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	USS Savannah (CL-42) - Biocrawler
		USS Savannah (CL-42) was laid down on 31 May 1934 by the New York Shipbuilding Association, Camden, N.J.; launched on 8 May 1937; sponsored by Miss Jayne Maye Bowden, niece of Senator Richard B. Russell, Jr.
		Savannah returned to Algiers on 10 August to train with Army units for the invasion landings to be made at Salerno.
		Savannah's navy yard overhaul was completed on 4 September 1944; she was underway the next day, and reported to the Commander, Fleet Operational Training Command on 10 September for shakedown and refresher training.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/USS_Savannah_%28CL-42%29 (2363 words)

	USN Ships--USS Savannah (CL-42)
		USS Savannah, a 9475-ton Brooklyn class light cruiser, was built at Camden, New Jersey.
		Savannah was part of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet until March 1959, when she was stricken from the Navy list.
		USS Savannah (CL-42) -- Damaged by German Bomb, 11 September 1943.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-s/cl42.htm (805 words)

	America at War
		The PT-boat tender USS Niagara (AGP-1) is sunk by a horizontal bomber in the Solomons.
		The gunboat USS Plymouth (PG-57) is sunk by a submarine torpedo.
		The Japanese frigate Mutsure is sunk by the submarine USS Snapper (SS-185) in the Carolines.
	www.america-at-war.net /wwii1943.html (9086 words)

	USS Savannah (CL-42)
		USS Savannah (CL-42) was laid down on 31 May 1934 by the New York Shipbuilding Association, Camden, N.J.; launched on 8 May 1937; sponsored by Miss Jayne Maye Bowden, niece of Senator Richard B. Russell, Jr, of Georgia; and commissioned in the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 10 March 1938, Capt. Robert C. Griffin in command.
		Savannah returned to Algiers on 10 August to train with Army units for the invasion landings to be made at Salerno.
		Savannah's navy yard overhaul was completed on 4 September 1944; she was underway the next day, and reported to the Commander, Fleet Operational Training Command on 10 September for shakedown and refresher training.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/u/us/uss_savannah__cl_42_.html (2318 words)

	USS SAVANNAH (AS-8)
		When commissioned, USS Savannah was 414 feet 6 inches in length overall, had an extreme beam of 46 feet 1 inch, and had a mean draft of 26 feet 5 inches at her normal displacement of 10,800 tons.
		USS Savannah's last duty was carrying passengers from San Pedro to Bremerton...where she arrived on 15 October 1926.
		USS Savannah (AS-8) was decommissioned on 16 December 1926...and was placed in reserve at the Puget Sound Navy Yard.
	www.ussubvetsofworldwarii.org /Savanna.html (986 words)

	DANFS: USS Savannah (CL-42)
		Savannah (CL-42) was laid down on 31 May 1934 by the New York Shipbuilding Association, Camden N.J.; launched on 8 May 1937; sponsored by Miss Jayne Maye Bowden, niece of Senator Richard B. Russell, Jr., of Georgia; and commissioned in the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 10 March 1938, Capt. Robert C. Griffin in command.
		Savannah increased her speed to 20 knots as a twin-engined Dornier (D-217) bomber came in out of the sun.
		After two such cruises to Cuba, Savannah debarked the midshipmen at Annapolis on 30 September, took on others, and sailed on 1 October for Pensacola, Fla. She spent the Navy Day celebrations from 25 to 30 October 1945 in her namesake city.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USN/ships/dafs/CL/cl42.html (2298 words)

	Cruiser Photo Index CL-42 USS SAVANNAH
		USS Savannah (CL-42) Is hit by a German radio-controlled bomb, while supporting Allied forces ashore during the Salerno operation, 11 September 1943.
		USS Savannah (CL-42) Afire immediately after she was hit by a German guided bomb during the Salerno operation, 11 September 1943.
		USS Savannah (CL-42) Afire and beginning to settle by the bow, very soon after she was hit by a German guided bomb during the Salerno operation, 11 September 1943.
	www.navsource.org /archives/04/042/04042.htm (1005 words)

	USS Savannah III (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The third Savannah was launched on 18 April 1899 as Saxonia for the Hamburg American Steamship Co. by the Flensburger Schiffbau Gesellschaft, Flensburg, Germany.
		Transiting the Panama Canal, Savannah proceeded to Kingston; Key West; Norfolk; and New London; eventually reaching the Boston Navy Yard for an extensive overhaul and conversion on 13 February 1918.
		Savannah's last duty was carrying passengers from San Pedro to Bremerton, where she arrived on 15 October.
	www.multied.com /1812/Ghent.htmlhttp://www.multied.com/Navy/AS/savannahIII.html (591 words)

	Photo Album: US Beach Landing Operations, 1943-45 (Part 1)
		This image shows USS Philadelphia (CL-41) and a motor minesweeper (YMS) making a smoke screen to cover the landing area at Salerno, September 9th, 1943.
		Offering heavy guns not only able to destroy fortified defence lines close to the shore, but also reach far inland, battleships found their new niche in which they are unequalled until today.
		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)

	USS Savannah
		The first Savannah was a 1-gun galley built in 1799.
		The second Savannah was a sailing frigate launched in 1842.
		See also the SS Savannah, first steamship to cross the Atlantic, and NS Savannah, a nuclear-powered merchant ship in use from 1962 to 1972.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/u/us/uss_savannah.html (126 words)

	USS Trippe (DD-403) at AllExperts
		During that period, she escorted USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37), with President Franklin Roosevelt embarked, upon a tour of bases in the Caribbean.
		On 9 November, she departed the Maine coast in the screen of USS Ranger (CV-4), USS Vincences (CA-44), and Quincy to meet another westbound convoy and escort it to the United States.
		Late in May, she escorted USS Hancock (CV-19) on the first leg of the new carrier's shakedown cruise before joining USS Cooper (DD-695) for electronics countermeasure experiments in Chesapeake Bay.
	en.allexperts.com /e/u/us/uss_trippe_(dd-403).htm (2597 words)

	Cruise / Travel and Tourism > Cruise
		The USS Rochester Association is comprised of naval veterans who served on the Rochester while it was commissioned.
		USS Nashville was the flagship for General Douglas MacArthur during the Pacific Campaign in WWII.
		The USS Worcester was commissioned 26 June 1948 and decommissioned 19 December 1958.
	www.blue-lands.com /health/cruise/cruise-59-hits.html (1781 words)

	Photo Album: US Beach Landing Operations, 1943-45 (Part 1)
		This dramatic photograph captures the moment on September 11th, 1943, as USS Savannah (CL-42) is hit by a German radio-controlled Fritz X bomb off Salerno.
		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.
	ipmsstockholm.org /magazine/2003/06/stuff_eng_photo_us_beach_landings_01.htm (1218 words)

	USS Kearsarge (BB-5) Information
		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.
		Her keel was laid down by the Newport News Shipbuilding Company of Newport News, Virginia on 30 June 1896.
		In 1945 the crane ship was towed to the San Francisco Naval Shipyard where she assisted in the construction of carriers Hornet (CV-12), Boxer (CV-21), and re-construction of the Saratoga (CV-3).
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/USS_Kearsarge_(BB-5) (962 words)

	Tenders - USS Savannah AS 8
		Text The third Savannah was launched on 18 April 1899 as Saxonia for the Hamburg American Steamship Co., by the Flensburger Schiffbau Gesellschaft, Flensburg, Germany.
		Standing out of Boston harbor on 1 August 1918, Savannah made for Newport, R.I., to rejoin the 8th Division, Submarine Force, then consisting of 0-3, 0-4, 0-5, 0-6, 0-7, 0-8, 0-9, and 0-10.
		Then ordered to the Pacific Fleet, Savannah departed the Canal Zone on 23 February 1925 for San Diego, arriving on 12 March.
	tendertale.com /tenders/108/108.html (606 words)

	The US Navy
		On 28 October, while Yorktown, the battleship USS New Mexico (BB 40), and other American warships were screening a convoy, a destroyer picked up a submarine contact and dropped depth charges while the convoy itself made an emergency starboard turn, the first of the convoy's three emergency changes of course.
		While USS Ranger (CV-4), USS Wasp (CV-7), and the recently commissioned USS Hornet (CV-8) remained in the Atlantic, Yorktown departed Norfolk on 16 December 1941 and sailed for the Pacific, her secondary gun galleries studded with new 20-millimeter Oerlikon machine guns.
		Picked up by the destroyer USS Hammann (DD-412), Buckmaster was transferred to USS Astoria (CA-34) soon thereafter and reported to Rear Admiral Fletcher, who had shifted his flag to the heavy cruiser after the first dive-bombing attack.
	www.news.navy.mil /navydata/navy_legacy.asp?id=14 (5734 words)

	The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Naval and Maritime: Ships (Site not responding. Last check: )
		USS Yorktown CV-10: Museum in Charleston, South Carolina
		USS Hornet CV-12, CVA-12, CVS-12: Museum in Alameda, California
		USS Lexington CV-16: Museum in Corpus Christi, Texas
	vlnavmar.usnaweb.org /ships.html (425 words)

	Mountain Laurel Review - Northwestern Pennsylvania's True Free Press
		During that period of alterations and repairs, the ship's "cage" mainmast was replaced by a lighter pole mast; she was fitted to burn oil instead of coal as fuel; and her armament was modified to reflect the increased concern over antiaircraft defense.
		On 21 May 1931, Wyoming was relieved of her duties as flagship for the Scouting Force by USS Augusta (CA-31) and by USS Arkansas (BB-33) as flagship of the Training Squadron.
		The battleship, along with USS McCauley (DD-276) and USS Eagle 34 (PE- 34) landed a patrol of bluejackets for policing Santa Barbara, and established a temporary radio station ashore for the transmission of messages.
	www.mlrmag.com /FullText.asp?year=05&month=09&day=27 (14331 words)

	NAVetsUSA Naval History - USS Savannah
		The Savannah became part of Operation Torch, Northern Attack Group, Task Group 34.8 and assisted the 60th Infantry Regiment (Rein.) of the 9th Infantry Division (totaling: 9099 officers and men, 65 light tanks) with their assault in French Morocco, 8-10 November, 1942.
		The Savannah moved closer to shore and several times during the day she was ordered to shell the 138 mm coastal artillery guns in Kasba.
		The Savannah reported to Commander of Task Force 81 in the northwest African waters on May 23, 1943 and became an important capital ship during OPERATION HUSKY, the invasion of Sicily.
	www.navetsusa.com /history/savannah.html (640 words)

	USA 6"/47 (15.2 cm) Mark 16 Pictures
		Side view of Turret II on USS Savannah CL-42 in September 1943
		USS Galveston CLG-3 firing on targets in Vietnam in August 1965
		Close-up of bow turret on USS Oklahoma City CLG-5 in 1972
	www.navweaps.com /Weapons/WNUS_6-47_mk16_pics.htm (204 words)

	The US Navy
		USS San Francisco was severely damaged and several other vessels, Japanese and American, more or less so.
		Fore from the light cruisers USS Boise (CL 47) and USS Savannah (CL 42) and eight destroyers helped defeat an armored thrust by the Hermann Goering division on the Allied beachhead at Gela, Sicily.
		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.navy.mil /navydata/navy_legacy.asp?id=136 (1185 words)

	The US Navy (Site not responding. Last check: )
		With USS Walke (DD-416) as her plane guard, Wasp operated out of Guantanamo and Culebra, conducting her maneuvers with an impressive array of warships — Texas, USS Ranger (CV-4), USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37), USS Wichita (CA-45) and a host of destroyers.
		Kearny was torpedoed on 17 October, Salinas took a "fish" on the 28th, and in the most tragic incident that autumn, USS Reuben James (DD-246) was torpedoed and sunk with heavy loss of life on 30 October.
		USS Saratoga (CV-3) was still undergoing repairs and modernization after being torpedoed off Oahu in early January 1942.
	www.news.navy.mil /navydata/navy_legacy.asp?id=24 (6808 words)

	Moneymanagement.com - Navy on the Internet
		USS Augusta (CA-31) - flagship of the Normandy, North African, and Southern France invasions.
		USS The Sullivans (DDG-68) - named for the five Sullivan brothers that died aboard USS Juneau during WWII.
		USS Tabberer (DE-418) - destroyer escort, launched on February 18th, 1944.
	www.moneymanagement.com /Experts/navy.html (563 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)

	Decommissioned (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The USS Dale dlg/cg19 site is a tribute to this once proud United States Navy vessel and its legacy.
		USS England (DLG 22, CG 22 and DE 635)
		USS England DE-635 of WWII and the cruiser England CG-22.
	www.armedforces.net /directory/US_Military/Navy/Ships/Cruisers/Decommissioned/more2.html (584 words)

	Asia Observer - web directory and search (Site not responding. Last check: )
		USS San Juan (CL 54) - Site dedicated to the crew of the USS San Juan who fought gallanty during World War II.
		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 Worcester (CL-144) Association - The USS Worcester was commissioned 26 June 1948 and decommissioned 19 December 1958.
	www.asiaobserver.com /cgi-local/anacondaodpp.pl?passurl=/Regional/North_America/United_States/Government/Military/Navy/Ships/Surface_Combatant/Light_Cruiser (300 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)

	Cruisers and Destroyers (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This website was built so that former USS Texas crew can locate each other.
		History of the USS Leonard F. Mason DD-852 during her 30 years of commissioned naval service.
		This webpage is dedicated to the USS Drexler DD-741 which was lost off of the island of Okinawa on May 28, 1945.
	www.armedforces.net /directory/Military/Navy/Cruisers_and_Destroyers/more8.html (475 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Light cruiser USS Savannah of the Brooklyn class
		A German glider bomb hit USS Savannah off Salerno, exploding into the hull below the waterline, and causing serious damage to the ship.
		The glider bomb pierced through the armored turret roof of the number 3 gun turret, passed through three decks into the lower handling room where it exploded leaving a gaping hole in the bottom, and tore open a seam in the ship's port side.
		The badly damaged Savannah was back in the United States on 23 December 1943 and was repaired and refitted at the Philadelphia Navy Yard.
	uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/2568.html (173 words)

	USS Savannah at AllExperts
		* The first Savannah was a 1-gun galley built in 1799.
		* The second Savannah was a sailing frigate launched in 1842.
		* The fifth Savannah (AOR-4) was a fast attack oiler in service from 1970 to 1995.
	en.allexperts.com /e/u/us/uss_savannah.htm (220 words)

	hon-11a
		Davis (DE-136) and the USS Herbert C. Jones (DE-137), are assigned along with the HMS Colombo.
		The SS Santa Elena and the SS Aldegonde are torpedoed and both are sunk.
		The USS Beatty (DD- 640) is torpedoed and sunk.
	www.sid-hill.com /honors/hon-11a.htm (614 words)

	Cripes A'Mighty
		He also fought during the Battle of the Bulge and the German attempt to push the allies back.
		Quentin served aboard the escort carrier USS Croatan CVE-25 in the Pacific.
		USS Croatan flight crews were successful in sinking a U-Boat during his tour of duty.
	members.cox.net /cluster/wwii.htm (1029 words)

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