USS San Francisco Memorial (San Francisco, California)

USA / California / San Francisco / San Francisco, California
 memorial, military
The heavy cruiser U.S.S. San Francisco (CA-38) was authorized by an act of Congress in February 1929, as part of the “Cruiser Bill”, which called for the building of the Portland, New Orleans and Brooklyn class cruisers. Laid down on September 9, 1931, the San Francisco was launched in March 1933 and commissioned on February 10, 1934.

Survived a battle at Guadalcanal heavily damaged on November 13, 1942.

Made its way back to Pearl Harbor for repairs.

The memorial is a piece of the bridge with the battle damage still showing, huge gashes in the steel walls.

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_San_Francisco_(CA-38)
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Coordinates:   37°46'58"N   122°30'41"W

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  • Read the damage report from the battle here: http://www.researcheratlarge.com/Ships/CA38/GuadalcanalDamageRpt.html
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