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Light Cruisers: Omaha Class

Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2018 10:50 pm
by Brian James
Omaha Class Light Cruiser USS Detroit pictured at Boston Navy Yard in 1929.

Re: Light Cruisers: Omaha Class

Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2018 4:06 pm
by ivorthediver
no doubt recycled now Brian :?:

Re: Light Cruisers: Omaha Class

Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2018 6:01 am
by Brian James
Omaha Class Light Cruiser USS Richmond pictured in Boston Navy Yard dry dock. April 21st,1931.

Re: Light Cruisers: Omaha Class

Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2018 11:09 am
by designeraccd
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!! :o DFO

Re: Light Cruisers: Omaha Class

Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2018 4:56 pm
by jbryce1437
designeraccd 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!! :o DFO
HMS Royal Sovereign Dennis

JIm

Re: Light Cruisers: Omaha Class

Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2018 5:33 am
by Brian James
Lead Ship,Light Cruiser USS Omaha pictured in Commencement Bay,Puget Sound at the end of July 1924.

Re: Light Cruisers: Omaha Class

Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2018 10:18 am
by ivorthediver
Strange sea state Brian , bit of a patchwork quilt , though not familiar with location .

Re: Light Cruisers: Omaha Class

Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2019 12:02 am
by Brian James
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

Re: Light Cruisers: Omaha Class

Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2019 5:55 am
by Brian James
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.

Re: Light Cruisers: Omaha Class

Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2019 5:41 am
by Brian James
Omaha Class Light Cruiser USS Richmond pictured at Mare Island Navy Yard on September 15th 1943.