USN · CA
Astoria
Photos and infoNew Orleans-class heavy cruiser. In Yorktown's screen at Midway. At Savo Island she was in the northern patrol with Quincy and Vincennes. Japanese cruisers set her on fire. Not credited to one ship. She sank that afternoon.
| Class | New Orleans class |
|---|---|
| Type | Heavy cruiser (CA) |
| Hull | CA-34 |
| Fate | Sunk. Not sunk at Midway. Wrecked at Savo Island on 9 August 1942 and sank that afternoon. One of her last shots hit a turret on Chokai. |
| Armament (class) | Three triple 8-inch turrets and two funnels. |
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Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.
U.S. Navy photo 80-G-K-452. USS Astoria (CA-34) and USS Minneapolis (CA-36) moored in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in late June 1942 (80-G-K-452).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
The pictures on this page are the originals.
No color version yet. Colored pictures and film will be added here.
Command
Battle of the Coral Sea
1942-05-08 · in the cruiser screen; not sunk
Battle of Midway
1942-06-04 · in Yorktown's screen
Battle of Savo Island
1942-08-09 · sunk that afternoon
