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To: C19fan

Juneau was a light cruiser of the Atlanta class. They were armed with only 5 in dual purpose guns to serve in the antiaircraft role.


2 posted on 03/20/2018 7:13:43 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan

She got caught in the bar room brawl of Guadalcanal in November of 1942 and heavily damaged and was retiring when a sub got her. If I remember right she had already taken one torpedo in the battle and was retiring on one screw.


15 posted on 03/20/2018 11:21:43 AM PDT by sarge83
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