U.S.S. San Francisco
CA-38
1945
(Neptun 1333c)
- Class: New Orleans - 7 heavy cruisers of 1929-33
- Displacement: 9,950 tons
- Dimensions: 578(wl) 588(oa) x 61.75 x 19.5 ft.
- Machinery: 4-shaft geared turbines, S.H.P. 107,000 = 32.7 knots
- Armament: 9-8"/55 (3x3), 8-5"/25 (8x1), 24-40mm (6x4), 20-20mm AA guns
- Complement: 1,050
- Builder: Mare Island Navy Yard
- Keel Laid: 9 Sep 1931
- Launched: 9 Mar 1933
- Commissioned: 10 Feb 1934
- Decommissioned: 10 Feb 1946
- Stricken: 1 Mar 1959
- Actions: Pearl Harbour, Guadalcanal-Tulagi, Cape Esperance,
Guadalcanal battle (damaged), Attu, Gilbert Is., Kwajalein, Truk raid, Hollandia, Marianas, Leyte, Iwo, Okinawa, Pacific raids 1942-44. Earned 17 Battles Stars and a Presidential Unit Citation making her the second most decorated ship in the Navy.
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