file created: 12/07/02 01:06:06 , last update: 12/22/00
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CA-37 Tuscaloosa
United States Navy heavy cruiser
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
New 1931/09/03
New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, N.J. 		1933/11/15 1934/08/17 1959/06/25
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Namesake:
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 41-42: Ms 12/Mod, 43: Ms 22, 44: Ms 33/13d, 45: Ms 22
WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41/12/07     AtlFlt/CruDiv7 Hvalfjord, Iceland   114 
45/01       joinPac   66 
45/02/16 45/03/14 Detach 54/CruDiv5     66 
45/03/19 45/05 Iceber 51.19     66 
45/03/19 45/04 Iceber 54.1.1     86 
45/04/16 45/05/28 Iceber 52.21.1     66 
45/05/14 45/05/17     sail from Ulithi to Okinawa (with West Virginia, William C. Cole, Chase)   66 
45/05/28 45/06/28 Iceber 34     66 
45/06/30 45/08/27   7thFlt Subic Bay, Luzon Is   66 
45/08/27 45/09   7thFlt sail Subic Bay > Korea   66 
46/02/13       Philadelphia - decomm  

Ship status, hull number changes...:
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 7 Battle Stars
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