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	USS Portland (CA-33) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sweet "P" Portland (CA–33), the lead ship of her class of heavy cruiser, was the first ship of the United States Navy named after the city of Portland, Maine.
		Portland served in Rear Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid’s Attack Group 4 May- 8 May when a Japanese invasion force was turned back from Port Moresby, New Guinea during the two-day battle of the Coral Sea.
		The cruiser participated in the Battle of the Eastern Solomons 23 August–25 August, when Allied forces prevented reinforcement of Japanese units in the Solomons by a large naval armada under Admiral Yamamoto.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Portland_(CA-33) (1407 words)

	Portland
		Portland Beavers The Portland Beavers are a Portland, Oregon.
		Portland Streetcar The Portland Streetcar is a Portland, Oregon.
		Portland Trail Blazers The Portland Trail Blazers are a Portland, Oregon.
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	ModelWarships review
		One of the essential players in the Pacific theater was the USS Portland often lovingly referred to as "Sweat Pea" by her crew.
		The Portland was the name ship of a new class of heavy cruisers that improved upon the earlier Northampton Class.
		She was armed with nine eight inch guns in three turrets as was the most typical Cruiser arrangement secondary armament was in the form of eight single 5" 25 Caliber dual purpose guns.
	www.modelwarships.com /reviews/ships/ca/ca-33/cw-portland.html (563 words)

	Encyclopedia: Salamis-Class Cruiser (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The first Salamis_Class Cruisers were launched in conjunction with the In the fictional Gundam universe, the Magellan class was a battleship type that was commissioned in UC 0070 as part of the Federations 70s Armament Reinforcement Plan.
		Musai_Class Light Cruisers and their The MS_06 Zaku II is a mobile suit or giant robot in the Mobile Suit Gundam fictional universe.
		Papua class transport vessle In the fictional Gundam universe, the main resupple vessle of the Princapality of Zeon was the Papua class.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Salamis_Class-Cruiser (2762 words)

	Anti-Air Armament Development of U.S. Cruisers
		These old light cruisers were completed in the 1920s with an AA battery of four 3in/50.
		Portland at the end of the war had 24-40mm (four quad, four twin) and 12-20mm.
		The second group of this class were built without the two waist 5-inch mounts, for a total of twelve 5in/38.
	www.microworks.net /PACIFIC/ships/cruisers/aa_cruisers.htm (772 words)

	List of cruisers
		CA-68 Baltimore class cruiser - 17 ships; the largest class of heavy cruiser in history.
		Units of this class were converted into Boston and Albany class guided missile cruisers post-WW2.
		CA-139 Salem class cruiser - 3 ships; USS Des Moines (CA-134) was laid down as a Baltimore-class ship but converted to a Salem class ship while under construction and nine ships of the class were either scrapped on the ways or never laid down.
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	U.S. Cruisers
		The cruiser is, per definition, the smallest ocean-going warship capable of independent operations, meaning operations in which the cruiser is the largest capital ship.
		Along with the design of new battleships, or ships-of-the-line, thus came the construction of two types of cruisers: armoured cruisers, which were intended to serve in "real" fleet actions, meaning battles, and light cruisers, that, with their lighter armament and armor could carry more coal and thus go further.
		Those who have stated that the US cruisers were at a disadvantage without them, and that their removement was a great failure, seem not to understand the situation that the US was to find in battle.
	www.microworks.net /pacific/ships/cruisers (1714 words)

	Portland class cruiser - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Portland class of heavy cruisers consisted of just a pair of ships built by the United States Navy:
		Built during the early 1930s, these cruisers used the same three triple-turret layout for their 8-inch guns as the Northampton class, but mounted twice as many 5-inch guns (8 vs 4), and were somewhat heavier.
		The Portlands were superseded by the New Orleans class.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Portland_class_cruiser (105 words)

	LemaireSoft's Class: Portland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Portland were a lengthened version of the Northampton, which improved sea keeping.
		The Portland had an active career at the start of the war, taking part in all major battles in the Pacific until she was seriously damaged during the first naval battle of Guadalcanal.
		Identification: Visually, the Northampton and the Portlands were similar with both three triple turrets and two chimney stacks separated by the floatplane catapults.
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	List of cruisers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		CL-55 Cleveland class cruiser - 23 ships; seven sisters were converted to Independence class aircraft carriers.
		CL-106 Fargo class cruiser - Two ships (11 were canceled because of the end of World War II).
		CA-139 Salem class cruiser - Three ships; USS Des Moines (CA-134) was laid down as a Baltimore-class ship but converted to a Salem-class ship while under construction and nine ships of the class were either scrapped on the ways or never laid down.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/list_of_cruisers (289 words)

	Virginia class cruiser -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Virginia-class nuclear guided missile cruisers (CGN-38 class) were a series of four (A cruiser that carries guided missiles) guided missile cruisers commissioned in the late 1970s, which served in the (The navy of the United States of America; maintains and trains and equips combat-ready naval forces) US Navy through early to mid 1990s.
		They were decommissioned as part of the early 1990s " (additional info and facts about peace dividend) peace dividend" from winning the (A state of political conflict using means short of armed warfare) Cold War.
		Given less need for cruisers, it was decided to eliminate these ships as a money saving measure.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/V/Vi/Virginia_class_cruiser.htm (286 words)

	Portland class war records
		On 16 October Portland sailed with Enterprise and TF61 to intercept Japanese forces heading for the eastern Solomons, which culminated in the Battle of Santa Cruz, when the cruiser was lucky to survive hits by three aircraft torpedoes, none of which exploded.
		However, in November she was deployed to escort troop reinforcements from Noumea to Guadalcanal, and in the subsequent battle off that island on 13 November was hit aft by a shallow-running torpedo, which sheared off both inboard screws.
		Portland returned to the South Pacific to operate in the Marshall and Gilbert Islands at the end of 1943, then supported operations at Hollandia in April 1944.
	www.world-war.co.uk /US/port_war.html (816 words)

	USS Indianapolis (CA-35) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		She holds a place in history due to the notorious circumstances of her demise, which was the worst single at-sea loss of life in the history of the United States Navy.
		After overhaul at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, the heavy cruiser sailed to Maine to embark President Roosevelt at Campobello Island, in the Canadian province of New Brunswick, on 1 July 1933.
		Here, inspection revealed that her propeller shafts were damaged, her fuel tanks ruptured, her water-distilling equipment ruined; nevertheless, the cruiser made the long trip across the Pacific to the Mare Island Navy Yard under her own power.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Indianapolis_(CA-35) (3829 words)

	Delivering The Bomb: Deaths Upon Deaths
		A Portland-class heavy cruiser, 588 feet long and with four screws putting out 107,000 horsepower, Indianapolis was steaming for the Philippines after dropping off its deadly cargo on the 26th of July, a cargo that not even the captain of the ship, Charles B. McVay, was privy to.
		Also unknown to McVay, of course, his ship was vectoring directly toward disaster at the hands of his enemy, an enemy who, of course, was working in darkness, and had no idea of the role that his target had just played in defeating his nation.
		Of the 1,200 men assigned to the cruiser, perhaps 800 survived the initial torpedoing, and only 320 survived the entire ordeal.
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	In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors, by Doug Stanton
		Soon the sun having risen high and the morning's fog burned off, she was snug to the wharf at Hunters Point, standing motionless against her mammoth eight-inch hawsers sprung from bow and stern.
		In battle formation, a cruiser flanked the more ponderous aircraft carriers and battleships and directed anti-aircraft fire at enemy planes, while the flotilla itself was prowled by vigilant destroyer escorts.
		Yet, as McCoy understood, what a cruiser gives up for its astonishing speed is armor: the Indy was protected midships with only three to four inches of steel (battleships carried an average of thirteen inches), while her decks were laid with two inches.
	www.ussindianapolisinharmsway.com /excerpt1.htm (3871 words)

	The Times-Tribune - News - 06/18/2005 - INDIANAPOLIS SURVIVOR OFFERS HARROWING TAKE ON HISTORY
		The story of the USS Indianapolis was the focus of a semester-long project by seventh-graders at the school.
		While her students were reading, researching and learning about the sinking, the survival and the fallout, they could have had a verbal lesson from Donald F. Mack, who lives 20 minutes from the school.
		Mack was a bugler on the 9,800-ton Portland-class heavy cruiser that was torpedoed by the Japanese submarine I-58 at 12:14 a.m.
	www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=14718223&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=416046&rfi=6 (659 words)

	ipedia.com: USS Indianapolis (CA-35) Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		It holds a place in history due to the notorious circumstances of her demise, which was the worst single loss of life in the history of the United States Navy.
		She sortied from Pearl Harbor 10 November with the main body of the Southern Attack Force of the Assault Force for Operation "Galvanic, the invasion of the Gilbert Islands.
		During June, the 5th Fleet was busy with the Marianas assault, raids on Saipan which began with carrier-based planes on the 11th followed by surface bombardment, in which Indianapolis had a major role, from 13 June.
	www.ipedia.com /uss_indianapolis__ca_35_.html (3121 words)

	Loyalhanna Dockyard
		Created as a warship resource guide; covering all ships in a single class with official photographs, highlighted history and statistical sheet for each vessel. 72 Pages packed with over 100 photographs with prewar career history coverage plus record of movements for each vessel of the class during WWII.
		This will be one of the few records of this class of warship compiled in English with high quality photographic reproduction.
		Included are photos of her initial shakedown cruise, WWII action, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and action in the early 1980s, many never before published.
	www.taubmansonline.com /Books.htm (726 words)

	Detail Pictures - USS Tuscaloosa CA-37 - WWII heavy cruiser
		The Indianapolis is from the earlier Portland Class - which is less armored than, but otherwise fairly similar to, the New Orleans Class.
		The San Francisco (CA-35) was in the same class (New Orleans Class) as the Tuscaloosa.
		The Quincy (CA-39) was one of the three New Orleans Class heavy cruisers that was sunk at the Battle of Savo Island on 9 August 1942.
	www.geocities.com /usstuscaloosa/tusc_detail.htm (458 words)

	Amazon.com: U.S. Cruisers: An Illustrated Design History: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The cruisers most Americans know of are the "Treaty Cruisers" which first started with the Pennsicola class (or egg shells armed with hammers) and the cruiser class ended with the USS Long Beach, the first and last true missle cruiser for the US Navy.
		American cruisers in WWI were left over ships from the Spanish American war or oddly designed ships, such as the over gunned and over armored USS Pennsylvania and Tennessee class armored cruisers.
		Every class of cruiser is treated in detail with particular emphasis on the many WW2 classes and variations.
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	Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia - - Mogami (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The first of four Mogami-class cruisers laid down under the terms of the London Naval Treaty, Mogami and her three sister ships were designed with fifteen 6.1-inch guns in triple turrets.
		These were replaced by ten 8.1-inch guns in 1939 in twin turrets, but following her near destruction at the Battle of Midway in June 1942, the two after turrets were removed to make way for an increased number of floatplanes.
		This was followed at 0353 by an eruption of heavy gunfire from Rear Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf's battleships USS West Virginia, Tennessee, California, Maryland, Mississippi, and Pennsylvania, which had crossed the "T" of the Japanese advance.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/ships/html/sh_061500_mogami.htm (549 words)

	Ticonderoga class cruiser -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		In addition to the added (Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects) radar capability, the Ticonderoga class built after Thomas S. Gates are outfitted with two (additional info and facts about Vertical Launching System) Vertical Launching System (or VLS).
		However, more importantly, the VLS system enables all missiles to be fully standing by at any given time, shortening the ship's reaction time.
		Only one, (additional info and facts about Thomas S. Gates) Thomas S. Gates, is not named for a battle.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/T/Ti/Ticonderoga_class_cruiser.htm (103 words)

	portland imc - homelessness
		From the open publishing newswire: Sisters of the Road Cafe which serves Portland's destitute through barter trade for meals will close at 1pm Friday Nov. 11 to prepare for the celebration and will re-open for an anniversary party 5-9pm which will include music and refreshments.
		As the cruiser eased itself to a stop, the door swung lazily open, and a fresh-faced young officer, squeaky clean and impressively professional, stepped out.
		From the open publishing newswire: The City of Portland is bringing the Obstruction as Nuisance ordinance back before the council next Wednesday at City Hall.
	portland.indymedia.org /en/topic/homelessness (2623 words)

	Order of Battle - Pearl Harbor - 7 December 1941
		Of the 353 aircraft that launched, three had to return very early to their carriers, so only 350 aircraft arrived over Oahu, where two recce-aircraft of a cruiser were waiting.
		Four other recce-aircraft (started from battleships and cruisers) were patrolling the area between Niihau and the fleet.
		Cruisers of the U.S. Navy: 1922-1962, Stefan Terzibaschitsch, N.I.P., 1984.
	www.navweaps.com /index_oob/OOB_WWII_Pacific/OOB_WWII_Pearl_Harbor.htm (1727 words)

	USO Canteen FReeper Style.....July 30,2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		As international tension built up during ensuing years and the United States girded to meet aggression, the heavy cruiser's intensified training program fused ship and crew into a fighting machine of high efficiency ready to defend the Nation from any enemy who might attack.
		Admiral Spruance received reports that a large fleet of battleships, carriers, cruisers, and destroyers was headed south to relieve their threatened garrisons in the Marianas.
		Cruiser firing in the background is USS Indianapolis (CA-35), flagship of Fifth Fleet commander Admiral Raymond A. Spruance.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/724516/posts (5678 words)

	USS Missouri, USS Intrepid, USS Indianapolis - 1:700 Scale - USSST2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Launched in late January 1944, this Iowa Class battleship was 3 football fields long and weighed 45,000 tons.
		This 27,100-ton Essex Class aircraft carrier saw its first major action during the invasion of the Marshall Islands in January 1944.
		This Portland Class Heavy Cruiser has left a legacy of terror and accusation.
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	Five nights, 4 days in hell (WWII-USS Indianapolis)
		Mack, a bugler 1st class, was on the navigation bridge when the first torpedo hit the ship’s bow.
		It would be the death blow for the 13-year-old battle cruiser and nearly 300 crewmen who would go down with it.
		When he was far enough away he turned to see the 9,800-ton Portland-class heavy cruiser “standing on its nose, propellers sticking straight up out of the water but still spinning.” Twelve minutes after the first torpedo strike, the ship sank.
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	US Cruisers List: Light/Heavy/Antiaircraft Cruisers, Part 1
		Notes Light Cruiser CL Some ex CS, PG, CA Heavy Cruiser CA some ex CL The CL designation originated 17 July 1920 with ex-Scout Cruisers; a group of old Peace Cruisers and Protected Cruisers were added on 8 Aug 1921.
		CA was redefined as Heavy Cruiser and combined with the CL series 1 July 1931.
		Omaha class modernizations were kept to a minimum, as the ships were totally obsolete, they were decommissioned immediately after the war ended.
	www.hazegray.org /navhist/cruisers/ca-cl1.htm (3273 words)

	Portland class cruiser - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Portland class cruiser - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
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