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USS St. Louis (CL-49) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Louis (CL-49), the lead ship of her class of light cruiser, was the fifth ship of the United States Navy named after the city of St. Louis completed shakedown on 6 October; then commenced Neutrality Patrol operations which, during the next 11 months, took her from the West Indies into the North Atlantic. Louis was laid down on 10 December 1936 by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Va.; launched on 15 April 1938; sponsored by Miss Nancy Lee Morrill; and commissioned on 19 May 1939, Captain Charles H. Morrison in command. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_St._Louis_(CL-49)   (2325 words)

WORLD WAR II 1943 May 21 - The Italian submarine Gorgo is sunk by the destroyer USS Nields (DD-616) off of Algeria. The Japanese frigate Mutsure is sunk by the submarine USS Snapper (SS-185) in the Carolines. The gunboat USS Plymouth (PG-57) is sunk by a submarine torpedo. www.blountweb.com /blountcountymilitary/wars/ww2/timelines/1943_ww2.htm   (9086 words)

USS ST. Louis CL-49 USS St. Louis (CL-49) Earned Her 11 Battle Stars in the Asiatic/Pacific Area Campaign. Louis was taken under fire by shore batteries 3 times, and silenced them 3 times, underwent 88 air alerts in cluding 11 attacks on the St. Louis herself by the newly formed Kamikaze Corps, participated in 88 shore bombardments and splashed 4 enemy planes with 4 assists. Although damaged, the St. Louis was obliged to fall to with her AA batteries the night of 29 November as she was beginning her withdrawl from the gulf. mywebpage.netscape.com /swede51/CL-49.html   (5001 words)

USS Vestal (AR-4) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Included were repairs to such men-of-war as USS Saratoga (CV-3) (torpedoed by I-26 on 31 August); USS South Dakota (BB-57) (damaged from grounding at Lahai Passage, Tonga Islands, on 6 September); and USS North Carolina (BB-55) (torpedo damage suffered on 15 September). Her biggest repair job of that time was the light cruiser USS Reno (CL-96), torpedoed off San Bernardino Strait by Japanese submarine I-41 on the night of 3 November. On 6 December 1941, she was moored alongside USS Arizona (BB-39), at berth F 7, off Ford Island, to provide services to the battleship during her scheduled period of tender upkeep between 6 and 12 December. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Vestal_(AR-4)   (3546 words)

Naval History/USS St. Louis C-20 Louis continued her humanitarian duties at Constantinople and at Anatolian ports during the time of unrest caused by the Russian Civil War and the Turkish Revolution. In reserve until struck from the Navy list on 20 March 1930, St. Louis' hulk was sold for scrapping on 13 August in accordance with the provisions of the London Treaty for the limitation and reduction of naval armament. The fourth St. Louis, Cruiser No. 20, was launched on 6 May 1905 by Neafie and Levy Co., Philadelphia Pa.; sponsored by Miss Gladys Bryant Smith, and commissioned on 18 August 1906, Captain Nathaniel R. Usher in command. www.multied.com /Navy/cruiser/StLouis.html   (788 words)

Articles - Minnesota *USS ´´Minneapolis-St. Paul´´ (SSN-708), a ´´Los Angeles´´-class nuclear attack submarine presently serving as the flagship of SubRon 6 Minnesota is the northernmost of the 48 contiguous states (Alaska reaches significantly farther north), reaching to 49° 23´ 04" north latitude, due to a small piece of the state known as the Northwest Angle. *USS ´´Minneapolis´´ (CA-36), a ´´New Orleans´´-class heavy cruiser which served during World War II. www.centralairconditioners.net /articles/Minnesota   (1880 words)

13 July 1943 The Allied forces consist of the light cruisers HMNZS Leander, USS Honolulu (CL-48) and USS St. Louis (CL-49) and ten destroyers; the Japanese force consists of the light cruiser HIJMS Jintsu and five destroyers. USS Honolulu is struck by a torpedo on the starboard side at 0211 hours causing hull damage; USS St. Louis took a torpedo which hit well forward and twisted her bow, but caused no serious casualties; and USS Gwin received a torpedo hit amidships in her engine room. USS Honolulu, USS St. Louis and the destroyer USS Gwin (DD-433), manouevring to bring their main batteries to bear on the enemy, turn right into the path of the deadly "long lance" torpedoes. homepage.ntlworld.com /andrew.etherington/1943/07/13.htm   (545 words)

Flagstaff Memorial to World War II Veterans The USS St. Louis was involved in major battles in Solomon, Guam, Marianas, and the Philippines. Later that week, the USS St. Louis lost part of it's bow when Japanese destroyers hit the ship with a torpedo at the Battle of Kolombangara. For the remainder of the war, Edward stayed on the USS St. Louis, screening carriers making final strikes to the Japanese to end the war. www.flagstaff.k12.az.us /coconino/ushistory/vet_pages/sandra_gentsch.htm   (331 words)

The Lucky Lou When the St. Louis descended the ways at Newport News, Va., in 1938, the country that built her was at peace with the world. An enemy aircraft that the St. Louis failed to bag raked the ship with machine gun bullets, three of which still remain where they were planted—in the forward stack, in the face plate of the No. 1 5-inch gun mount, and in the fantail. The St. Louis was made an addition to that power for the intensive shelling that preceded the June 14 landings of American troops on Saipan. www.probsolve.com /ussstlouis   (7742 words)

Encyclopedia Search , and the light cruiser USS-St.-Louis-(CL-49) USS St. Louis... USS Arizona was sunk with a loss of... www.encyclopedian.com /search.php?searWords=Battleship-Row   (78 words)

USN Ships--USS Saint Louis (CL-49) USS Saint Louis, first of a class of two 10,000-ton light cruisers, was built at Newport News, Virginia. Louis provided gunfire support for troops ashore on Okinawa and escorted the fast carriers during their attacks on the Japanese home islands and elsewhere in the western Pacific. Louis moved north to participate in the campaign to seize the Mariana Islands, bombarding Japanese positions ashore on Saipan, and later on Guam. www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-s/cl49.htm   (1088 words)

U.S. Navy - A Brief History of Aircraft Carriers - USS Yorktown (CV 5) 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. 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. 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.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/carriers/histories/cv05-yorktown/cv05-yorktown.html   (5733 words)

USS St. Louis (CL-49) Action Report: 7 Dec 1941 Louis, Phelps, Blue and Lamson remained in company until they joined Commander Destroyers, Battle Force at 1321. Louis they then boarded the Phoenix, that was passing at that time, and served at sea on board that ship until December 10th. At 1130 when in position latitude 20°-56'-30", longitude 157°-52'-00" a despatch was received stating that the enemy carrier and four escort vessels was in a position bearing due west of this vessel, distance thirty miles. www.history.navy.mil /docs/wwii/pearl/ph84.htm   (2354 words)

U.S. Navy - A Brief History of Cruisers Leander was badly damaged by a torpedo in the opening moments of the action, then the failure to promptly identify the destroyers of the Japanese escort force allowed them to reach a position to launch torpedoes that blew up the destroyer USS Gwin (DD 433) and damaged the cruisers USS Honolulu and USS St. Louis. USS San Francisco was severely damaged and several other vessels, Japanese and American, more or less so. The USS Salt Lake City was finally disabled, but Japanese Vice Adm. Hosogaya has had enough and broke off the action. www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/cruisers/history/cghist4.html   (1191 words)

Model Warships.com The USS St. Louis was a modified light cruiser design of the original Brooklyn design. I have backdated the kit at the same as before my USS Honolulu kit from Corsair Armada. My plan was to build a US cruiser as she looked before the war began in 1940. www.modelshipgallery.com /gallery/cl/cl-49/700-cm/cm-main.html   (119 words)

USS Nicholas (DD-449) — Battle of Kula Gulf, 1943 USS Nicholas (DD-449) — Battle of Kula Gulf, 1943 www.ussnicholas.org /430620_01.html   (35 words)

Cruisers Descriptions, Pacific War, 1942 USS Trenton (CL-11) was moored at Balboa, Canal Zone during Pearl Harbor. USS Raleigh (CL-7) 12-6"; 4- 3" 10 21" torpedo tubes. USS Detroit (CL-8) 7,050 tons, 12- 6" 4- 3" 10 torpedo tubes. www.ww2pacific.com /ships2.html   (2238 words)

uboat.net - Allied Warships - St. Louis class Light cruisers USS Helena (i) (CL 50) (lost 6 Jul, 1943) uboat.net - Allied Warships - St. Louis class Light cruisers These two ships had 4 twin enclosed 5\\\'38 mounts, two on the port side and two on the starboard side where the Brooklyn class had single 5\"/38 mouts. uboat.net /allies/warships/class.html?ID=269   (69 words)

7 August 1942 Kiska is bombarded by USN Task Group 8.6 consisting of the heavy cruisers USS Indianapolis (CA-35) and USS Louisville (CA-28); the light cruisers USS Honolulu (CL-48), USS Nashville (CL-43) and USS St Louis (CL-49); and 6 destroyers, between 1955 and 2021 hours local. Carrier-based aircraft of the aircraft carriers USS Enterprise (CV-6), USS Saratoga (CV-3) and USS Wasp (CV-7) also conduct air strikes against the islands. The task force fires 631 rounds of 8-inch (203.2 mm), 3,534 rounds of 6-inch (152.4 mm) and 2,620 rounds of 5-inch (127 mm) ammunition destroying barracks, landing barges, a moored H6K "Mavis" flying boat and the merchant vessel SS Kano Maru and damaging two H6K "Mavis" flying boats. homepage.ntlworld.com /andrew.etherington/1942/08/07.htm   (1629 words)

U.S. Marine Raiders - Official Web Site C and D Companies embarked aboard the USS Gwin (DD-433), the USS Case (DD-370) and the USS St. Louis (CL-49), at Pearl Harbor, sailed, arrived on 25 May 42, and disembarked at Midway Island. Battalion embarked aboard the USS George Clymer (APA-27), sailed, arrived at Efate, New Hebrides Islands, and conducted pre-invasion landing rehearsals from 16 to 22 Oct 43. Embarked aboard the USS President Hayes (APA-21), at Cape Torokina, Bougainville, BSI., sailed, and debarked at Tassafaronga, Guadalcanal, BSI., on 14 Jan 44. www.usmarineraiders.org /chron2ndbn.html   (962 words)

Caribbean Encyclopedia Article @ OverTheTopArt.com (Over The Top Art) Cardinal Luis Aponte Martinez (Puerto Rico) - St. Aimé Césaire (Martinique) - Enrique Laguerre (Puerto Rico) - V.S. Naipaul (Trinidad and Tobago) - Jean Rhys (Commonwealth of Dominica) - Derek Walcott (St. Lucia) - Yolanda Vargas Dulche (Mexico) Cities: Havana • Port-au-Prince • Santo Domingo • Kingston • Port of Spain • San Juan • Bridgetown • Nassau • Roseau • St. www.overthetopart.com /encyclopedia/Caribbean   (1402 words)

Long Lancers Contributed torpedoes to spreads that sank USS GWIN (DD-433) and damaged USS HONOLULU (CL-48) and USS ST. LOUIS (CL- 49). www.combinedfleet.com /kiyona_t.htm   (91 words)

Histories I was first assigned to duty aboard the light cruiser, USS St. Louis (CL-49) in January, 1942. After about six weeks, working part time in the office there, was transferred to the USS WEST POINT AP23, a large troop ship, for duty in the Pacific (and later in the Atlantic). Built in 1938 in Newport News, Virginia, by the United States Lines as a luxury liner she was christened S.S.. www.town-local.net /sibiski/histories.htm   (1984 words)

Ships The last Pacific carrier, the USS Saratoga, had left Pearl Harbor for the United States mainland’s west coast for upkeep and repairs. On December 4th, the USS Enterprise delivered the aircraft and on December 7 the task force was on its way back to Pearl Harbor. On December 5th, Admiral Kimmel sent the USS Lexington with a task force under Rear Admiral Newton to deliver 25 scout bombers to Midway Island. www.privatehenrykalinowski.org /html/Library/Ships/ships.html   (279 words)

USS St. Louis CL-49 I like the naming of Navy ships; Hornet – Enterprise – Sea Wolf – Iwo Jima – Franklin – St. Louis – Indianapolis – Missouri – Arizona and many others named for heroes and heroic events of our country. www.ussstlouis.com   (528 words)

History for USS St. Louis - LKA 116 WW2 History of the USS St. Louis CL49 USS St Louis CL/49 Ship's Order No. 3 (Tyrus Snell) Complement: 888 Armament: 15 6”; 8 5”; 16 1.1”; 12 20mm; 1 depth charge track Class: ST. LOUIS The fifth ST. LOUIS (CL-49) was laid down on 10 December 1936 by the Newport... www.military.com /HomePage/UnitPageHistory/1,13506,200309,00.html   (283 words)

Sea Services Main Page Also attending the ceremony were former crewmembers of the cruiser USS St. Louis (CL-49). According to the 1976 Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, USS St. Louis entered the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard on September 28th, 1941 for upkeep, and so she was still there, moored to the pier on December 7, the day the Japanese forced the United States to enter World War II. As the St Louis moved away from the pier and headed for open sea, a Japanese midget submarine began stalking the ship. www.dcmilitary.com /navy/seaservices/archives/dec10/ss_e121099.html   (618 words)

Battle of Kula Gulf - TheBestLinks.com - Destroyer, Japan, July 5, July 6, ... Louis (CL-49), plus four destroyers, had received word of another Tokyo Express run down "the Slot", and proceeded northwest past New Georgia. On 5 July, Task Group 36.1, commanded by Rear Admiral Walden L. Ainsworth, and consisting of light cruisers USS Helena (CL-50), Honolulu (CL-48), and USS St. The Battle of Kula Gulf was a naval battle fought in the early hours of 6 July 1943, between United States and Japanese ships off the coast of Kolombangara in the Solomon Islands. www.thebestlinks.com /Battle_of_Kula_Gulf.html   (275 words)

Boyd WWII Diary - part 19 of 20 From the ship's log of the USS ST LOUIS (CL-49):"In early August, she anchored in Buckner Bay, where she remained through the end of hostilities on 15 August. From the ship's log of the USS PORTLAND (CL-CA-33):"From 8 May until 17 June, she participated in the bombardment and capture of Okinawa, departing 17 June for upkeep at Leyte. From the ship's log of the USS NEW JERSEY (BB-62):"During the final months of the war, New Jersey was overhauled at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, from which she sailed 4 July for San Pedro, Pearl Harbor, and Eniwetok bound for Guam. pages.cthome.net /boyd544/Diary19.htm   (855 words)

Destroyer Squadron (DesRon) 21 in World War II U.S. Note: a torpedo would always be fired at the highest speed possible for the selected range—thus at 10,000 yards, a Japanese torpedo would be fired at 49 knots while an American torpedo would be fired at 27 knots. "The history of the Pacific war can never be written without telling the story of the USS O’Bannon,” he wrote. Eventually, the hazards they and others faced at Guadalcanal and New Georgia were translated by Capt. Arleigh Burke into doctrine that first Moosbrugger, then Merrill and Burke’s own DesRon 23—armed at last with torpedoes that worked—applied with devastating effect in the northern Solomon Islands. www.destroyerhistory.org /desron21/desron21.html   (1590 words)

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