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USS San Diego may refer to: USS San Diego (CA-6), originally the armored cruiser California (1907–1914); renamed San Diego (1914–1918) USS San Diego (CL-53), a light cruiser commissioned in 1942 in service throughout the Pacific War, and decommissioned 1946; USS San Diego (AFS-6), a combat stores ship in service from 1969 to 1997
[5] [6] San Diego after spending time at Guaymas, went on to repair at Mare Island. [7] Afterwards, she served as a popular attraction during the Panama–California Exposition. [8] San Diego returned to duty as flagship through 12 February 1917, when she went into reserve status until the opening of World War I. [3]
The USS San Diego (CL-53) was an Atlanta-class light cruiser of the United States Navy, commissioned just after the US entry into World War II, and active throughout the Pacific theater. Armed with 16 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal DP anti-aircraft guns and 16 Bofors 40 mm AA guns, the Atlanta -class cruisers had one of the heaviest anti-aircraft ...
A mine laid by U-156 is often credited with the loss of the cruiser USS San Diego on 19 July 1918, ten miles southeast of Fire Island, New York. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] On 21 July 1918 U-156 opened fire on a beach and marsh within the boundaries of the American town of Orleans, Massachusetts , and several nearby merchant vessels.
USS San Diego was the only U.S. Navy capital ship lost in the war. [13] The only lightvessel of the lost in combat was Diamond Shoal Lightship No. 71. On August 6, she was patrolling off North Carolina's Diamond Shoals when she encounter a sinking cargo ship, Merak, a victim of U-140. USS Mount Vernon on September 5 after being torpedoed.
Telesforo de la Cruz Trinidad [5] (November 25, 1890 – May 8, 1968) was a Filipino [6] fireman 2nd class in the United States Navy who received the Medal of Honor for actions in Mexican waters [7] near La Paz, [8] on board the USS San Diego on 21 January 1915. [9]
USS San Diego will project American power to the far corners of the earth and support the cause of freedom well into the 21st century. The city is the home of Naval Base San Diego, the Navy's largest base in the Pacific, and Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, the United States Marine Corps' west coast recruit training center.
On 15 September 1946, the Secretary of the Navy re-designated the repair base Naval Station, San Diego. By the end of 1946, the base had grown to 294 buildings [ 3 ] with floor space square footage of more than 6,900,000 square feet (640,000 m 2 ), berthing facilities included five piers of more than 18,000 feet (5,500 m) of berthing space.