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Atlanta
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Displacement: 6096 tons normal and 2590 tons full load. Speed: 32.5 knots. Armament: Sixteen 5 -inch guns, three 1.1 inch AA guns and Twenty four 40mm and fourteen 20mm AA guns. Crew: 590 |
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USS Atlanta (CL51) | 6th September 1941 | Sunk on 13th November 1942. |
USS Juneau (CL52) | 25th October 1941 | Sunk on 13th November 1942. |
USS San Diego (CL53) | 26th July 1941 | Broken up in December 1960. |
USS San Juan (CL54) | 6th September 1941 | Broken up in 1962. |
USS Oakland (CL95) | 23rd October 1942 | Broken up in 1962. |
USS Reno (CL96) | 23rd December 1942 | Broken up in 1962. |
USS Flint (CL97) | 25th January 1944 | Broken up in 1966. |
USS Tucson (CL98) | 3rd September 1944 | Sold for scrap in 1966. |
USS Juneau (CL119) | 15th July 1945 | Broken up March 1961. |
USS Spokane (CL120) | 22nd September 1945 | Sold for breaking on 17th May 1973. |
USS Fresno (CL121) | 5th March 1946 | Broken up in 1966. |
USS Atlanta was the first of the class of 11 light anti aircraft cruisers. USS Atlanta quickly saw service in June 1942 at the Battle of Midway and In August she took part in covering the US landings at Guadalcanal and of the Solomon Islands During the fierce air war to take the Islands. In October she was part of the Cruiser force covering Task Force 64 against air attack and participated in the Battle of Santa Cruz. USS Atlanta then took part in convoy protection duties for US forces at Guadalcanal. Then joining Task Group 62.4 her role was to protect the convoy heading for Espiritu Santu. On the 12th November while disembarking supplies and troops. A large Japanese naval force attacked during the night and USS Atlanta was hit by a number of Shells and torpedoes. and sunk before day break on the 13th. (The name of USS Atlanta was used for a cruiser of the Cleveland-Fargo class launched in 1944) |
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USS Oakland Submitted by John Faulkner |
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CL54 USS San Juan. 1942. Order Code CL54 One copy only of original 1940's printed photo plate, 10" x 8" available, price £15. Please note image shown has been cropped for website purpose and more sky and sea and text is shown on the photo plate. Please add post of £3 post for UK £10 overseas, recorded airmail order photograph here |
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CL54 USS San Juan, 8th June 1942, Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia Order Code CL54B One copy only of original 1940's printed photo plate, 10" x 8" available, price £15. Please note image shown has been cropped for website purpose and more sky and sea and text is shown on the photo plate. Please add post of £3 post for UK £10 overseas, recorded airmail order photograph here |
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