![]() ![]() Moreover, a number of San Francisco's officers and men were absent.Īt 0755, Japanese planes began bombing dives on Ford Island, and by 0800, the surprise air attack was well underway. 50 caliber machine guns were being overhauled. The 1.1-inch mounts had not been installed. Her 3-inch guns had been removed to permit installation of four 1.1-inch quadruple mounts. Ammunition for her 5 inch and 8-inch guns had been placed in storage. Her engineering plant was largely broken down for overhaul. On 7 December, San Francisco was awaiting docking and the cleaning of her heavily fouled bottom. In September, the flag of ComCruDiv 6 was hauled down, and, on 11 October, San Francisco entered the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard for an overhaul which was scheduled for completion on 25 December. In early May 1941, she became flagship of CruDiv 6, and, at the end of July, she moved east for a cruise to Long Beach, returning to Hawaii on 27 August. On 29 September, she returned to Pearl Harbor. In May, she steamed northwest to the Puget Sound Navy Yard for an overhaul, during which she also received four 3-inch guns. Transiting the Panama Canal in late February, she called at San Pedro and, in March, continued on to her new home port, Pearl Harbor, where she rejoined CruDiv 6. On the 11th, she headed for Guantanamo Bay, where she was relieved of flagship duties by Wichita, and whence she returned to the Pacific. On 14 October, she completed her patrol back at San Juan and headed for Norfolk, where she remained into January 1940. The cruiser carried freight and passengers to San Juan, thence sailed for a patrol of the West Indies as far south as Trinidad. On 1 September, World War II started, and, on the 14th, San Francisco moved south from Norfolk to join the Neutrality Patrol. Departing Guantanamo Bay in early April, she called at ports on the east coast of that continent, moved through the Strait of Magellan visited west coast ports and, in early June, transited the Panama Canal to complete her voyage around the continent. In March, she became flagship of CruDiv 7 and commenced a goodwill tour of South American ports. In January 1939, she departed the west coast to participate in Fleet Problem XX, conducted in the Atlantic east of the Lesser Antilles. In August, she returned to California and, through the end of 1938 San Francisco continued to range the eastern Pacific cruising from the state of Washington to Peru and from California to Hawaii. A few weeks later, she was back off the northwest coast for fleet tactics, and, in July, she steamed farther north to Alaska. In May, she moved north, participated in Fleet Problem XVI then returned to southern California. In February, she joined her division, Cruiser Division (CruDiv) 6 at San Diego. Gunnery installation and conversion to a flagship took her into the new year, 1935. Ingersoll in command.Īfter an extensive shakedown cruise-which included operations off Mexico, in Hawaiian waters, off Washington and British Columbia, and a voyage to the Panama Canal Zone-the cruiser returned to the Mare Island Navy Yard. Bailly and commissioned on 10 February 1934, Capt. launched on 9 March 1933 sponsored by Miss Barbara M. ![]() The second San Francisco (CA-38) was laid down on 9 September 1931 at the Mare Island Navy Yard Vallejo, Calif. Naval History Division Washington USS San Francisco II (CA-38) ![]() DANFS: USS San Francisco (CA-38) Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Office of the Chief of Naval Operations ![]()
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