USS Wilkes-Barre

1943 Cleveland-class cruiser. 
CL-103

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Cleveland-class cruiser, light cruiser, New York Shipbuilding Corporation, United States, United States Navy, 

• Freebase entry^@
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Location: 24.6101, -81.763, KML, Maps

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Leaflet

Cleveland-class cruiser – light cruiser – 

1942-12-14T00:00:00Z

keel laying 1942

1944-07-01T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning 1944

1943-12-24T00:00:00Z

ship launching 1943

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Frameless

152mm turret of the sunken USS Wilkes-Barre (CL-103) on 19 September 1982 (DM0574)

Transfer of wounded from USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) to USS Wilkes-Barre (CL-103) on 11 May 1945 (520682)

USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) burning 11 May 1945 aft view

USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) burning and Randolph (CV-15) in May 1945

USS Bunker Hill (CV-17): Casualties from "Kamikaze" hits are transferred to USS Wilkes-Barre (CL-103) for medical care, off Okinawa on 11 May 1945.

USS Hawaii (CB-3) and other cruisers in reserve at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard on 19 May 1955 (80-G-668655)

USS Wilkes-Barre (CL-103) at San Pedro, California, on 31 January 1946 (NH 96708-KN)

USS Wilkes-Barre (CL-103) at San Pedro, California, on 31 January 1946 (NH 96708-KN) (cropped)

USS Wilkes-Barre (CL-103) at anchor, circa 31 January 1946 (NH 98601)

USS Wilkes-Barre (CL-103) being sunk off Key West, Florida (USA), on 12 May 1972 (DM1275)

USS Wilkes-Barre (CL-103) operating off Okinawa in July 1945

USS Wilkes-Barre (CL-103) sinking off Key West, Florida (USA), on 12 May 1972 (DM1276)

USS Wilkes-Barre (CL-103) underway, 1944

Type	Date	Description	Keywords	Notes	Source
link		Freebase entry@			Wikidata
link		Naval Vessel Register@			Wikidata
incident	1942	keel laying			Wikidata
incident	1944	ship commissioning			Wikidata
incident	1943	ship launching			Wikidata
image	1982	152mm turret of the sunken USS Wilkes-Barre (CL-103) on 19 September 1982 (DM0574)			Wikimedia
image	1945	Transfer of wounded from USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) to USS Wilkes-Barre (CL-103) on 11 May 1945 (520682)			Wikimedia
image	1945	USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) burning 11 May 1945 aft view			Wikimedia
image	1945	USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) burning and Randolph (CV-15) in May 1945			Wikimedia
image	1945	USS Bunker Hill (CV-17): Casualties from "Kamikaze" hits are transferred to USS Wilkes-Barre (CL-103) for medical care, off Okinawa on 11 May 1945.			Wikimedia
image		USS Hawaii (CB-3) and other cruisers in reserve at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard on 19 May 1955 (80-G-668655)			Wikimedia
image		USS Wilkes-Barre (CL-103) at San Pedro, California, on 31 January 1946 (NH 96708-KN)			Wikimedia
image		USS Wilkes-Barre (CL-103) at San Pedro, California, on 31 January 1946 (NH 96708-KN) (cropped)			Wikimedia
image		USS Wilkes-Barre (CL-103) at anchor, circa 31 January 1946 (NH 98601)			Wikimedia
image	1972	USS Wilkes-Barre (CL-103) being sunk off Key West, Florida (USA), on 12 May 1972 (DM1275)			Wikimedia
image	1945	USS Wilkes-Barre (CL-103) operating off Okinawa in July 1945			Wikimedia
image	1972	USS Wilkes-Barre (CL-103) sinking off Key West, Florida (USA), on 12 May 1972 (DM1276)			Wikimedia
image	1944	USS Wilkes-Barre (CL-103) underway, 1944			Wikimedia

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