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  Naval History/USS Duluth CL-87
Duluth (CL-87) was launched 13 January 1944 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Portsmouth, VA.; sponsored by Mrs.
From 14 December 1944 to 2 March 1945 Duluth served as a training cruiser at Newport, R. After brief overhaul at Norfolk, she sailed 7 April for the Pacific, arriving at Pearl Harbor 29 April.
From 24 August 1945 until she entered Tokyo Bay 16 September, Duluth operated with TF 38 which was providing radar picket and combat air patrol for transport aircraft flying occupation forces into Japan.
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  USS Duluth (CL-87) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Severe structural damage to her bow suffered in a typhoon 5 June forced her to return to Guam for repairs, but she rejoined TF 38 on 21 July to screen during the final air strikes on the Japanese homeland which continued until the end of the war.
From 24 August 1945 until she entered Tokyo Bay 16 September, Duluth operated with TF 38 which was providing radar picket and combat air patrol for transport aircraft flying occupation forces into Japan.
Based at San Pedro, California, Duluth served a tour of duty in the Far East between 3 January and 27 September 1946, and on 24 February 1947 sailed for an extended visit at Pearl Harbor.
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 CL-87 Duluth
Duluth (CL-87) was launched 13 January 1944 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Portsmouth, Va.; sponsored by Mrs.
From 14 December 1944 to 2 March 1945 Duluth served as a training cruiser at Newport, R. After brief overhaul at Norfolk, she sailed 7 April for the Pacific, arriving at Pearl Harbor 29 April.
Based at San Pedro, Calif., Duluth served a tour of duty in the Far East between 3 January 1946 and 27 September, and on 24 February 1947 sailed for an extended visit at Pearl Harbor.
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 USS Duluth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Two United States Navy ships have borne the name Duluth, after the city of Duluth, Minnesota.
The first Duluth (CL-87) was a light cruiser commissioned late in World War II.
The second Duluth (LPD-6) is an amphibious transport dock commissioned in 1966.
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 USN Ships--USS Duluth (CL-87)
USS Duluth, a 10,000-ton Cleveland class light cruiser, was built at Newport News, Virginia.
Duluth steamed to the Pacific in April 1945 and arrived in the war zone in late May to begin World War II combat operations.
Her bow was damaged in a typhoon on 5 June, but she was repaired during the next month and served in a screening role during the final three weeks of carrier air strikes on the Japanese Home Islands.
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 History Topeka CL-67
USS Topeka (CL 67) was laid down on 21 April 1943 by the Bethlehem Steel Co. Yard located at Quincy, Mass., launched on 19 August 1944, sponsored by Mrs.
On the night of the latter date, Topeka had another opportunity to strike the enemy directly when she joined Atlanta (CL 104), Duluth (CL 87), Oklahoma City, and the destroyers of DesRon 62 in an anti shipping sweep of the entrance to Sagami Nada near the sea approaches to Tokyo.
I came across your website of the USS Topeka CL 67 and realized that we were moored behind Topeka in Shanghai September and then in December 1947.
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They retired from the area for another fueling rendezvous on the 16th, but returned to the vicinity of southern Honshu and resumed the aerial blitz of Tokyo on the 17th and 18th.
On the night of the latter date, Topeka had another opportunity to strike the enemy directly when she joined Atla nta (CL-104), Duluth (CL-87), Oklahoma City, and the destroyers of DesRon 62 in an antishipping sweep of the entrance to Sagami Nada near the sea approaches to Tokyo.
During that sweep, she fired her guns at Japanese installations located on Nojima Zaki, the point of land which marks the eastern terminus of the entrance into Sagami Nada.
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 Learn more about List of ships of the United States Navy in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
USS Atlanta (CL 51, CL 104, SSN 712)
USS Birmingham (CL 2, CL 62, SSN 695)
USS Buffalo (1892, CL 99, CL 110, SSN 715)
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 tincans
Some of the ships present were the USS Duluth CL-87, Topeka, four carriers and destroyers including the Maury, McCall, Izard, Hall and the Burns, also a large number of attack cargo and transport ships.
The cruisers Pittsburg and Duluth were badly damaged in the storm and had left the group.
The cruiser USS Duluth, CL-87, damaged in the storm in June before we joined the Task Force, was back in formation.
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 LemaireSoft's Cleveland: overviews   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
Bataan, CVL 29, Buffalo, CL 99, CV 29
Monterey, CVL 26, Dayton, CL 78, CV 26
Princeton, CV 23, Tallahassee, CL 61, CVL 23
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 Duluth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
USS Duluth Two United States Navy ships have borne the name Duluth, after the city of Duluth, Minnesota.
Duluth Duluth is the name of some places in the United States of America: Duluth, Georgia Duluth, Minnesota See also the French explorer Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut.
In the city the population is spread out with 24.6% under the age of 18, 8.8% from 18 to 24, 41.8% from 25 to 44, 19.9% from 45 to
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 Dreadnought
Ajax CL Sydney CL Perth CL Hobart CL 8x6in
Newcastle CL Southampton CL Birmingham CL Glasgow CL Sheffield CL 12x6in
Fiji CL Kenya CL Mauritius CL Nigeria CL 12x6in
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 Duluth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
Saturday after running to a convenience store for a pack of cigarettes, she was just another young woman with a troubled past seemingly destined to live her life in anonymity.
In the city the population is spread out with 35.5% under the age of 18, 11.4% from 18 to 24, 29.5% from 25 to 44, 15.8% from 45 to 64, and 7.8% who are 65 years of age or older.
DULUTH (Georgia): A man accused of killing three people at a courthouse was captured yesterday after taking a woman hostage at an apartment complex and was a suspect in the fatal shooting of an immigration agent hours earlier, officials said.
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 USS Duluth - TheBestLinks.com - United States Navy, World War II, 1966, Minnesota, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
USS Duluth - TheBestLinks.com - United States Navy, World War II, 1966, Minnesota,...
USS Duluth, United States Navy, World War II, 1966, Duluth, Minnesota, Light...
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 Inny Cerbini's Run-in with the Engineering Officer
I never got to thank the Skipper for his kindness to me.This is how I wound up on a Light cruiser.
The Duluth operated in a cruiser division comprised of the USS Topeka and the USS Atlanta.
The Duluth was assigned to China and a way we went.
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 Travel information
The state's average elevation is 1,200 feet (366 m), with a high point at Eagle Mountain (2,301 ft or 701 m) and a low at the surface of Lake Superior (602 ft or 183 m).
As of January 2005, the state is the country's fourth-largest wind energy producer after California, Texas, and Iowa, with 615 megawatts installed and 213 MW planned [1].
USS Duluth (LPD-6) is an amphibious transport dock commissioned in 1966.
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 USS Duluth (CL 87) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS Duluth.
Please keep in mind that this list does only include records of people who submitted their information for publication on this website.
Add yourself to the Crew List of USS Duluth.
navysite.de /crew.php?action=ship&ship=CL_87   (119 words)

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