USN · CL
Montpelier
Photos and infoCleveland-class light cruiser. New York Shipbuilding, Camden. Launched 12 February 1942, commissioned 9 September 1942. Rear Admiral Aaron S. Merrill's flagship at Empress Augusta Bay. In the cruiser line that sank Sendai. That fire is not credited to one ship. Two bombs hit her catapult at daylight. She was not sunk. Sold for scrap on 22 January 1960.
Cleveland classNew York Shipbuilding, CamdenLaunched 1942-02-12Commissioned 1942-09-09Merrill's flagship at Empress Augusta Bay, 2 November 1943. Two bombs hit her catapult at daylight. Not sunk. Decommissioned 24 January 1947. Struck 1 March 1959. Sold for scrap on 22 January 1960.
USS Montpelier (CL-57) underway, about late 1942. Public domain.
Battle of Empress Augusta Bay
1943-11-02 · Merrill's flagship; lightly damaged; not sunk
