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The USS San Diego (CL-53) was an Atlanta-class light cruiser of the United States Navy, commissioned just after the US entry into World War II, and active throughout the Pacific theater. Armed with 16 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal DP anti-aircraft guns and 16 Bofors 40 mm AA guns, the Atlanta -class cruisers had one of the heaviest anti-aircraft ...
The War in the Pacific was one of the most vicious fights seen in naval history. The United States and ... USS San Diego (CL-53) ©national_museum_of_the_us_navy / Public Domain Flickr.
Suffered bomb damage, repaired San Diego, back to Pearl Harbor by January 13, 1942 moored in berth X-22 Tangier: AV-8 Minor damage by several bomb near-misses berthed at F-10, Ford Island, with ship's head bearing 230° true; Utah moored at F-11 directly astern; Raleigh at F-12 Avocet: AVP-4 Undamaged moored at berth F-1, Naval Air Station Dock
USS San Diego may refer to: USS San Diego (CA-6), originally the armored cruiser California (1907–1914); renamed San Diego (1914–1918) USS San Diego (CL-53), a light cruiser commissioned in 1942 in service throughout the Pacific War, and decommissioned 1946; USS San Diego (AFS-6), a combat stores ship in service from 1969 to 1997
The Honda Point disaster was the largest peacetime loss of U.S. Navy ships in U.S. history. [3] On the evening of September 8, 1923, seven destroyers, while traveling at 20 knots (37 km/h), ran aground at Honda Point (also known as Point Pedernales; the cliffs just off-shore called Devil's Jaw), a few miles from the northern side of the Santa Barbara Channel off Point Arguello on the Gaviota ...
The USS Midway Museum is a historical naval aircraft carrier museum in San Diego, California, United States, located at Navy Pier. The museum consists of the aircraft carrier Midway . The ship houses an extensive collection of aircraft, many of which were built in Southern California .
Photo gallery of USS 'California / San Diego' at NavSource Naval History; hazegray.org: USS California / San Diego; USS San Diego Lost at Sea Memorial Unveiled (23 May 2019), video produced for U.S. WWI Centennial Commission. USS San Diego Shipwreck Expo site; Catalogue of ship's and crew's libraries of the U.S.S. California (1905)
There the team cleared the docks for the first U.S. warship to dock in Japan, USS San Diego. [33] The team remained in Tokyo Bay until 8 Sept when it was tasked with locating remaining Kamikaze and two-man submarines at Katsura Wan, Uchiura Wan at Suruga Bay, Sendai, Onohama Shipyards and Choshi. [33]