USS San Juan (CL-54) - Wikipedia
WEBThe second USS San Juan (CL-54), and the first to be named for the city of San Juan, Puerto Rico, was an Atlanta-class light cruiser of the United States Navy. She was laid down on 15 May 1940 by the Bethlehem Steel Co. ( Fore River ), Quincy, Massachusetts ; launched on 6 September 1941; sponsored by Mrs. Margarita Coll de Santori; and ...
Light Cruiser San Juan (CL-54) | World War II Database - WW2DB
WEBSan Juan was commissioned into service. 28 Jul 1942 : US Navy and Marines began a four-day amphibious landing exercise at Fiji as rehearsals for the Guadalcanal landings set for two weeks later. 26 Oct 1942 : At the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands, US forces achieved victory but saw USS Enterprise, USS South Dakota, and USS San Juan damaged.
Shootout in the “Slingshot”: First Day of the Guadalcanal Campaign
WEBThe fading daylight of August 6, 1942, found the American heavy cruisers Astoria and Chicago as part of Task Force 61, under the command of Vice Admiral Jack Fletcher, steaming toward the South Pacific island of Guadalcanal. The force that was to deliver the first American amphibious invasion of the Pacific War—Operation Watchtower—had thus ...
Solving the Mysteries of Santa Cruz | Naval History Magazine
WEBSome of the hardest-fought naval air battles of World War II figured in the six-month Guadalcanal campaign, including possibly the toughest, the 26 October Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands. The IJN put its first team into the balance, sending large task forces to the east of the Solomon Islands.
Naval Battle of Guadalcanal - Wikipedia
WEBThe six-month Guadalcanal campaign began on 7 August 1942, when Allied (primarily U.S.) forces landed on Guadalcanal, Tulagi, and the Florida Islands in the Solomon Islands, a pre-war colonial possession of Great Britain.
First Hell in the Pacific: The Battle for Tulagi
WEBTo safeguard Rabaul, forces were landed in eastern New Guinea, Guadalcanal, and Tulagi in the southern Solomons chain. By holding fortified air bases at these locations, the Japanese could meet Allied air and amphibious attacks by shuttling their own air assets from base to base.
First Offensive: The Marine Campaign for Guadalcanal (The …
WEBAfter naval gunfire from the light cruiser San Juan (CL-54) and two destroyers, and a strike by F4F Wildcats flying from the Wasp, the 1st Parachute Battalion landed near noon in three waves, 395 men in all, on Gavutu.
HyperWar: First Offensive: The Marine Campaign For Guadalcanal
WEBIn the great naval Battle of Guadalcanal, 12-15 November, RAdm Daniel J. Callaghan was killed when his flagship, the heavy cruiser San Francisco (CA-38) took 15 major hits and was forced to limp away in the dark from the scene of action.
USS San Juan (CL-54) - HistoryOfWar.org
WEBJun 30, 2015 · USS San Juan (CL-54) was an Atlanta class light cruiser that fought in the Guadalcanal campaign, the advance up the Solomon Islands, the invasions of the Marshalls, Mariannas, Philippines, Iwo Jima and Okinawa, as well as fighting at the battle of the Philippine Sea.
US San Juan - Historycentral
WEBThe group got underway from San Diego on 30 June escorting a large group of troop transports destined for the Solomon Islands where the Navy was about to launch the first major American amphibious operation of the war.
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