USN · CA
New Orleans
Photos and infoNew Orleans-class heavy cruiser. A torpedo took her bow off at Tassafaronga. The ship that fired is not known. She was repaired and survived the war.
New Orleans classLost her bow to a torpedo at Tassafaronga on 30 November 1942. The ship that fired is not known. She was repaired and was still afloat at the surrender. Sold for scrap in 1959.
U.S. Navy photo 80-G-10115. USS New Orleans (CA-32) underway off Hawaii, 8 July 1942. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Command
Battle of the Coral Sea
1942-05-08 · in the cruiser screen; not sunk
Battle of Midway
1942-06-04 · in the Enterprise and Hornet screen
Battle of Tassafaronga
1942-11-30 · bow blown off by a torpedo
