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2003-06-06 Korea

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Posted by tu3031 2003-06-06 10:11 am|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 USS Baltimore, CA-68, was a WWII heavy cruiser (8" main guns). She served in the Pacific in 1943-45, and in the Med during the Korean conflict, and was eventually rebuilt as a guided missile ship.

Several other Baltimore-class cruisers provided gunfire support in Korea, but none were sunk by enemy action, so far as I know.

Posted by Mike 2003-06-06 11:33:51|| 2003-06-06 11:33:51|| Front Page Top

#2 I check this out on the Naval History website. 6 USN ships were lost during Korea, 5 minecraft and 1 fleet tug, all to mines. So it appears Kim Kun Ok is full of shit. What a surprise.

Posted by tu3031 2003-06-06 11:54:53|| 2003-06-06 11:54:53|| Front Page Top

#3 Same results I got, 87 incidents of ships damaged in action as well. Some mines, most by shore batteries. No loses or damage by surface ships.

Posted by Steve 2003-06-06 12:04:46|| 2003-06-06 12:04:46|| Front Page Top

#4 Hardly seems worth the effort to fact-check their asses...

Posted by Fred 2003-06-06 14:05:10|| 2003-06-06 14:05:10|| Front Page Top

#5 Yeah, kinda like the New York Times...

Posted by tu3031 2003-06-06 15:53:54|| 2003-06-06 15:53:54|| Front Page Top

#6 Hmm. Seems the DAFS missed the being sunk part...

From: Dictionary of American Fighting Ships, Vol. I, 1964, Navy
Department, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Naval History
Division, Washington, D.C.

BALTIMORE (CA-68)

dp. 13,600;
l. 673â 5â;
b. 70â 10â;
dr. 26â 10â;
s. 33 k.;
cpl. 1142;
a. 9 8â, 12 5â;
cl. BALTIMORE

The fifth BALTIMORE (CA-68) was launched 28 July 1942 by Bethlehem Steel
Co., Fore River, Mass.; sponsored by Mrs. Howard W. Jackson, wife of the
Mayor of Baltimore; commissioned 15 April 1943, Captain W. C. Calhoun in
command; and reported to the Pacific Fleet.

Between November 1943 and June 1944 BALTIMORE was a unit of the fire
support and covering forces at the Makin Islands landings (20 November-4
December 1943); Kwajalein invasion (29 January-8 February 1944); Truk
raid (16-17 February; Eniwetok seizure (17 February-2 March); Marianas
attacks (21-22 February); Palau-Yap-Ulithi-Woleai raid (30 March-1
April); Hollandia landing (21-24 April); Truk-Satawan-Ponape raid (20
April-1 May); air strikes against Marcus Islands (19-20 May) and Wake
Island (23 May); Saipan invasion (11-24 June); and the Battle of the
Philippine Sea (19-20 June).

Returning to the United States in July 1944, she embarked President
Roosevelt and his party and steamed to Pearl Harbor. After meeting with
Admiral Nimitz and General MacArthur, the President was carried to
Alaska where he departed BALTIMORE 9 August 1944.

Returning to the war zone in November 1944, she was assigned to the 3rd
Fleet and participated in the attacks on Luzon (14-16 December 1944; and
6-7 January 1945); Formosa (3-4, 9, 15, and 21 January); the China coast
(12 and 16 January); and Okinawa (22 January).

On 26 January she joined the 5th Fleet for her final operations of the
war: Honshu Island attacks (16-17 February); Iwo Jima operation (19
February-5 March); and the 5th Fleet raids in support of the Okinawan
operation (18 March-10 June).

After the cessation of hostilities BALTIMORE served as a unit of the
âMagic Carpetâ fleet and then as a part of the naval occupation force in
Japan (29 November 1945-17 February 1946). Departing the Far East 17
February 1946 she returned to the United States and went out of
commission in reserve 8 July 1946 at Bremerton, Wash.

BALTIMORE was recommissioned 28 November 1951 and assigned to the
Atlantic Fleet. She was deployed with the 6th Fleet in the
Mediterranean during the summers of 1952, 1953, and 1954. In June 1953
she represented the United States Navy in the Coronation Naval Review at
Spithead, England. On 5 January 1955 she was transferred to the Pacific
Fleet and was deployed with the 7th Fleet in the Far East between
February and August 1955.

BALTIMORE commenced pre-inactivation overhaul upon her return from the
Far East and went out of commission in reserve at Bremerton, Wash. 31
May 1956.

BALTIMORE received nine battle stars for her service in the Pacific
during World War II.

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Posted by SPQR 2756 2003-06-06 16:34:47|| 2003-06-06 16:34:47|| Front Page Top

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