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USS Juneau (CL-52) was a United States Navy Atlanta-class light cruiser torpedoed and sunk at the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on 13 November 1942. In total, 687 officers and sailors, including the five Sullivan brothers , were killed in action as a result of her sinking.
The Sullivan brothers on board the cruiser USS Juneau at her commissioning: Joe, Frank, Al, Matt, and George (14 February 1942) The Sullivan brothers were five brothers from Waterloo, Iowa who served together on the light cruiser USS Juneau. They were all killed in action when Juneau served in the Naval battle of Guadalcanal, November 13th, 1942.
USS Juneau (CL-52) was an Atlanta-class light cruiser commissioned February 1942 and sunk eight months later in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal This "Juneau incident" is particularly notable for the loss of the five Sullivan brothers; USS Juneau (CL-119) was a Juneau-class light cruiser, commissioned 1946, active in the Korean War, and scrapped ...
Juneau ' s 100+ survivors (out of a total complement of 697) were left to fend for themselves in the open ocean for eight days before rescue aircraft belatedly arrived. While awaiting rescue, all but ten of Juneau ' s crew died from their injuries, the elements, or shark attacks.
Federal Jail, Juneau, Alaska Killed a Juneau grocery store owner in 1946. [26] David Joseph Watson: Electrocution Murder on the high seas September 15, 1948 Florida State Prison, near Raiford, Florida: Killed a fellow sailor on board the USS Stribling in 1946. [27] Samuel Richard Shockley: Gas inhalation Murder December 3, 1948
U.S. Navy Seaman 2nd Class John C. Auld, 23, was from Newcastle, England, and died aboard the USS Oklahoma on Dec. 7.
USS Juneau (CL-52) was an Atlanta-class light cruiser torpedoed and sunk by Japanese submarine I-26 at the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal 13 November 1942. A total 687 men, including, infamously, all five of the Sullivan brothers from Waterloo, Iowa, were killed in action as a result of its sinking.
English: A memorial placed on the cruise ship docks of Juneau, Alaska, to the crew of the USS Juneau (CL-52), almost all of whom perished at the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal in November 1942 Date 2 June 2017