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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 ...
New Zealand, as a member of the Allied powers, actively contributed to the war effort by deploying its own naval forces, cooperating with other Allied navies, and providing logistical support. The country played a vital role in the Pacific theater and was involved in several significant naval campaigns, such as the Battle of Guadalcanal .
Shipwrecks along the coastlines of the islands of New Zealand in the Pacific Ocean Subcategories This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total.
Garibaldi near Wreck Alley, San Diego, CA. The Ingraham Street Bridges spanned Mission Bay. When they were replaced in 1985 the old bridge pilings and roadway were dumped in the Wreck Alley area. These were huge pieces of bridge, roadway, railings and pillars, all jumbled together. There were many fish and various crawling sealife as well.
A Balao-class submarine that was sunk as a target off San Diego. USS Champlin United States Navy: 12 April 1936 A Wickes-class destroyer that was sunk as a target off San Diego. USS F-1 United States Navy: 17 December 1917 An F-class submarine that was sunk in a collision off Point Loma. USS Hogan United States Navy: 8 November 1945
The wreck claimed the lives of 28 of its 29 crewman, leaving only Dennis Hale alive. Hale died in 2015 . In an interview for a Free Press documentary in 2014, Hale recounted his survival.
After a career sailing from Great Britain to India and New Zealand, she was renamed, re-rigged as a barque, and became a salmon hauler on the Alaska to California route. Retired in 1926, she was restored as a seaworthy museum ship in 1962–3 and home-ported at the Maritime Museum of San Diego in San Diego, California.
It said a robot surveyed the wreck, whose exact location has been kept secret since its discovery in 2015, between May 23 and June 1, covering an area "equivalent to more than 40 professional ...