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	USS Augusta (CA-31) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		USS Augusta (CA-31) (originally CL-31) was a Northampton-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy, notable for service in the Atlantic and Mediterranean during World War II, and for her occasional use as a presidential flagship carrying both Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman under wartime conditions.
		Augusta was bombed at 0357 on 11 June, but escaped damage as the bomb exploded 800 yards (730 m) off her port beam.
		Augusta returned to Norfolk on 10 April, and on 14 April, in accordance with orders from the Secretary of the Navy, half-masted her colors for a period of one month in honor of the late President Roosevelt.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Augusta_(CA-31) (8500 words)

	USS Augusta (CA-31) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Augusta reached Batavia on 25 November and remained there until 3 December, on which date she sailed for the fabled isle of Bali, arriving at the port of Lauban Amok on 5 December.
		Augusta rendezvoused with the huge liner on 9 May, and after seeing her safely into the swept channel, moored at New York on 11 May. Her mission accomplished, the heavy cruiser returned to Argentiawith her task group, arriving on 17 May, and engaged in further local operations through June.
		Augusta was bombed at 0357 on 11 June, but escaped damage as the bomb exploded 800 yards off her port beam.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/uss_augusta__ca_31_ (8387 words)

	USN Ships--USS Augusta (CA-31)
		USS Augusta, a 9050-ton Northampton class light cruiser, was built at Newport News, Virginia.
		USS Augusta was sold for scrapping in November 1959.
		USS Augusta Transports President Truman to and from the Potsdam Conference, July - August 1945.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-a/ca31.htm (1142 words)

	DANFS: USS Augusta (CA-31)
		The fourth Augusta (CL-31) was laid down on 2 July 1928 at Newport News Va., by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co.; launched on 1 February 1930; sponsored by Miss Evelyn McDaniel of Augusta, Ga.; and commissioned at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Va., on 30 January 1931, Capt. James O. Richardson in command.
		Augusta remained in the yard at New York from 23 June to 2 July, after which time she resumed operations along the eastern seaboard, in waters off Hilton Head and Charleston, S. (4 to 5 July), Hampton Roads (6 to 7 July) before she returned to Newport on 8 July.
		Augusta rendezvoused with the huge liner on 9 May, and after seeing her safely into the swept channel, moored at New York on 11 May. Her mission accomplished, the heavy cruiser returned to Argentia with her task group, arriving on 17 May, and engaged in further local operations through June.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USN/ships/dafs/CA/ca31.html (8358 words)

	Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia - - USS Augusta (CA-31) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		While many ships have been ahead of their time in a technological sense, USS Augusta is best remembered for her involvement in incidents that prefigured great events, especially the United States' war with Japan and the founding of the United Nations after World War II.
		Augusta remained at Shanghai through the new year, when she carried survivors of USS Panay, sunk by Japanese aircraft on December 12, to the Philippines.
		Augusta saw no combat until October of that year, when she sailed for French Morocco as flagship of Rear Admiral H. Kent Hewitt's Task Force 34 in Operation Torch; among her distinguished complement was Major General George S. Patton.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/ships/html/sh_008900_ussaugusta.htm (688 words)

	Atlantic Charter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Churchill meets FDR aboard the USS Augusta (CA-31) at their 1941 secret meeting at Argentia Bay, Newfoundland, lasting August 9th through the 12th.
		The Atlantic Charter was negotiated at the Atlantic Conference by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, aboard a warship anchored in a secure anchorage at Argentia, Newfoundland (located on Placentia Bay) and was issued as a joint declaration on August 14, 1941.
		Roosevelt had travelled to Argentia aboard the heavy cruiser USS Augusta (CA-31) while Churchill made the journey across the Atlantic aboard the battleship HMS Prince of Wales.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Atlantic_Charter (394 words)

	John H. McGoran (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In January, 1941, after boot camp, I was assigned to the heavy cruiser USS Augusta (CA-31).
		I was reassigned December 14, 1941 to the light cruiser USS Detroit (CL-8) on which I stayed until WWII ended at Tokyo Bay, Japan September 2, 1945.
		The USS Detroit was present for the ceremony.
	hometown.aol.com /jhmcgoran (441 words)

	The Fleet that did not Exist
		By divine intervention, I have become acquainted with a number of Asiatic Fleet veterans and invited to the USS Trinity's reunion in San Diego earlier this month.
		USS Edsall (DD-219) is standing by off Langley's port side.
		USS Augusta CA-31 from: Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Vol.
	www.usshancockcv19.com /asiatic_fleet1.htm (690 words)

	Operation Torch. Task Force 34 Commander in USS Augusta led U.S. Forces in North Africa invasion.
		The heavy cruiser, USS Augusta, with Commander Task Force 34, Rear Admiral H. Kent Hewitt, aboard, led U.S. naval forces assigned to make three expeditionary force landings on the Atlantic coast of French Morocco.
		TORCH forces destined for the Moroccan invasion departed in late October 1942, from the U.S. Navy's main eastern sea base at Hampton Roads, Norfolk Virginia, from Casco Bay in Maine, and from other eastern U.S. ports, and would be joined at sea by forces deployed earlier to Bermuda.
		Typical of the ships in convoy was the USS Joseph Hewes, the former passenger liner SS Excalibur, redesignated APA-50 by the U.S. Navy.
	www.daileyint.com /wwii/picwar1.htm (511 words)

	World War II Links
		USS Skill Data dedicated to the WWII Minesweeper, and the men that served aboard her and that went down with her.
		USS Harry Lee dedicated to all who served aboard from 1940 - 1946.
		Garrett's Skyhole: Rube Garrett 's diary tells the story of the 11th Marines artillery, 1st Marine Division on Guadalcanal in WWII and the campaign in the Solomons which marked the turning point of the Pacific war.
	ww2lct.org /ww2_links.htm (321 words)

	Refdesk.com - New Sites Added
		USS Augusta (CA-31) - flagship of the Normandy, North African, and Southern France invasions.
		USS Lexington - historic aircraft carrier now berthed in Corpus Christi.
		USS Waldron (DD-699) - Allen M. Sumner class destroyer.
	www.refdesk.com /archives/929link.html (216 words)

	USS AUGUSTA TRANSPORTS PRESIDENT TRUMAN TO & FROM THE POTSDAM CONFERENCE
		USS AUGUSTA TRANSPORTS PRESIDENT TRUMAN TO and FROM THE POTSDAM CONFERENCE
		Goes ashore from USS Augusta (CA-31) after arrival at Antwerp, Belgium, en route to the Potsdam conference, 15 July 1945.
		He had just arrived at Antwerp on board USS Augusta (CA-31), which is in the background.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/events/wwii-dpl/hd-state/ptsdm-3.htm (720 words)

	Links-Research
		USS Houston and HMAS Perth died together in Sunda Strait as they pressed a hopeless attack against a Japanese Battle Fleet.
		Houston relieved Augusta As Flagship of the Asiatic Fleet in 1941.
		Some Augusta footage (because they looked alike) was used in the video about the Houston "Death Becomes The Ghost".
	www.usshouston.org /ship-research-links.htm (894 words)

	FDR aboard USS Tuscaloosa CA-37 - WWII heavy cruiser
		The inscription reads: "For the Chief Petty Officers, USS Tuscaloosa, from their shipmate, Franklin Delano Roosevelt." Click on the picture or click here for a larger view.
		Nine months later she was recommissioned as USS Sailfish, serving through most of the war in the Pacific.
		In August 1941, Tuscaloosa accompanied USS Augusta (CA-31) which carried FDR to Newfoundland for talks with Winston Churchill leading to the Atlantic Charter.
	home.earthlink.net /~keylimepie/fdr.htm (571 words)

	SOC Seagull - USS Tuscaloosa CA-37 - USS Wichita CA-45 - WWII heavy cruisers
		SOC Seagull is launched from USS Astoria (CA-34, a New Orleans Class Cruiser) in 1942.
		Also, a very nice set of pictures is available at a site for the USS Augusta (CA-31), a heavy cruiser from the earlier Northhampton class with similar aviation capabilities.
		The aviation capabilities of Wichita were similar to Tuscaloosa, except that like the Brooklyn class of light cruisers and the subsequent Baltimore class of heavy cruisers, aviation on Wichita was located aft, rather than amidships as on Tuscaloosa and other New Orleans Class heavy cruisers.
	www.geocities.com /usstuscaloosa/seaplanes.htm (282 words)

	4 August 1941 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In the first days after the Nazi invasion of Russia on 22 June, he was reluctant to commit supplies to Russia, as he was advised that the Red Army would only hold out for a few weeks.
		The US presidential yacht USS Potomac (AG-25), bearing President Franklin D Roosevelt, and the tender USS Calypso (AG-35) sail from Point Judith, Rhode Island to South Dartmouth, Massachusetts where Crown Princess Martha of Norway and her party board.
		After a day of fishing, the guests are put ashore and the two ships sail to Menemsha Bight, Vineyard Sound, Massachusetts where they join the heavy cruisers USS Augusta (CA-31) and USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37) and 5 destroyers.
	www.etherington.demon.co.uk /1941/august/4.htm (223 words)

	Macpuzl - History Page 01 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		These 10 linked pages cover the period from 1933 to 1938, when he served aboard the flagship of the Asiatic-Pacific Fleet, the USS Augusta (CA-31).
		Many of the historical references to the Sino-Japanese incident are based on an unpublished printing of the log entries of the Augusta entitled
		U.S.S. Augusta Under Fire, Fire Over Pootung by Clad E. Polley and Myron O. Hill, Shanghai, July 4, 1938.
	www.west.net /~macpuzl/hist01.html (144 words)

	USS Holder - Links to Military related Sites
		Battleship New Jersey USS New Jersey Will be an Historic Ship on display.
		USS Sterett CG-31 This site also includes info about the other ships named USS Sterett - DD-27, DD-407, and DLG-31
		USS Lexington Aircraaft Carrier Museum on the Bay in Corpus Christi, Texas
	www.ussholder.com /Navylinks.html (600 words)

	U.S. Atlantic Fleet
		All battleships were assigned to the Atlantic Fleet and all armored cruisers and lighter cruisers were assigned to the newly created Pacific Fleet.
		The first Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Fleet was Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, who assumed command on 1 January 1906 aboard his flagship the battleship USS MAINE (BB 10).
		Thus, on 1 February 1941, Rear Admiral Ernest J. King, in his flagship USS TEXAS (BB 35) at Culebra, Puerto Rico, hauled down his two-star flag and hoisted his four-star flag as Commander in Chief, United States Atlantic Fleet.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/lantflt.htm (1732 words)

	A Tin Can Sailors Destroyer History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Like her other sisters at New York Shipbuilding of Camden, New Jersey, USS McDOUGAL was laid down on December 18, 1933.
		After her shakedown and almost a year directly under the command of the Chief of Naval Operations, USS McDOUGAL was transferred to the Pacific fleet, where she took on her designed role as flotilla leader.
		This time, the big destroyer was afforded the signal honor of escorting President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, traveling aboard USS AUGUSTA (CA-31), to his meetings with Prime Minister Winston Churchill in Placentia Bay, Newfoundland.
	www.destroyers.org /nl-histories/dd358-nl.htm (495 words)

	USS Rentz (FFG 46)
		USS RENTZ is the fortieth ship of the Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7) class guided missile frigates, the most numerous class of major combatants built for the Navy since World War II.
		In 1940, when the USS HOUSTON relieved AUGUSTA as flagship of the Asiatic Fleet, Commander Rentz transferred to the new arrival.
		It was aboard this cruiser he served so devotedly and enthusiastically, providing the ship's crew and officers with great hope and promise.
	navysite.de /ffg/FFG46.HTM (843 words)

	Cruiser Art Prints, Cruiser Art, Cruiser Prints, Naval Art Prints, Marine Art, Marine Prints
		USS Virginia (CGN-38), USS Texas (CGN-39), USS Mississippi (CGN-40), USS Arkansas (CGN-41).
		USS Belknap (CG-26), USS Josephus Daniels (CG-27), USS Wainwright (CG-28), USS Jouett (CG-29), USS Horne (CG-30), USS Sterett (CG-31), USS William H. Standley (CG-32), USS Fox (CG-33), USS Biddle (CG-34)
		Yarnell (CG-17), USS Worden (CG-18), USS Dale (CG-19), USS Richmond K.
	www.windjammer-arts.com /CC.htm (340 words)

	USS Gunnel SS-253 Navy Links Page
		A reunion for the USS CARP is being planned for July 24-26 1998 in Norfolk, VA. They are looking for crew members.
		This is the home page of the Electric Boat Corporation where the keel of the USS GUNNEL was laid on July 21, 1941.
		The USS CAVALLA SS-244, located in Galveston, Texas is in dire need of restoration and cleanup.
	www.jmlavelle.com /gunnel/navy.htm (1073 words)

	Historic Naval Ships Visitors Guide - USS Potomac (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Completed in October 1934 as the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Electra, the ship was taken over by the Navy in November 1935, and renamed USS Potomac in January 1936.
		She transported the President to Cape Cod, where he boarded the cruiser USS Augusta (CA-31) for the conference with Prime Minister Churchill formulating the Atlantic Charter.
		The Potomac carried FDR to board the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61) for travel to the Tehran Conference.
	www.hnsa.org /ships/potomac.htm (268 words)

	Operation Torch 1942
		He was the Staff Aerologist embarked in USS AUGUSTA (CA-31), flagship of VADM H. Hewitt USN.
		LTJG Steere was ordered to new construction in 1936 and commissioned USS PORTER (DD-356) at the shipyard in Camden NJ.
		That was Steere's background prior to reporting to USS AUGUSTA in NorVa where he was assigned to newly created COMPHIBLANT under VADM Hewitt.
	www.datasync.com /~bouchard/rich/steere.html (699 words)

	The Battle of the Atlantic: Allied Naval Intelligence in World War II
		Though German naval forces were a significant threat during this high-level seaborne meeting, the British Admiralty sent U.S. Navy leaders "estimates" of U-boat locations that were extremely detailed and current.
		Using that information to avoid contact with German forces, Roosevelt and his party sailed USS Augusta (CA 31) to rendezvous with Prime Minister Winston Churchill aboard HMS Prince of Wales at Placentia Bay.
		Churchill had sailed from Scapa Flow aboard Prince of Wales to meet with Roosevelt directly and discuss Britain's long-term naval strategy for fighting Germany.
	www.mariner.org /atlantic/photos/htb1.htm (219 words)

	Cruiser Photo Index CL/CA-31 USS AUGUSTA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		USS Augusta (CA-31) underway on 7-15 July 1945, as she was transporting President Harry S. Truman to Europe, where he participated in the Potsdam conference.
		USS Augusta in New York Harbor, Navy Day, October 27, 1945.
		Photo taken at Kearney, New Jersey on the Hackensack River in 1960 shortly after being stricken from the Navy list and awaiting her turn at the scrapper's torch.
	www.navsource.org /archives/04/04031.htm (428 words)

	USS Augusta (CA-31) Homepage
		Welcome to the Homepage of the USS Augusta (CA-31), the famous US naval ship that both witnessed and participated in history.
		This site is dedicated to this famous ship and all those who served aboard her.
		High Stakes intrigue at the Harbor of Refuge - by Gerry Goldstein 8/7/01 - Providence Journal-Bulletin - read all about FDR's intricate and secret plans to rendezvous with the Augusta to be transported to the Atlantic Conference to meet with Winston Churchill four months before Pearl Harbor
	www.internet-esq.com /ussaugusta/index.htm (292 words)

	USS AUGUSTA (ssn 710) sailors homepage
		We are the USS AUGUSTA sailors and this our inlet on the internet!
		Leave us a question on the Bulletin board or just say hi on our guest book.
		If you happen to be an Augusta sailor or once were, please sign our guestbook so your shipmates can find you.
	www.geocities.com /Pentagon/9810 (249 words)

	7th NBB Testimony
		senior US Officers on board USS Augusta (CA-31), from L to R, Rear-Admiral Alan G. KIRK, Lieutenant General Omar N. Rear-Admiral Arthur D. STRUBLE, Major General Hugh KEEN
		Use of the newly available types of landing craft was put into effect, and of particular interest were those designed to land on the beaches.
		Part of the training took place on board an LST mock-up (on dry land) representing top deck and bridge of a real ship in size and structure, although being built out of wood and concrete (USS Neversail).
	users.skynet.be /jeeper/page85.html (1864 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Heavy cruiser USS Augusta of the Northampton class
		uboat.net - Allied Warships - Heavy cruiser USS Augusta of the Northampton class
		Front page - Fighting the U-boats - Allied Warships
		Ideal if you spot mistakes or want to improve this ships page.
	uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/2556.html (76 words)

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