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

BAY AREA, the next ship of NEW ORLEANS course, premiered in 1933 and commissioned in February 1934. In October 1941 she ended up being used for a refit at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard. In the event that Japanese shock attack arrived on December 7, 1941, she was in fact nonetheless under fix, immobile and without atmosphere security. A hastily fixed BAY AREA BAY AREA joined a task force to ease Wake Island, but would not show up ahead of the island fell towards enemy. In August, 1942, the cruiser covered for provider inside Guadalcanal offensive. On November 13, the lady task force blundered into an excellent enemy force: the ship suffered major harm as well as the not enough 83 crewmen. She have been decommissioned in 1947. BAY AREA ended up being granted 17 Battle Stars, making her the next many decorated ship in USN history.

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