USS Wichita was a unique heavy cruiser of the United States Navy built in the 1930s. The last American cruiser designed to meet the limits of the London...
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of the United States Navy have been named USS Wichita, after the city of Wichita, Kansas. USS Wichita (CA-45) was a heavy cruiser in service from in 1939...
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Wichita Falls, Texas, a city Wichita County, Texas Wichita Mountains Wichita-class cruiser, a heavy cruiser class of the US Navy USS Wichita (CA-45)...
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Francisco, Quincy, Vincennes Mk 12 guns in three 250-ton triple turrets Wichita Mk 12 guns in three 314-ton triple turrets 14 Baltimore-class (c. 1941)...
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Carolina Andrew C. Pickens, US Navy admiral during World War II on USS Wichita (CA-45) This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same...
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Orleans class (CA-44) Vincennes (1937) – WW2: 2 battle stars, sunk by gunfire and torpedoes 9 August 1942, 332 killed Wichita class (CA-45) Wichita (1939) –...
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Moines-class cruiser Oregon City-class cruiser Baltimore-class cruiser USS Wichita (CA-45) Fargo-class cruiser Cleveland-class cruiser New Orleans-class cruiser...
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151°11′55″E / 33.8694298°S 151.1986428°E / -33.8694298; 151.1986428 USS Canberra (CA-70/CAG-2) was a Baltimore-class cruiser and later a Boston-class guided...
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ordered to New York Navy Yard and assumed command of the heavy cruiser USS Wichita, which was stationed there for repairs. Low led his vessel during the...
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Washington, the aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV-7), the heavy cruisers USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37) and USS Wichita (CA-45), and eight destroyers. The task force...
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USS Wichita (AOR-1) was the lead ship of the Wichita-class replenishment oilers. She was the second ship to be named for the city of Wichita, Kansas. The...
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(LST-1169) USS Whiting (SS-433) USS Whitley (AKA-91) USS Whitman (DE-24) USS Whitney (AD-4) USS Wichita (CA-45, AOR-1, LCS-13) USS Wickakee (YTB-529) USS Wickes...
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carrier HMS Victorious, the heavy cruisers USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37) and USS Wichita (CA-45), the light cruiser HMS Kenya and ten destroyers. The convoy was also...
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Young, 'Enhancing Army Joint Force Headquarters Capabilities,' Santa Monica, CA; RAND Corporation, 2010 – includes list of joint task forces Geoffrey Carter...
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Measure 33 colors Used Measure 32 colors the pattern sheet is marked "CA-27 class;" CA-26 Northampton had been sunk in November 1942 Pensacola wore MS-33/10D...
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was picked up by pilot Mike Spinelli. They returned to the cruiser USS Wichita (CA-45), where Tillar was interviewed by Admiral Turner Joy. The Admiral...
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Creek, VA) USS Milwaukee (LCS-5) USS Detroit (LCS-7) USS Little Rock (LCS-9) USS Sioux City (LCS-11) USS Wichita (LCS-13) USS Billings (LCS-15) USS Indianapolis...
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Hvalfjordur, Iceland, supplying heavy cruisers USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37) and USS Wichita (CA-45), battleship USS Washington (BB-56), and British aircraft carrier...
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Ticonderoga-class cruiser USS Farragut (DDG-99), an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Wichita (LCS-13), a Freedom-class littoral combat ship USS Tulsa (LCS-16),...
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USS Augusta (CL/CA-31) was a Northampton-class cruiser of the United States Navy, notable for service as a headquarters ship during Operation Torch, Operation...
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USS San Francisco (CL/CA-38), a New Orleans-class cruiser, was the second ship of three of the United States Navy named after the city of San Francisco...
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USS Massachusetts (BB-59) followed by the heavy cruisers USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37) and USS Wichita (CA-45). Shortly after 10:00, she fired a spread of four torpedoes...
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– USS Wisconsin "Wicked Witch of the West" – USS Wichita "The Y" – USCGC Yakutat "Zippo" – USS Forrestal "Zoo (The) – USS Kalamazoo "Big Z" - USS Zumwalt...
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3, composed of ships detached from the carrier groups. Around 22:00 USS Wichita began towing the crippled cruiser to the southeast. The task groups were...
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she assisted USS Alpine APA-92 which had been hit by a Kamikazi and its bomb the evening of April 1. She also assisted Wichita (CA-45), England (DE-635)...
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January 1942. Ordered to sea, Hill assumed command of the heavy cruiser Wichita (CA-45), which operated for several months on convoy duty with the British...
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cruiser USS Wichita (CA-45) sighted a periscope to starboard, and she made an emergency turn to starboard to evade a torpedo. The light cruiser USS St. Louis (CL-49)...
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approved, these would have been USS Freedom and USS Fort Worth from the Freedom class, and USS Independence and USS Coronado from the Independence class...
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battleship USS Massachusetts (BB-59), and the cruisers USS Springfield (CL-66) and USS Salem (CA-139) as well as the Navy's first carrier USS Lexington (CV-2)...
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