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The Second U.S.S. Montpelier, CL-57 -- Summary
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Enemy Ships Sunk
Enemy Aircraft Shot Down
Specifications
Summary of War Record
Battle engagements and outstanding performances with the enemy as part of task forces
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1943 March
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Bombardments of Villa-Stanmore Plantation of Kolombangara
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1943 June
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Bombardment of Buin-Faisi, Shortland Island off Bougainville for Munda offensive
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1943 November
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Battle of Empress Augusta Bay, attacked by torpedoes, defended against enemy aircraft attack following this battle, received damages by bomb
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1944 June
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Bombardment of Saipan at Magicienne Bay, scoring direct hit on a Japanese battery. This battery was holding U.S. ships up from entering the Magicienne Bay. Participated in the great "Marianas Turkey Shoot"
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1944 November
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Supported ground operations Leyte Island, attacked simultaneously by 4 Japanese suicide planes. Ship sustained damage from the attacks
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1944 December
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Support in landings Lingayen Gulf, combated air attacks
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1945 January
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Support in landings Lingayen Gulf, combated air attacks
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1945 February
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Bombardment of Bataan Peninsula, Corrigedor, Manila Bay, Palawan
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1945 April
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Bombardment Prang and Cotobato on Mindanao Island
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1945 June
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Support amphibious landings Brunei Bay, Borneo, Netherlands East Indies, Balikpapan
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1945 July
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Minesweeping operations Netherlands East Indies. Battle engagements in East China Sea and Yellow Sea
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1945 August
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Supported Okinawa attacks, Nansei Shoto, Bukner Bay
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1945 September
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Flagship of Task Unit recovering Allied Military Prisoners at Wakayama, Honshu, Japan
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1945 October
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Flagship support unit during occupation of Matsuyama, Shikoku, Japan
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Enemy ships Sunk:
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| Kula Gulf |
05 to 06 March 1943 |
1 sunk/1 assisted sinking |
| Empress Augusta Bay |
01 to 02 November 1943 |
1 sunk/1 assisted sinking |
Enemy aircraft shot down:
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| Rennel Island [Battle of Guadalcanal] |
29 January 1943 |
1 Betty |
| Battle of Empress Augusta Bay |
02 November 1943 |
5 Vals |
| Guam [Battle of Philippine Sea] |
19 June 1944 |
1 Judy |
| Battle of Leyte Gulf |
27 November 1944 |
4 Zekes |
| Battle of Sulu Sea |
15 December 1944 |
1 Judy |
| Battle of Sulu Sea |
15 December 1944 |
*1/2 Jill [assist] |
| Battle of Sulu Sea |
15 December 1944 |
1/2 Zeke [assist] |
| Luzon |
07 January 1945 |
1/2 Sally [assist] |
| Luzon |
08 January 1945 |
1/2 Nick [assist] |
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Total planes shot down: |
14 |
| SPECIFICATIONS |
| Class: |
Cleveland, light cruiser |
| Built: |
New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, New Jersey |
| Laid down: |
02 December 1940 |
| Launched: |
12 February 1942 |
| Commissioned: |
09 September 1942 |
| Displacement: |
10,000 tons |
| Length: |
608 feet, 4 inches |
| Beam: |
66 Feet |
| Draft: |
20 Feet |
| Speed: |
33 Knots |
| Machinery: |
100,000 S.H.P. [ship horsepower] - Geared Turbines |
| Screws: |
4 |
| Complement: |
1255 Officers and Enlisted Crew |
| Aircraft: |
4 |
| Armament: |
12- 6 inch guns/12-5 inch guns/ 28-40 millimeter guns/10-20 millimeter guns |
Updated August 5, 2005
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