Pacific ships

USN · CL

Afloat

Brooklyn-class light cruiser. Rear Admiral Ainsworth's flagship at Kula Gulf, in the line with Helena and St. Louis.

ClassBrooklyn class
TypeLight cruiser (CL)
HullCL-48
FateAfloat. Survived the war. Flagship at Kula Gulf.
Armament (class)Five triple 6-inch turrets and two funnels.
Command

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.

USS Honolulu (CL-48) at anchor in 1944.jpeg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

The pictures on this page are the originals.

Command

Attack on Pearl Harbor

1941-12-07 · near miss; not sunk

Battle of Tassafaronga

1942-11-30 · in the cruiser line; not hit

Battle of Kula Gulf

1943-07-06 · flagship of the cruiser line

Shot and shell

Taken · damagedfrom Japanese carrier aircraft
A near miss damaged her. She was not sunk. Not pinned to one plane.