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CL-9 Richmond
United States Navy light cruiser
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Omaha 1920/02/16
William Cramp & Sons Shipbuilding, Philadelphia,
1921/09/29 1923/07/02 1946/12/18
scrap
Namesake: e
TTD differences from class:10x152, 43/03: SG radar
Camouflage: 42-43: Ms 21, 44: Ms 32/3d, 45: Ms 21


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41/12/07     BatForPac/Cru/CruDiv3 patro off South America West coast - enroute Valparaiso, Chile   38  66  114
42       escort reinforcement convoys to Galapagos and Society Islands   66 
42/12/ 43/01     San Francisco - overhaul  
43/01/20? 43/01/28     sail San Francisco > Unalaska   66 
43/01/28       arrived Unalaska   66 
43/02/03     8.6/GF    
43/02/18     8.6/GF shell Attu   85 
43/03/22 43/03/27   16.6/GF xKomand  
43/03/27 43/04?     Kuluk Bay, Adak   85 
43/04/25 43/04/26   16.6 shell Attu   85 
43/05 43/06/02 Landcr 16.6 land Attu   85  81 
43/08/02     16.6 shell Kiska   85 
43/08/12     16.6.1 shell Kiska   85 
43/08/24 43/09/01?     sail Adak > Mare Island   66 
43/09/01? 43/10??     MINY - overhaul   66 
43/11??       back in Aleutians   66 
44/02 45/08   94/CruDiv3 Aleutians - antishipping sweeps, Kuriles bombardement   66 
44/02/01 44/02/05   94.6 shell Kuriles - Paramushiru   85 
44/03/04     94.6 damaged by heavy weather in Kuriles   85 
44/10/16 44/10/19   92 strike Kuriles   66 
44/10/22 44/10/29   92 strike Kuriles   66 
45/01/03 45/01/13   92/CruDiv3 shell Paramushiru   85 
45/02/08 45/02/14   92/CruDiv3 strike Matsuwa - cancelled due to bad weather   85 
45/03/15     92/CruDiv3 shell Matsuwa, Kuriles   85 
45/06/26 45/07/0?   92 antishipping sweep to Kuriles   21 
45/06/29     92 attacking convoy off Kuriles   21 
45/07/13 45/07/2?   93 antishipping sweep off Kuriles and in Sea of Okhotsk   85 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1946/01/21 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 2 Battle Stars
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