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USS Reno (CL-96) was an updated Atlanta-class light cruiser - sometimes referred to as an "Oakland-class" - designed and built to specialize in antiaircraft warfare. She was the first warship to be named for the city of Reno, Nevada .
Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Reno, the first after Walter E. Reno, and the second after the city of Reno, Nevada. The first USS Reno (DD-303) was a destroyer in service from 1920 to 1930. The second USS Reno (CL-96) was a light cruiser in service from 1943 to 1946.
Walter Elsworth Reno was born on 3 October 1881 in Davis County, Iowa. He entered the United States Naval Academy in 1901 and graduated in 1905. While a junior officer, Reno served primarily in battleships. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in 1910 and during the next four years was stationed on the battleships USS New Jersey and USS ...
Atlanta was scuttled after receiving a torpedo hit and heavy gunfire damage from Japanese surface warships and USS San Francisco on 13 November 1942 during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. Juneau was also heavily damaged in surface combat in the same battle and then sunk by the Japanese submarine I-26, on 13 November 1942.
USS Canberra (CAG-2) USS Oklahoma City (CLG-5) USS Providence (CLG-6) USS Albany (CG-10) Artist conception of Strike cruiser Mark I variant (1976 version) With the exception of the purpose-built nuclear powered guided missile cruiser Long Beach, all of the early guided missile cruisers were converted heavy or light cruisers from the World War ...
This section of the list of United States Navy ships contains all ships of the United States Navy with names beginning with Q and R. . For a list exclusively of currently commissioned ships, see the List of current ships of the United States Navy.
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English: The U.S. Navy destroyer USS McLanahan (DD-264) tied up alongside destroyer tender USS Melville (AD-2) at San Diego, California (USA), 1919. The bow of USS Reno (DD-303) is visible in the right distance.