file created: 12/07/02 00:21:31 , last update: 07/26/02
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CL-58 Denver
United States Navy light cruiser
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Cleveland 1942/12/26
New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, N.J.
1942/04/04 1942/10/15 1960/02/29
scrap
Namesake:
TTD differences from class:43: SA, SG radars
Camouflage: 42: Ms 21, 43-44: Ms 33/3d, 44-45: Ms 21TABLE>

WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
43/02       joinPac  
43/02/06       Bora Bora  
43/02/07 43/02/12     sail from Bora Bora to Noumea   81 
43/02/13 43/02/14     sail from Noumea to Efate   81 
43/02/14 43/02/19   CruDiv12 Efate   66  81 
43/02/19 43/03/04   68/CruDiv12 land Russell Islands   81 
43/03/04 45/03/09   68 shell Vila   66 
43/03/09 43/03/15     Efate   81 
43/03/15 43/03/30   19/CruDiv12 tactical exercises off Efate and Esp. Santo   88 
43/03/18 43/03/19     Esp. Santo   88 
43/04/14 43/06/27   19/CruDiv12 Efate   88 
43/06/09 43/06/16     Efate - availability (AR-1 Medusa)   88 
43/06/18     19/CruDiv12 exercises out of Efate   88 
43/06/26 43/07/11 Toena 36.2/CruDiv12    
43/07/02 43/07/05 Toena 36.3.9     88 
43/07/11 43/07/12   36.9 shell Munda   88 
43/07/15 43/07/19   36.2.2 sail from Tulagi to Efate (07/17-07/19) > Esp. Santo   88 
43/07/23 43/07/28     Esp. Santo   88 
43/07/28 43/07/30   36.2.2     88 
43/07/30 43/08/02     Esp. Santo   88 
43/08/02 43/08/05   36.2/CruDiv12 tactical exercises with TG 36.3 out of Esp. Santo   88 
43/08/05 43/08/30     Esp. Santo   88 
43/08/22       exercises out of Esp. Santo   88 
43/08/30 43/09/04   39/CruDiv12 exercises with TF 37 and TF 38 out of Esp. Santo   88 
43/09/04 43/09/16     Esp. Santo   88 
43/09/10     39/CruDiv12 gunnery exercises out of Esp. Santo   88 
43/09/16 43/09/17   39 gunnery exercises out of Esp. Santo   88 
43/09/17 43/09/20     Esp. Santo   88 
43/09/20 43/09/28   39.1/CruDiv12 from Esp. Santo to Tulagi, then 'Slot' patrols and back to Esp. Santo   88 
43/09/30 43/10/06   39.1/CruDiv12 sweep Bougainville Strait   88 
43/10/02 43/10/04     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/10/06 43/10/07     Esp. Santo   88 
43/10/07 43/10/10   37/38/39 - probably 39 fleet (combined TF 37, TF 38, TF 39) exercises SW of Esp. Santo   88 
43/10/10 43/10/24     Esp. Santo   88 
43/10/20 43/10/20   39.2 exercises out of Esp. Santo   88 
43/10/24 43/10/27   39.3 land Treasure Is.   88 
43/10/27 43/10/31     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/10/29 43/11/03   39/CruDiv12 xEmpAug   81 
43/11/03 43/11/09     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/11/09 43/11/13   39.1/CruDiv12 escort TG 31.7 from Tulagi to Empress Augusta Bay and back   88 
43/11/13   Shoe2 39/CruDiv12 disable(torpedo aerial) off Cape Torokina (06-45S, 154-15E) - 20 KIA, 15 WIA   66  88  85
43/11/13 43/11/15     towed to Tulagi   88 
43/11/15 43/11/21     Port Purvis, Tulagi - temporary repairs   88 
43/11/21 43/11/24     towed by ATF-74 Pawnee from Tulagi to Esp. Santo, escorted by Balch, AM-127 Tumult, ASR-5 Ortolan   88 
43/11/24 43/12/20     Esp. Santo - repairs   88 
43/11/27 43/12/19     Esp. Santo - drydock YFD-21   88 
43/12/20 43/12/28   34.5.1 sail from Esp. Santo to Pago Pago > P.H.   88 
43/12/28 43/12/29     P.H.   88 
43/12/29 44/01/01     sail from P.H. to Mare Island (with Boyd)   88 
44/01/02 44/06     MINY - repairs   66 
44/01/11 44/01??     MINY - drydock   88 
44/04/16 44/04/17     MINY - drydock   88 
44/05/03 44/05/05     San Francisco   88 
44/05/06 44/05/09     MINY   88 
44/05/09 44/05/10     sail from Mare Island to San Deigo   88 
44/05/11 44/05/12     exercises out of San Diego (with Kyne and Rall)   88 
44/05/12 44/05/15     San Diego   88 
44/05/15 44/05/20     exercises out of San Diego   88 
44/05/21 44/05/22     San Diego   88 
44/05/24 44/05/26     San Diego  
44/05/26 44/05/29     eercises out of San Diego   88 
44/05/29 44/06/01     San Diego   88 
44/06/01 44/06/06   19.7 sail from San Diego to P.H.   88 
44/06/06 44/06/09     P.H.   88 
44/06/09 44/06/11     exercises out of P.H. (with Richard P. Leary and Cushing II)   88 
44/06/12 44/06/14     exercises out of P.H. (with Richard P. Leary and Cushing II)   88 
44/06/14       P.H.   88 
44/06/16 44/06/23   12.1 sail from P.H. to Eniwetok   88 
44/06/23 44/06/28     Eniwetok   66 
44/06/28 44/08/02 Forage 58.1     66  88 
44/08/01 44/08/02 Forage 58.1.7     88 
44/08/02 44/08/05   51.18.10 sail from Saipan to Eniwetok   88 
44/08/05 44/08/1   CruDiv12/DF Eniwetok - availability   88 
44/08/06       Eniwetok   88 
44/08/18 44/08/22   57.5.5 sail from Eniwetok to Tulagi   88 
44/08/23 44/08/29     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
44/08/29 44/08/30   32.12.2/CruDiv12/GF,UF,DF support TG 32.2 landing rehearsals on Cape Esperance   88 
44/09/01 44/09/03   35/CruDiv12/DF exercises off Guadalcanal   88 
44/09/06 44/09/20? Stale2 32/Angaur     66 
44/09/20? 44/09/28 Stale2 31 land Ulithi   66 
44/09/28 44/10/12     Seeadler Harbor, Manus   66 
44/10/12 44/11 King2 77.6/CruDiv12    
44/10/24 44/10/25 King2 LetfFor/CruDiv12 xSuriga  
44/10/28   King2 77.6/CruDiv12 damage(kami - near miss) (10-57N, 125-02E)   66  85 
44/12/12 44/12/24 Love3 77.12.1/CruDiv12 land Mindoro   70 
44/12/24 44/12/30     Seeadler Harbor, Manus   66 
44/12/30? 45/02 Mike1 77.3 or 77.2     66 
45/01/30   Mike7 78.3/SubicFSU land Grande Is., Subic Bay, Luzon   85 
45/02/01 45/02/07 Mike1   escort replenishment convoy Luzon <> Mindoro   66 
45/02/24 45/02/28 Vict3 74.2/CruDiv12 land Palawan   66  81 
45/03/24 45/03/29? Vict2 74.3 land Cebu Is.   66  81 
45/04 45/05     cover various landings on Palawan and Mindoro Islands   66 
45/04/14 45/04/21 Vict5 74.2 land Malabang, Parang, and Cotabato at Mindanao   66  81 
45/05/03       support minesweeping units at Santa Cruz area   66 
45/06/07 45/06/16   74 land Brunei Bay, Borneo   66 
45/06/1 ? 45/07/04   78 land Balikpapan   66 
45/06/18     78 scuttled YMS-50 disabled by mine off Balikpapan (01-18S, 116-49E)   85 
45/07/04 45/07/13     San Pedro Bay, Leyte   66 
45/07/13 45/07/16?     sail Leyte > Okinawa   66 
45/07/16? 45/08/07   95/CruDiv12 anti-shipping sweeps off Okinawa   66 
45/08/07 45/09/09     Okinawa   66 
47/02/07       decomm  

Ship status, hull number changes...:
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 11 Battle Stars, NUC
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