Trumpeter 05310 1/350 USS SAN FRANCISCO CA-38 (1944)  [TP05310]

SAN FRANCISCO, the second ship of NEW ORLEANS course, premiered in 1933 and commissioned in February 1934. In October 1941 she was taken in for a refit at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard. If the Japanese surprise attack came on December 7, 1941, she had been nevertheless under fix, immobile and without air protection. A hastily fixed SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA joined an activity force to relieve Wake Island, but did not arrive before the island fell towards enemy. In August, 1942, the cruiser covered for carrier inside Guadalcanal offensive. On November 13, the woman task force blundered into an excellent enemy force: the ship suffered major harm and the lack of 83 crewmen. She had been decommissioned in 1947. BAY AREA ended up being awarded 17 Battle Stars, making her the 2nd many decorated ship in USN history.

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