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	USS Honolulu (CL-48) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The second Navy ship named for the city of Honolulu, Hawaii, the cruiser was launched on 26 August 1937 at the New York Navy Yard, sponsored by Helen Poindexter (the daughter of Joseph B. Poindexter, the Governor of Hawaii), and commissioned on 15 June 1938, with Captain Oscar Smith, USN, in command.
		The Honolulu departed from the staging area at Manus Island in the Admiralty Islands on 12 October 1944 and steamed towards the Philippines for the invasion of Leyte Island.
		The USS Honolulu remained at Norfolk for the duration of the war, undergoing repairs, and after a shakedown cruise in October 1945, she steamed to Newport, Rhode Island, for duty as a training ship.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Honolulu_(CL-48) (1189 words)

	Naval History/USS Honolulu CL-48
		The second Honolulu was launched 20 August 1937 by the New York Navy Yard, sponsored by Miss Helen Poindexter, daughter of the Governor of Hlawaii; and commissioned 15 June 1938, Captain Oscar Smith in command.
		Honolulu operated out of Espiritu Santo in early 1943 with Task force 67 in an attempt to engage the `'Tokyo Express." During May she engaged in heavy bombardment on New Georgia in the Solomon Islands.
		Honolulu remained at Norfolk for the duration of the war undergoing repairs and after a shakedown cruise in October 1945, sailed to Newport for duty as a training ship.
	www.multied.com /Navy/cruiser/Honolulu.html (899 words)

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		BROOKLYN) The second HONOLULU was launched 26 August 1937 by the New York Navy Yard, sponsored by Miss Helen Poindexter, daughter of the Governor of Hawaii; and commissioned 15 June 1938, Captain Oscar Smith in command.
		HONOLULU took part in bombardment of the southeastern part of Saipan in early June as the American Navy drove steadily across the Pacific.
		While bombarding Guam in mid-June, HONOLULU was deployed north to intercept the Japanese fleet.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/cruisers/cl48.txt (914 words)

	USN Ships--USS Honolulu (CL-48)
		Honolulu engaged enemy warships in the Battle of Kula Gulf on 6 July and the Battle of Kolombangara on 13 July.
		USS Honolulu (CL-48) firing during the night bombardment of Japanese positions at Vila, on Kolombangara, and Munda, on New Georgia.
		USS Honolulu (CL-48) in Tulagi Harbor, Solomon Islands, for temporary repair of damage received when she was torpedoed in the bow during the Battle of Kolombangara.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-h/cl48.htm (1074 words)

	Honolulu Newspaper -- Recommendations and Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Honolulu is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Hawai‘i.
		The Honolulu Zoo is the principal zoological institution of research of Hawai'i in the City & County of Honolulu.
		The institution is administered by the Honolulu Zoo Society, a non-profit organization, and is maintained by a corps of volunteers.
	www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/75/honolulu-newspaper.html (1060 words)

	Hawaii Navy News Online :: Fleet Focus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Eighteen Sailors sat attentively as Ray Emory and Scott Green told of the horrific events during the morning of Dec. 7, 1941 and the subsequent heroic efforts of the USS Honolulu (CL 48).
		Today's Honolulu Warriors quickly discovered that they were carrying forth a legacy of outstanding war-fighting capability and naval excellence throughout the Pacific.
		She is under the leadership of Cmdr. John Richardson and Honolulu's Chief of the boat Master Chief Machinist's Mate William Cramer.
	www.hnn.navy.mil /archives/010615/honolulu_061501.htm (699 words)

	CL-48 Honolulu
		USS Honolulu, a 9650-ton Brooklyn class light cruiser, was built at the New York Navy Yard.
		Honolulu was transferred to the Pacific in May 1939 and had her base moved to Pearl Harbor in November 1940.
		Honolulu was back in the south Pacific by early December 1943.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/cl-48.htm (417 words)

	deseretnews.com
		On December 7, 1941, while serving on the Honolulu, it was attacked by Japanese dive-bombers and damaged.
		Thereafter, the Honolulu, nicknamed the "Blue Goose", was sent to Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands, just in time to participate in the Battle of Tassafaronga on November 30, 1942.
		On July 4, 1943, the Honolulu sank a Japanese destroyer in the Battle of Kula Gulf.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view_ob/0,1588,485013109,00.html (467 words)

	Japanese destroyer Kiyonami - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On 12 July 1943, Kiyonami was on a troop transport run to Kolombangara.
		In the Battle of Kolombangara, she contributed torpedoes to the spreads that sank USS Gwin (DD-433) and damaged USS Honolulu (CL-48) and USS St.
		On 20 July Kiyonami was on another troop transport run to Kolombangara.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Kiyonami (159 words)

	U.S. Navy - A Brief History of Cruisers
		It was their first meeting that the two leaders agree on the principles set forth in the Atlantic charter.
		The ensuing actions lasted less than a quarter-hour, but was one of the fiercest of the war as the US force, steaming line ahead, literally sails through the wedge-shaped, Japanese formation.
		After their attempts to repel the landing were unsuccessful, the Germans fought an expert rear-guard action to the north towards the Straits of Messina.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/cruisers/history/cghist4.html (1191 words)

	USS Honolulu
		I built my 1/700 scale U.S.S. Honolulu from the Corsair Armada kit with the addition of photoetched brass sets from Tom's Modelworks.
		The U.S.S. Honolulu (CL-48) was a light cruiser that served with distinction in the Pacific during World War II.
		After the war, she served as a training vessel off the east coast for a few years before being sold for scrap in 1949.
	www.ipmslivonia.org /ipms/Gallery/Honolulu/KitRLulu.htm (439 words)

	Carrier Battles in the Pacific - 1942 ... and other WWII battles in the Pacific (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		USS Honolulu had some trouble locating its target at first, but that problem was solved soon, and her fire became so rapid thet everyone topside was blinded by the muzzle flashes.
		Captain Kitts turned right with Honolulu to avoid three damaged vessels ahead, but Japanese destroyer Oyashio had put the correct firing solution into effect and sent 8 torpedoes her way at 2339.
		As Honolulu came back to the scene of the battle, after the tour around the Savo a high-pitched sound like the voices of birds arouse from the water.
	www.everblue.net /1942/tasaffaronga.php (2442 words)

	Sharing the Tour of Duty Social Studies Review - Find Articles
		It was also a unique opportunity to share time with the crew's families, the wives, children and grandchildren who gathered together for what may be their last union as a unit.
		I will share some of the internet sites I have found that provide links to some of these great Americans and their stories, and to archives where much of the research if found, or may be deposited.
		The U.S. Navy's C B's built a float which carried the crew of the vintage light cruiser, USS Honolulu CL 48, along with several members of the current namesake, the nuclear submarine, USS Honolulu SSN 718, as well as Miss Honolulu.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa4033/is_200404/ai_n9373897 (964 words)

	Infamous Day: Marines at Pearl Harbor (Suddenly Hurled into War)
		Louis, outboard of Honolulu, went to general quarters at 0757 and opened fire with her 1.1 quadruple mounted antiaircraft and.50-caliber machine gun batteries, and after getting her 5-inch mounts in commission by 0830 — although without power in train — she hauled in her lines at 0847 and got underway at 0831.
		With all 5-inchers in full commission by 0947, she proceeded to sea, passing the channel entrance buoys abeam around 1000.
		Honolulu, damaged by a near miss from a bomb, remained moored at her berth throughout the action.
	www.nps.gov /wapa/indepth/extcontent/usmc/pcn-190-003116-00/sec2c.htm (1431 words)

	Countdown to Pearl Harbor, Pg 2
		She is the first U.S. merchantman to be sunk by a Japanese submarine in World War II.
		Two of her men are later awarded the Medal of Honor: Machinist Donald Ross for his service in the forward and after dynamo rooms and Chief Boatswain Edwin Hill (posthumously) for his work in enabling the ship to get underway and, later, during the attempt to beach the ship.
		Battleships Pennsylvania (BB-38), Tennessee (BB-43), and Maryland (BB-46), light cruiser Honolulu (CL-48), destroyer Shaw (DD-373), and floating drydock YFD-2 are damaged by bombs.
	www.ww2pacific.com /countpearl.html (1867 words)

	Cruisers Descriptions, Pacific War, 1942
		USS Honolulu (CL-48) 9,650 tons, 15- 6" Commissioned 15June38.
		Honolulu suffered minor hull damage from a near miss.
		Repaired, she fought at Guam, Palau, but took another torpedo at Leyte and was under repair when the war ended.
	www.ww2pacific.com /ships2.html (2238 words)

	Honolulu Sailors Talk Story with Pearl Harbor Survivors
		Pearl Harbor survivors stationed onboard the WWII light cruiser USS Honolulu (CL-48) December 7, 1941, recently spent their Friday afternoon sharing experiences with several crewmembers from today's nuclear-powered attack submarine namesake, USS Honolulu (SSN 718).
		Eighteen Sailors sat attentively as Ray Emory and Scott Green told of the horrific events during the morning of December 7, 1941 and the subsequent heroic efforts of the USS Honolulu (CL-48).
		She is under the leadership of Commander John Richardson and Honolulu's Chief of the boat Master Chief Machinist’s Mate William Cramer.
	www.csp.navy.mil /news/718story.htm (777 words)

	Bulletin Board for USS Honolulu - SSN 718
		I don't remember the exact dates he was stationed on the Honolulu, but I beleive he was first transfered there in 99'.
		anyone in groton,ct navy sub school.if you know my sons address could you let me know.he is currently there.he was on the uss honolulu from 1999 to 2004.if you know him have him call his mother please.thank you and god bless.
		looking for my son who is on the uss honolulu (ssn718) his name is robert b.
	www.military.com /HomePage/UnitPageBulletinBoard/1,13492,202233,00.html (364 words)

	Naval Station Pearl Harbor
		The first submarines arrived in Honolulu in August of 1914.
		Four F-class submarines operated from the old Naval Station, at Pier 5 in Honolulu Harbor.
		Within the first minutes of the attack all the battleships adjacent to Ford Island had taken bomb and or torpedo hits.
	navysite.de /homeports/pearlharbor.htm (1720 words)

	Battle of Kula Gulf - Wikimedia Commons
		USS Honolulu firing during the night bombardment of Japanese positions at Vila, on Kolombangara, and Munda, on New Georgia, May 13, 1943.
		USS Helena (CL-50), in the center, firing during the Battle of Kula Gulf, just before she was torpedoed and sunk on July 6, 1943.
		USS Honolulu, at left, returning from the Battle of Kula Gulf, at 0810 hrs on 6 July 1943.
	commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Kula_Gulf (157 words)

	Sim-Outhouse - Combat Flight Center - article6
		Following local operations near Honolulu and Pearl Harbor, she made brief runs to Johnston Island and the port of Hilo.
		During the voyage, Vireo was reclassified as an ocean-going tug and redesignated AT-144 on 1 June 1942.
		In the pre-dawn darkness of 13 July, the Battle of Kula Gulf was fought between Japanese and American surface forces, the latter augmented by New Zealand cruiser Leander.
	www.sim-outhouse.com /index.php?loc=articles&page=article6 (14751 words)

	Brooklyn class
		Helena fought in the battles of Cape Esperance and First Guadalcanal, and Honolulu at Tassafaronga, where she was the only undamaged US cruiser after the fight.
		At Kula Gulf, Helena was torpedoed and sunk, with 1155 survivors, rendering her unable to participate at the Battle of Kolombangara, where St.Louis and Honolulu fought together with HMNZS Leander, and as the two others, suffered torpedo hits.
		The only other wartime loss, besides Helena, was Phoenix, which sank in 1982 due to torpedos from HM submarine Conqueror, as Argentine General Belgrano.
	www.microworks.net /pacific/ships/cruisers/brooklyn.htm (512 words)

	USS ST. Louis CL-49 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		On the night of 4-5 July 1943, while in preparation for the landings at Rice Anchorage, the USS Honolulu, USS Helena and St. Louis, in the company of four destroyers, made a night sweep of Kula Gulf to bombard Kolombangara.
		The Helena was sunk and the St. Louis was struck aft of the number 3 turret by a dud torpedo.
		One week later, 12 July, the Honolulu, the Australian cruiser Leander, and the St. Louis, with destroyers, headed "up the slot" again.
	mywebpage.netscape.com /swede51/CL-49.html (5001 words)

	Local Citizen: A Survivor of Pearl Harbor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The USS Honolulu was hit by a delayed action bomb from a dive bomber.
		The Honolulu continued to serve in the South pacific but in 144, Leroy
		was assigned to the USS Porter, DD - 48, a destroyer bound for Attu in
	www.angelfire.com /tx/TCGS/Pearl.html (1581 words)

	UH can make name for itself - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
		Because the UAB football team is playing in the Sheraton Hawai'i Bowl on Friday, hundreds of their fans are expected to be in Honolulu this week.
		Fun fact: Approximately 300 UAB fans are in Honolulu this week because the Blazers football team is also here for Friday's Sheraton Hawai'i Bowl.
		RaMell Ross, a 6-6 senior forward, is the top reserve with averages of 4.8 points and 2.8 rebounds per game.
	the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2004/Dec/19/sp/sp05p.html (2168 words)

	U.S. Navy Battleships - USS Tennessee (BB 44)
		Naval gunfire was shifted inland and to the flanks to assist the landing troops as they began to carve out a beachhead.
		During the afternoon, Honolulu was again attacked, this time by a torpedo bomber that scored a hit and forced the cruiser to withdraw.
		Night air attacks were feared; a screen of destroyers was placed around the ships in the gulf, smoke was generated, and much nervous firing flared up in the darkness and caused some casualties.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/battleships/tennessee/bb43-tenn.html (14218 words)

	USS Philadelphia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The remaining three cruisers Phoenix (CL-46), Boise (CL-47) and Honolulu (CL-48) were funded by the 1934 Vinson-Teammell Act.
		As a class, these seven ships would fight throughout the war and would be found in the Allantic and Pacific.
		Although several of these cruisers were damaged by enemy action, none was lost in World War II.
	www.geocities.com /pentagon/8872 (226 words)

	USS Honolulu (CL-48) Action Report: 7 Dec 1941 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		USS Honolulu (CL-48) Action Report: 7 Dec 1941
		Supplementary Report of Damage Attendant to Bomb Near-hit, U.S.S. Honolulu.
		Due to damage suffered from bomb near-hit Sunday, December 7, 1941, the power and fire control circuits in this vessel are in the following defective condition necessitating immediate repair:
	www.history.navy.mil /docs/wwii/pearl/ph47.htm (330 words)

	WORLD WAR II 1943
		The destroyer USS Gwin (DD-433) is damaged by a destroyer torpedo and scuttled.
		The light cruisers USS Honolulu (CL-48) and USS St. Louis (CL-49) are damaged by destroyer torpedoes.
		The destroyers USS Woodworth (DD-460) and USS Buchanan (DD-484) are damaged in a collision.
	www.blountweb.com /blountcountymilitary/wars/ww2/timelines/1943_ww2.htm (9086 words)

	A Tin Can Sailors Destroyer History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		On 6 and 7 July, she and the GWIN were dispatched to rescue survivors of the HELENA (CL-50), which had been sunk, and then returned for the second landing at Rice Anchorage on 11 July.
		On the night of 13 July, the cruisers HONOLULU (CL-48), ST. LOUIS (CL-49), and HMS LEANDER along with the WOODWORTH and other destroyers, met a Japanese cruiser and five destroyers for the Battle of Kula Gulf and Kolombangara.
		Using torpedoes and radar-controlled gunfire, the American and British ships sank the enemy cruiser and one destroyer and severely damaged three others.
	www.destroyers.org /nl-histories/dd460-nl.htm (932 words)

	USS Kleinsmith
		Until honorably discharged 5 October 1926 as Fireman Second Class, he served on board several ships, including Wyoming (BB-32) and Maryland (BB-46).
		Kleinsmith reenlisted 20 December 1928, and during the next 11 years he had duty on board Milwaukee (CL-5), Cincinnati (CL-6), Portland (CA-33), and Honolulu (CL-48),.
		He reported on board Saratoga (CV-3) 27 December 1939 and transferred to Yorktown (CV-5) 31 October 1940.
	www.multied.com /Navy/APD/kleinsmith.html (793 words)

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