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CL-12 Marblehead
United States Navy light cruiser
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Omaha 1920/08/04
William Cramp & Sons Shipbuilding, Philadelphia,
1923/10/09 1924/09/08 1946/02/27
scrap
Namesake: port in Massachusetts
TTD differences from class:10x152
Camouflage: 42: Ms 13, 42-45: Ms 22


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41/12/07     5 Tarakan, Borneo   81  66 
42/01 42/02/03   5 Java Sea  
42/02/03 42/02/04   CombStrFor    
42/02/04     CombStrFor damage(Kanoja kokutai) Surabaya > only 15 knots - 15 KIA, 34 WIA   66  85 
42/02/05 42/02/13     Tjilatjip - temporary repairs   66 
42/02/13 42/02/21     sail Tjilatjip > Trincomalee, Ceylon   66 
42/02/21 42/03/02     Trincomalee   66 
42/03/02 42/03/24     sail Trincomalee > South Africa   66 
42/04       leftInd - South Africa   66 
42/05/04 42/10/15     Brooklyn - repairs  
45/11/01       decomm  

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1945/11/28 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 2 Battle Stars Navy Unit Commendation
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