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	USS Philadelphia (CL-41)
		The fifth USS Philadelphia (CL-41), a light cruiser, was laid down 28 May 1935 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard; launched 17 November 1936; sponsored by Mrs.
		Philadelphia narrowly evaded a glide bomb 11 September, although several of her crew were injured when the bomb exploded.
		Philadelphia underwent overhaul at New York and then engaged in refresher training in Chesapeake waters until 19 January 1944, when she steamed from Norfolk as an escorting unit for a convoy arriving Oran, Algeria 30 January.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/u/us/uss_philadelphia__cl_41_.html (1619 words)

	America at War
		The Japanese submarine I-29 is sunk by the submarine USS Sawfish (SS-276) in Luzon Strait in the Philippines.
		The Japanese frigate Kursagaki is sunk by the submarine USS Guitarro (SS-363) in the Philippines.
		The Japanese minelayer Shirataka is sunk by the submarine USS Sealion (SS-315) in Luzon Strait in the Philippines.
	www.america-at-war.net /wwii1944.html (14650 words)

	USS Philadelphia - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The first Philadelphia was a gondola built in 1776 on Lake Champlain by Benedict Arnold and sunk in the Battle of Valcour Island.
		The second Philadelphia was a 28-gun sailing frigate active in the Quasi-War, captured in the First Barbary War and later burned.
		The fifth Philadelphia (CL-41) was a light cruiser commissioned 1937, active in World War II, and sold to Brazil in 1951.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/USS_Philadelphia (193 words)

	Naval History/USS Philadelphia CL-41
		The fifth Philadelphia, a light cruiser, was laid down 28 May 1935 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard; launched 17 November 1936; sponsored by Mrs.
		One of Philadelphia's aircraft diseovered and bombed a Vichy French submarine 9 November in the vicinity of Cape Kantin.
		Philadelphia took departure from her gunfire support area 19 July and steamed to Algiers, where she became flagship of Rear Admiral Davidson's Support Force.
	www.historycentral.com /Navy/cruiser/Philadelphia2.html (1586 words)

	Naval History USS Philadelphia C-4
		Philadelphia continued operations with the Atlantic Squadron along the eastern seaboard of the United States and in the West Indies until 1 March 1893.
		Philadelphia recommissioned 9 July 1898 and became the flagship of Rear Admiral J. Miller, Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Station.
		Philadelphia remained in the Samoan Islands until 21 May 1899, when she steamed for the west coast via Honolulu.
	www.multied.com /Navy/cruiser/Philadelphia.html (681 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal
		The fifth USS Philadelphia (CL-41), a Brooklyn class">Brooklyn class light cruiser of the United States Navy, was laid down 28 May 1935 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard; launched 17 November 1936; sponsored by Mrs.
		Philadelphia took departure from her gunfire support area 19 July and steamed to Algiers, where she became flagship of Rear Admiral L.
		Philadelphia decommissioned in the Philadelphia Navy Yard 3 February 1947.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=USS_Philadelphia_(CL-41) (1614 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		USS Kearsarge (BB-5), the lead ship of her class of battleships, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named, by act of Congress, in honor of the famous American Civil War sloop-of-war Kearsarge">Kearsarge.
		Kearsarge was decommissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 4 September 1909 for modernization.
		The midshipmen were debarked at Annapolis, Maryland, on 29 August and Kearsarge proceeded to the Philadelphia Navy Yard, where she decommissioned on 10 May 1920 for conversion to a crane ship and a new career.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=USS_Kearsarge_(BB-5) (1030 words)

	USS Augusta (CA-31) Information
		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.
		Oiler USS Merrimack (AO-37) joined the task force on 28 April and fueled almost all of the ships, with Augusta's scout planes maintaining an air patrol during the dangerous fueling evolution.
		Ultimately placed out of commission, in reserve, in a deferred disposal status at Philadelphia, on 16 July 1946, Augusta remained in the Philadelphia group of the Reserve Fleet until she was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 March 1959.
	www.bookrags.com /USS_Augusta_%28CA-31%29 (9336 words)

	Photo Album: US Beach Landing Operations, 1943-45 (Part 1)
		USS Boise (CL-47) steams parallel to the shore to bring all of its main guns to action against the enemy forces, passing in front of the fully-loaded invasion ships.
		The picture shows USS Tennessee (BB-43) bombarding Okinawa with her 14" main battery guns, as LVTs in the foreground carry troops to the invasion beaches.
		Here, USS Pruitt (DM-22) leads landing craft from USS Heywood (APA-6) toward their landing beaches in Massacre Bay, Attu, 11 May 1943.
	www.ipmsstockholm.org /magazine/2003/06/stuff_eng_photo_us_beach_landings_01.htm (1218 words)

	USN Ships--USS Philadelphia (CL-41)
		USS Philadelphia, a 9700-ton Brooklyn class light cruiser built at the Philadelphia Navy Yard was commissioned in September 1937.
		Philadelphia continued her patrol and escort activities after the United States entered World War II in December 1941.
		In 1944, Philadelphia took part in the Anzio operation between February and May, and the invasion of Southern France in August, frequently using her guns against enemy targets.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-p/cl41.htm (894 words)

	TeachersParadise.com Education Directory & Teacher Guide > Regional> North America> United States> Government> ...
		USS Savannah (CL-42) - Stories from the men who devoted their lives and served on one of the most underrated US armed warships of World War II.
		USS St. Louis (CL-49) - Illustrated history of the U.S.S. St. Louis, "the ship that wouldn't be sunk.".
		USS Worcester (CL-144) Association - The USS Worcester was commissioned 26 June 1948 and decommissioned 19 December 1958.
	www.teachersparadise.com /dir/index.php?browse=/Regional/North_America/United_States/Government/Military/Navy/Ships/Surface_Combatant/Light_Cruiser (281 words)

	USS Anderson (DD-411) - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		USS Anderson (DD-411) was a Sims-class destroyer in the United States Navy.
		After operating briefly in San Francisco Bay, Anderson shifted to Long Beach on the 21st, and eight days later, took departure, ostensibly, for the Hawaiian Islands, in company with her division mates: Hammann, Mustin, and Rowan.
		Interestingly, the ships soon received a change of orders; they rendezvoused with Philadelphia (CL-41) on the afternoon of 30 May, and soon proceeded down the coast, bound for Panama, as another increment of the Pacific Fleet was withdrawn to augment the Atlantic Fleet in its undeclared war with the German Navy in the Atlantic.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/USS_Anderson_%28DD-411%29 (6909 words)

	Ships/Subs
		jackson ssbn-730, uss alabama ssbn-731, uss alaska ssbn-732, uss nevada ssbn-733, uss pennsylvania ssbn-735, uss kentucky ssbn-737, uss tennessee ssbn-734, uss west virginia ssbn-736, uss maryland ssbn-738, uss nebraska ssbn-739, uss rhode island ssbn-740, uss maine ssbn-741, uss wyoming ssbn-742, uss louisiana ssbn-743.
		uss ohio ssgn 726, uss michigan ssgn-727, uss florida ssgn-728, uss georgia ssgn-729.
		churchill ddg-81, uss lassen ddg-82, uss howard ddg-83, uss bulkeley ddg-84, uss mccampbell ddg-85, uss shoup ddg-86, uss mason ddg-87, uss preble ddg-88, uss mustin ddg-89, uss chafee ddg-90, uss pinckney ddg-91.
	www.4armedforces.com /category/4xshipssubs (544 words)

	LANDING AREA
		USS Philadelphia (CL-41) and a motor minesweeper (YMS) making a smoke screen to cover the landing area from German air attack, circa 9 September 1943.
		The National Aeronautics and Space Administration launched the spacecraft from Cape Kennedy, Jan. 19, 1965 at 9:03 and it was recovered by the recovery forces aboard the U.S.S. Lake Champlain some 2100 miles downrange at 10:45 a.m.
		All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.
	www.websters-online-dictionary.org /definition/english/la/landing+area.html (474 words)

	VADM Allan R. McCann, USN (Ret): biography
		He transferred to USS R-2l (SS-98) at Coco Solo, Canal Zone, serving in command of that submarine until she was decommissioned in June 1924.
		He was given command of the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61) and from 16 August to 28 November 1944 was in the Western Pacific.
		The Tenth Fleet was dissolved in June 1945, and Rear Admiral McCann was transferred to duty on the staff of the Commander in Chief, Atlantic Fleet, and was subsequently designated Commander, Task Force 68, in the light cruiser USS Philadelphia (CL-41) during the Presidential trip to Berlin, 4 July to 8 August 1945.
	www.history.navy.mil /faqs/faq99-11.htm (1068 words)

	Cruiser Photo Index CL-41 USS PHILADELPHIA
		President Roosevelt, CAPT Jules James (left) off the USS Philadelphia, and CAPT W.B. Woodson, Naval Aide to the President, are pictured as they attended Sunday Chapel Service aboard the new cruiser during President Roosevelt's cruise on her in southern waters, May 1938.
		USS Philadelphia (CL-41) At Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 9 April 1942.
		USS Munargo (AP-20) is in the upper left background.
	www.navsource.org /archives/04/041/04041.htm (684 words)

	USS Philadelphia V
		Philadelphia called at Charleston, S.C. 30 April 1938 and hosted President Roosevelt the first week of May for a cruise in Caribbean waters.
		Philadelphia became flagship of Rear Admiral Lyal A. Davidson, commanding the Southern Attsek Group.
		The convoy stood out from Oran 5 July and arrived off the beaches of Seoglitti, Sicily shortly before midnight of 9 July Philadelphia assisted in furnishing covering bombardment as the troops of Major General Troy Middleton's 45th Infantry Division stormed ashore.
	www.navyhistory.com /cruiser/philadelphiaV.html (1585 words)

	USS Stack (DD-406), Benham-class destroyer
		USS Stack, DD 406, was laid down on 25 June 1937 by the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Va.; launched on 5 May 1938; sponsored by Miss Mary Teresa Stack; and commissioned on 20 November 1939, Lt.
		Edward Stack was born 26 April 1756 at Kealand, County Kerry, Ireland and appointed second lieutenant in the Continental Marines by John Paul Jones 4 February 1779.
		Following shakedown, which lasted until 4 April 1940 including a cruise to the West Indies and Rio de Janeiro, Stack proceeded to the west coast and thence to Pearl Harbor where she operated with the Pacific Fleet until June 1941.
	www.destroyerhistory.org /goldplater/ussstack.html (298 words)

	Tuscaloosa
		USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37) fires her eight-inch main battery at French forces, during action off Casablanca, Morocco, circa 8 November 1942.
		Previously USS Philadelphia (CL-41), transferred to Brazil in January 1951, Barroso was then undergoing a pre-commissioning overhaul.
		USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37) and an escort aircraft carrier are laid up in the background.
	www.websters-online-dictionary.org /definition/english/Tu/Tuscaloosa.html (1010 words)

	USS Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Lake Champlain Benedict Arnold sailing frigate Quasi-War First Barbary War ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		» The first Philadelphia was a gondola built in 1776 on Lake Champlain by Benedict Arnold and sunk in the Battle of Valcour Island.
		Capture of USS Philadelphia, 31 October 1803; Burning of the Philadelphia, 16 February 1804.
		The War of 1812, 1812-1815: USS Constitution escapes from a British Squadron, July 1812; USS Constitution...
	en.powerwissen.com /9u9yx27Z2l2N805wu30i3Q%3D%3D_USS_Philadelphia.html (274 words)

	VPNAVY - USS Albemarle (AV-5) History Summary Page - VP Patrol Squadron
		Beatrice C. Compton, the wife of the Honorable Lewis Compton, Assistant Secretary of the Navy; and commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 20 December 1940, Comdr.
		She returned to the Philadelphia Navy Yard and spent the rest of March there, undergoing post-shakedown repairs.
		Shifted to the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in February 1956, Albemarle was earmarked for conversion to tend Martin P6M "Seamaster" jet flying boats.
	www.vpnavy.com /ussalbemarle_1940.html (4674 words)

	USN Aircraft--Curtiss SOC Scout-Observation Floatplanes -- Shipboard Recovery from the Water
		USS Portland (CA-33) is in the distance, also recovering a seaplane.
		Is lifted from the sea as it is recovered by USS Philadelphia (CL-41), during the North African operation, November 1942.
		Is unhooked from the crane after recovery by USS Philadelphia (CL-41), during the North African operation, November 1942.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/ac-usn22/s-types/soc-r.htm (648 words)

	Course to Midway - USS Fanning DD-385
		The USS Fanning (DD-385) was launched 18 September 1936 by United Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Corp., New York, N.Y.; sponsored by Miss Cora A. Marsh, great-great granddaughter of Lieutenant Fanning; and commissioned 8 October 1937, Lieutenant Commander E. Geiselman, in command.
		Trials, fitting out, shakedown, and minor repairs occupied Fanning until 22 April 1938 when she joined Philadelphia (CL—41) at Annapolis, to escort the cruiser as she carried Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States on a Caribbean cruise.
		After returning to New York on 11 May, she underwent overhaul, escorted MS Kungsholm with the Crown Prince of Sweden embarked, then sailed for the west coast to join the Battle Force in September.
	www.navy.mil /midway/ussfanning.html (1113 words)

	USN Ships--USS Shaw (DD-373)
		USS Shaw, a 1,500-ton Mahan class destroyer built at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, was commissioned in September 1936.
		In the foreground is the capsized USS Oglala (CM-4), with USS Helena (CL-50) further down the pier, at left.
		USS Downes (DD-375) and USS Cassin (DD-372) are burning in the front of Drydock Number One, center, with USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) also in the dock, at left center.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-s/dd373.htm (748 words)

	Bloody Salerno. 36th Division Meets Fierce Resistance; Tiger tanks repelled by U.S. warships.
		This is the USS Philadelphia, CL-41, in a Navy WW II recognition slide.
		The monoplanes astern under her crane appear to be OS2U aircraft, a surprise, because the aircraft complement for this class was normally the SOC biplane.
		The overworked minesweeping commander had just reported for the fourth or fifth time, that "mines are popping up all over the place," as his flotilla of sweepers made pass after pass in a dense thicket of well placed, moored, mines.
	www.daileyint.com /wwii/picwar8.htm (1326 words)

	USS Laub (DD-613) at AllExperts
		The second USS Laub (DD-613) was a Benson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II.
		She was the 2nd ship to be named for Henry Laub, who was killed during the Battle of Lake Erie in 1813.
		Returning to Oran 2 May, Laub sailed 10 days later with USS Philadelphia (CL-41) to provide fire support off the Anzio beachhead on the west coast of Italy.
	en.allexperts.com /e/u/us/uss_laub_(dd-613).htm (615 words)

	USS Jouett Ships
		* The first USS Jouett (DD-41) was a Paulding-class destroyer launched in 1912, served in World War I. She served in the United States Coast Guard from 1924 to 1930.
		She decommissioned 24 November 1919 and remained inactive until being loaned to the Coast Guard 23 April 1924 for use as a cutter.
		She decommissioned at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard 1 November 1945 and was scrapped there in 1946.
	www.ussjouett.com /other.htm (1159 words)

	World War II Links
		TenderTale Submarine Tenders From the AS-1 to the AS-41
		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.
	ww2lct.org /ww2_links.htm (321 words)

	philadelphia uss
		The second USS Philadelphia of the United States Navy was a 36 gun sailing frigate.
		USS Philadelphia Six ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Philadelphia, after the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
		USS PHILADELPHIA was the first Los Angeles class attack submarine built by the Electric Boat division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Conn.,
	digilander.libero.it /greenhouser/philadelphia_uss.html (564 words)

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		The masts were those of Task Group 14.3, split from TF-14 to escort the convoy from the meeting point to Halifax and transfer to U.S. Navy transports.
		Held on board the battleship HMS Prince of Wales and the heavy cruiser USS Augusta (CA-31), the conference became best known for its issuance of the Atlantic Charter—the moral underpinning for the United Nations.
		At the Philadelphia Navy Yard, the Mount Vernon's installation included four 5-inch, and four 3-inch 50 caliber mounts, plus a variety of smaller caliber weapons.
	www.military.com /NewContent/0,13190,NI_Singapore,00.html (3779 words)

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