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USS Juneau (CL-52) - Juneau (CL(AA)-52) |
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Atlanta-class cruisers |
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US Navy Atlanta-class Light Cruisers 1940-49 | 340 |
The second Atlanta-class cruiser built at the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey, Juneau was the last of the first four Atlantas sent to the Pacific theater. From April–May 1942, it was part of a task group patrolling Martinique to prevent Vichy French warships there from escaping to France.
Its Pacific career was short and spectacular. Arriving in September 1942 with the carrier Wasp, Juneau was present when Wasp was torpedoed and sunk. It fought at the battle of Santa Cruz Islands, helped repel a Japanese bomber attack in Iron Bottom Sound on November 12, 1942, and was torpedoed and battle damaged during the surface engagement fought there after midnight on the next day. Japanese submarine I-26 torpedoed and sank Juneau later that day as the cruiser was steaming to Nouméa in New Caledonia for repairs. This illustration depicts Juneau as it would have appeared immediately before the naval battle of Guadalcanal, where it was sunk. It had left the builder’s yard with a non-standard paint measure, with the ship an overall mottled ocean gray and haze gray. By November, the hull had been repainted as shown in a combination of white, navy blue, and ocean gray paint. It had been equipped with a fantail quad 1.1in. AA gun and K-gun depth charge launchers when sunk. It was