, for scrapping. 2631:Eighth Route Army 2401:in January 1945. 2288:and her consorts 1887:Mediterranean Sea 1779:On the next day, 1444:Winston Churchill 1196:Kingston, Jamaica 1142:On the next day, 1127:Norfolk Navy Yard 1063:in the cruiser's 950:Neutrality Patrol 891:Campobello Island 853:Husband E. Kimmel 820:Fleet Problem XIX 790:Panama Canal Zone 753:Fleet Problem XVI 608: 607: 354:Parsons reduction 142:Sponsored by 3159: 3012: 3005: 2998: 2989: 2924: 2923: 2916: 2904: 2893:. 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Leahy 936:The outbreak of 919:on the coast of 834:Fleet Problem XX 811:, "battled" the 761:Hawaiian Islands 705:Inter-war period 539:Aircraft carried 522: 521: 517: 514: 491: 490: 486: 483: 477: 476: 472: 469: 239: 234: 218: 217: 211: 210: 204: 203: 197: 196: 161:13 February 1946 137:15 November 1933 129:3 September 1931 91:13 February 1929 61: 58: 57: 56: 35: 28: 3167: 3166: 3162: 3161: 3160: 3158: 3157: 3156: 3127: 3126: 3125: 3120: 3107: 3081: 3024: 3022:-class cruisers 3016: 2947: 2921: 2909:Fahey, James C. 2907: 2901: 2889: 2886: 2881: 2880: 2871: 2870: 2866: 2855:Hitler, Adolf. 2854: 2853: 2849: 2837: 2830: 2820: 2818: 2813: 2812: 2808: 2798: 2796: 2790: 2789: 2785: 2775: 2773: 2768: 2767: 2763: 2758: 2714: 2676:Russell Islands 2674:, moved to the 2654:Solomon Islands 2558:She touched at 2556: 2503: 2480: 2466: 2443: 2407: 2367:Dornier Do 217s 2354: 2347: 2313: 2243: 2217: 2174: 2130:the battleship 2043:Queen Elizabeth 2037: 1959: 1933:naval air power 1893: 1831:Operation Torch 1827: 1820:in October 1942 1788: 1752:In mid-August, 1735: 1585: 1580: 1468:Portland, Maine 1456: 1439:Prince of Wales 1409:Forrest Sherman 1403:; Rear Admiral 1397:Henry H. 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