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Navy Day October 27th, 1945
When referring to this picture, send the following "Picture #2", code "pepperman02" Captain J. Connor, USN Commanding Officer Commander R. G. Ganahl, USN Executive Officer |
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Ship's Characteristics Length: 585 feet 6 Inches Beam: 63 Feet, 11 1/2 Inches Displacement: 10,000 Tons Draft: 17 Feet 6 Inches Aircraft: Two Scout Observation Planes Speed: 32.5 Knots |
Armament: Ten Eight Inch, 55 Caliber Guns Eight Five Inch, 25 Caliber Guns Twenty Four 40 MM Dual Purpose Guns Twenty 20 MM Guns Personnel: Officers: 90 Enlisted Men: 1100 |
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First of eight cruisers constructed under the Washington naval Arms Limitation Treaty. Built by the New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, N.J. Launched Jan. 23, 1929 Commissioned Dec. 11, 1929 Sponsor, Miss Helen Budge of SLC, Utah Maiden voyage Feb. 10, 1930 to Mar. 31, 1930. Countries visited included: Cuba, Virgin Islands, Argentina, and Brazil. Review & Flag Ship for President Hoover on May 20, 1930, for the Fleet Review off the Virginia Capes. |
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Numerous honors were won by the Ship through the 30's in gunnery, athletics, and boat racing.
Served continuously since the outbreak of the war in the Pacific Areas. Duties carried her from the Artic to the Antipodes, from the west coast to Japan's own waters. During the war to Date she has: (a) Steamed 250,909 miles (b) Fired 21,473 shells of 8 Inch ammunition or 5,582,980 pounds Fired 25,592 shells of 5 Inch ammunition or 2,600,000 pounds (40 MM & 20 MM uncounted) (c) Consumed 30,106,959 gallons fuel oil War Record-Star Operations Participated in: (a) Pacific Raids, 1942 Marshall-Gilbert Raids (Wotje) Feb. 1, 1942 Wake island Raid, Feb. 24, 1942 Marcus island Raid, Mar. 4, 1942 (b) Guadalcanal-Tulagi Landings, Aug. 7-9, 1942 (c) Capture & Defense of Guadalcanal, Aug. 10 - Oct. 13, 1942 (d) Cape Esperance (Second Salvo), Oct. 11-12, 1942 (e) Aleutians Operation Komandorski Islands, March 26, 1943 Attu Occupation, May 11 - June 2, 1943 (f) Gilbert Islands Operation, Nov. 13 - Dec. 8, 1943 Combarded Betio Island during the assault & capture of Tarawa (g) Marshall Islands Operation, Nov. 26, 1943 - Mar. 2, 1944 Neutralization Force. Conducted eight distinct bombardments of Wotje & one bombardment of Taroa. (h) Asiatic-Pacific Raids, 1944 Palau, Yap, Ulithi, Woleai Raid, Mar. 30 - Apr. 1, 1944 (i) Philippine Liberation Second Battle of the Philippine Sea, Oct. 23-26, 1944 (j) Iwo Jima Operation, Feb. 16 - Mar. 12, 1945 (k) Okinawa Gunto Occupation, Mar. 28 - May 27, 1945 Combat Score: (a) Bombardments of Islands...40 (b) Enemy aircraft downed...12 (c) Auxiliary Naval & Merchant ships sunk...11 (d) Warships sunk...4 Decoration & Citations: (a) Navy Cross...4 (b) Silver Star Medal...8 (c) Distinguished Flying Cross...1 (d) Air Medal...1 (e) Purple Heart...54 (f) Letters of Commendation...11 Casualties Sustained: (a) Killed in action...9 (b) Wounded in action...44 (c) Missing in action...1 Outstanding Performance While in Actual Contact with the Enemy (a) Battle of Cape Esperance, Oct. 11-12, 1942 SLC interposed herself between the crippled BOISE and took the enemy under heavy accurate fire. (b) Battle of Komandorski island, Mar. 26, 1943 SLC engaged a vastly superior Japanese surface force & damaged several cruisers & destroyers. (c) At Iwo Jima & Okinawa, Feb. through May 1945 outstanding both as to the amount of fire delivered and its effectiveness on the targets. Outstanding Performance while not in Actual Contact with the Enemy Salt Lake City was a unit of the task group that carried the "Doolittle" raid into Japanese waters. Participated in the American Occupation of Ominato, Aomori, Hokadate, & Otaru, Japan. |
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