Light Cruisers: Omaha Class

[Brian James]

Omaha Class Light Cruiser USS Detroit pictured at Boston Navy Yard in 1929.

[ivorthediver]

no doubt recycled now Brian

[Brian James]

Omaha Class Light Cruiser USS Richmond pictured in Boston Navy Yard dry dock. April 21st,1931.

[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!! DFO

[jbryce1437]

MILWAUKEE was transferred to the Soviets along with a RN "R" class BB late war. Not enuff coffee: can't remember which R!! DFO

HMS Royal Sovereign Dennis

JIm

[Brian James]

Lead Ship,Light Cruiser USS Omaha pictured in Commencement Bay,Puget Sound at the end of July 1924.

[ivorthediver]

Strange sea state Brian , bit of a patchwork quilt , though not familiar with location .

[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

[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.

[Brian James]

Omaha Class Light Cruiser USS Richmond pictured at Mare Island Navy Yard on September 15th 1943.