by Mark LoProto | Jan 22, 2019 | Attack of Pearl Harbor, Light Cruisers, Pacific Theater
Named in honor of Arizona’s capital city, the light cruiser USS Phoenix (CL-46) was launched in March of 1938 and commissioned into the US Navy on October 3. Her initial shakedown included calls at Port of Spain, Trinidad and continued to Santos, Brazil, Buenos Aires,...
by Mark LoProto | Aug 2, 2018 | Light Cruisers, Pacific Theater, Recent News
On November 13, 1942, during the Battle of Guadalcanal, USS Juneau (CL-52) was hit by several torpedoes from the Japanese submarine I-26 and sank. All but ten men died, some in the initial sinking and others while waiting for rescue, succumbing to the elements. Among...
by Jerry Peterson | Jun 29, 2018 | Attack of Pearl Harbor, Battleships, Destroyers, Gun Boats, Heavy Cruisers, Light Cruisers, Other Ships, Ships, Submarines
There were 130 vessels of the US Navy’s Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor on December 7th 1941, the day of the Japanese surprise attack. Ninety-six of the Pearl Harbor ships were warships. Eight of these were battleships, seven of which were lined up along...
by Jerry Peterson | Jun 22, 2018 | Learning Pearl Harbor, Light Cruisers, Pacific Theater, World War II
USS Detroit (CL-8), an Omaha-class light cruiser, was first laid down on November 10, 1920 and commissioned into the US Navy on July 31, 1923. Detroit’s early years were mainly spent in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. Later, she took part in maneuvers and fleet...
by Mark LoProto | May 7, 2018 | Attack of Pearl Harbor, Light Cruisers, Pacific Theater
The USS Utah (AG-16), originally commissioned as a battleship designated (BB-31), had long been demilitarized and used as a target ship. Unarmed, she posed no threat, a fact the leaders of the attack on Pearl Harbor were aware of. Unfortunately, two attacking pilots...
by Mark LoProto | Apr 13, 2018 | Light Cruisers, Pacific Theater, Pearl Harbor News, RV Petrel Discoveries, Under the Surface
On April 11, 2018, a research team headed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen discovered the wreckage of the USS Helena (CL-50, the team’s third World War II-era shipwreck discovery of the year. The St. Louis-class light cruiser was commissioned into the US Navy...
