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The second USS Juneau (CL-119/CLAA-119) was the lead ship of the United States Navy Juneau-class cruisers. Construction and commissioning
The Juneau-class cruisers were a class of United States Navy light cruisers that were modified versions of the Atlanta-class cruiser design. The ships had the same dual-purpose main armament as USS Oakland (herself a modified Atlanta-class) with a much heavier secondary anti-aircraft battery, while the anti-submarine depth charge tracks and torpedo tubes were removed along with a redesigned ...
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 ...
USS Juneau (CLAA-119) On 18 March 1949, the surviving light cruisers of the Atlanta and Juneau classes were redesignated as antiaircraft cruisers (CLAA) without changing their hull numbers; San Diego, San Juan, and Flint were redesignated even though they had been decommissioned and were in reserve. The CL-154 class would also have received ...
USS Juneau (CL-119) S. USS Spokane (CL-120) This page was last edited on 6 March 2013, at 09:09 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
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 Jouett (CG-29) USS Juneau (CL-119) L. USS Lake Champlain (CG-57) USS Leahy (DLG-16) USS Leyte Gulf; USS Little Rock (CL-92) USS Long Beach (CGN-9) USS Los Angeles ...
USS Juneau (CL-119) – refit with 7 twin mounts [a] USS Norfolk (DL-1) – built with 4 twin mounts; USS Truxtun (CGN-35) – built with 2 single mounts [12] USS Tulare (LKA-112) – built with 6 twin mounts [14] Ship classes: Allen M. Sumner-class destroyers – refit up to 6 guns; Anchorage-class dock landing ships – built with 4 twin ...