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The third USS Los Angeles (CA-135) was a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser, laid down by the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, on 28 July 1943 and launched on 20 August 1944. She was sponsored by Mrs. Fletcher Bowron and commissioned on 22 July 1945, with Captain John A. Snackenberg in command.
Wickes-class destroyer: decommissioned at Halifax and transferred to the Royal Navy [1] 9 September United States Navy: Abel P. Upshur: Clemson-class destroyer: decommissioned at Halifax and transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Clare [2] 23 September United States Navy: Abbot: Wickes-class destroyer: decommissioned at Halifax and transferred to ...
Decommissioned: 31 January 1996: Stricken: 4 July 1999: Fate: Sold for scrap 2014: General characteristics; Class and type: Yellowstone-class destroyer tender: Displacement: 20263 tons: Length: 642 ft (196 m) Beam: 85 ft (26 m) Draft: 27 ft (8.2 m) Propulsion: Steam Turbines: Speed: 20 knots: Complement: 87 Officers 1508 Enlisted: Armament
Seaplane tender destroyer, AVD-4, 6 August 1940; High-speed transport, APD-31, 7 March 1944; Destroyer, DD-186,17 July 1945; Decommissioned: 12 October 1945: Stricken: 24 October 1945: Fate: Sold for scrap 21 November 1946: General characteristics; Class and type: Clemson-class destroyer: Displacement: 1,215 tons: Length: 314 ft 5 in (95.83 m) Beam
Somers was decommissioned 11 April 1966, and converted at San Francisco Naval Shipyard. On 15 March 1967 she was reclassified as a guided missile destroyer, and was re-commissioned 10 February 1968. She was decommissioned on 19 November 1982 and on 26 April 1988, she was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register. On 22 July 1998, she was sunk as ...
She decommissioned in September 1957 and entered the Pacific Reserve Fleet at Mare Island, California. Her name was struck from the Navy Directory 1 November 1965 and she was sold for scrap . While being towed to San Diego for scrapping on the night of 12/13 October 1966, the George A. Johnson broke free from her tow cable and ran aground at ...
The USS Stewart arriving under tow in San Francisco Bay, California in early March 1946. / Credit: Donald M. McPherson / U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California: Laid down: 30 April 1942: Launched: 18 December 1942, as HMS Essington (BDE-21) Commissioned: 31 May 1943: Decommissioned: 26 October 1945: Renamed: USS Harold C. Thomas, 19 February 1943: Stricken: 28 November 1945: Honors and awards: 2 battle stars (World War II) Fate: Sold for scrapping, 25 ...