USS Savannah

USS Savannah (CL-42) was a light cruiser of the Brooklyn-class that served in World War II in the Atlantic and Mediterranean theatres of operation. Savannah conducted Neutrality Patrols (1941) and wartime patrols in the Atlantic and Caribbean (1942), and supported the invasion of French North Africa in Operation Torch. She sought German-supporting blockade runners off the east coast of South America (1943), and supported the Allied landings on Sicily and at Salerno (1943). Off Salerno on 11 September 1943, a German radio-controlled Fritz X glide-bomb caused extensive casualties aboard and serious damage to Savannah, requiring emergency repairs in Malta and permanent repairs at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. After repairs and upgrades, she served in the task force that carried President Roosevelt to the Yalta Conference in early 1945.

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beam 18.8 metre, length 185.4 metre, draft 6.9 metre, length 185.42 metre, draft 6.93 metre, beam 21.16 metre, speed 32.5 knot, 
Brooklyn-class light cruiser, light cruiser, New York Shipbuilding Corporation, United States Navy, 

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1947-02-03T00:00:00Z

1947-02-03T00:00:00Z

ship decommissioning

1937-05-08T00:00:00Z

1937-05-08T00:00:00Z

ship launching

1938-03-10T00:00:00Z

1938-03-10T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

World War II Q362

1934-05-31T00:00:00Z

1934-05-31T00:00:00Z

keel laying

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

USS Savannah (CL-42) off the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard on 5 September 1944 (NH 97955)

Casualties USS Savannah RG-208-AA-158-A

SOC in hangar of USS Savannah (CL-42) c1938

USS Savannah (CL-42) with burning Liberty ships Algiers 1943

USS Savannah (CL-42) is hit by a German guided bomb, off Salerno, 11 September 1943

SC 364342 - Close up of U.S.S. Cruiser Savannah deck burning after being hit by a German plane. (52171637278)

USS Savannah (CL-42) off New England 1944

U.S.S. Savannah CCL-42, struck by a German bomb on September 11, 1943 at Salerno, Italy with clean blankets covering the dead sailors

USSSavannahCL42 memorial plaque

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		USS Hawaii (CB-3) and other cruisers in reserve at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard on 19 May 1955 (80-G-668655)		Commons
commons	image		USS Savannah (CL-42) off the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard on 5 September 1944 (NH 97955)		Commons
commons	image		Casualties USS Savannah RG-208-AA-158-A		Commons
commons	image		SOC in hangar of USS Savannah (CL-42) c1938		Commons
commons	image		USS Savannah (CL-42) with burning Liberty ships Algiers 1943		Commons
commons	image		USS Savannah (CL-42) is hit by a German guided bomb, off Salerno, 11 September 1943		Commons
commons	image		SC 364342 - Close up of U.S.S. Cruiser Savannah deck burning after being hit by a German plane. (52171637278)		Commons
commons	image		USS Savannah (CL-42) off New England 1944		Commons
commons	image		U.S.S. Savannah CCL-42, struck by a German bomb on September 11, 1943 at Salerno, Italy with clean blankets covering the dead sailors		Commons
commons	image		USSSavannahCL42 memorial plaque		Commons