Light Cruisers: Omaha Class
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Light Cruisers: Omaha Class
Omaha Class Light Cruiser USS Detroit pictured at Boston Navy Yard in 1929.
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Omaha Class Light Cruiser USS Richmond pictured in Boston Navy Yard dry dock. April 21st,1931.
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Re: Light Cruisers: Omaha Class
While verging on obsolete, this class did see a fair amount of battle action in WW2 starting at Pearl Harbor. The MARBLEHEAD escaped the ABDA debacle, but except for the RALEIGH's fight with SALT LAKE CITY in the Alaskan theater, they mostly took up duties in secondary theaters for the rest of the war. MILWAUKEE was transferred to the Soviets along with a RN "R" class BB late war. Not enuff coffee: can't remember which R!! DFO
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Re: Light Cruisers: Omaha Class
HMS Royal Sovereign Dennisdesigneraccd wrote: ↑Thu Nov 22, 2018 11:09 am MILWAUKEE was transferred to the Soviets along with a RN "R" class BB late war. Not enuff coffee: can't remember which R!! DFO
JIm
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JEM, EM, OEM, LOEM, POOEL
Then 28 years in the Fire Brigade
Retired since 2002
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Lead Ship,Light Cruiser USS Omaha pictured in Commencement Bay,Puget Sound at the end of July 1924.
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Re: Light Cruisers: Omaha Class
Strange sea state Brian , bit of a patchwork quilt , though not familiar with location .
"What Ever Floats your Boat"
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USS Trenton pictured as she transits the Gulf of Panama,July 14th 1944.
She was an Omaha-Class Light Cruiser, originally classified as a Scout Cruiser,she spent most of her pre-war career moving between the Atlantic and the Pacific. Trenton joined the Special Service Squadron in 1934, for a good-will tour of Latin America. In May 1939, she would join Squadron 40-T in protecting American interests during the Spanish Civil War and not return to the US until July 1940, when she carried the royal family of Luxembourg, fleeing from the Nazi occupation of their country
She was an Omaha-Class Light Cruiser, originally classified as a Scout Cruiser,she spent most of her pre-war career moving between the Atlantic and the Pacific. Trenton joined the Special Service Squadron in 1934, for a good-will tour of Latin America. In May 1939, she would join Squadron 40-T in protecting American interests during the Spanish Civil War and not return to the US until July 1940, when she carried the royal family of Luxembourg, fleeing from the Nazi occupation of their country
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Omaha Class Light Cruiser USS Memphis pictured in drydock at Kiel,circa 1926-1927, while she was serving as flagship for Commander U.S. Naval Forces, Europe.
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Omaha Class Light Cruiser USS Richmond pictured at Mare Island Navy Yard on September 15th 1943.
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