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'''USS''' '''''Pensacola''''' '''(CL/CA-24)''' was a [[Wikipedia:United States Navy|United States Navy]] ship, and the [[Wikipedia:Lead ship|lead ship]] of [[Wikipedia:Pensacola class cruiser|her class]] of [[Wikipedia:Heavy cruiser|heavy cruiser]]. Operating from [[1930]]-[[1946]], she earned 13 [[Wikipedia:Service star|battle stars]] for her service.
==Construction and commission==
The ''Pensacola'' was laid down by the [[Wikipedia:Brooklyn Navy Yard|New York Navy Yard]] on [[October 27]], [[1936]]. The third United States Navy ship to bear the name ''Pensacola'', she was launched on [[April 25]], [[1929]], and commissioned on [[February 6]], [[1930]], with Captain Alfred G. Howe in command.
==Service career==
===Prior to World War II===
Leaving New York on [[March 24]], [[1930]], the ''Pensacola'' transited the Panama Canal to Callao, Peru, and Valparaíso, Chile, before returning to New York on [[June 5]]. For the next four years she operated along the eastern seaboard and in the Caribbean Sea, several times transiting the Panama Canal for combined Fleet battle practice ranging from California to Hawaii.
Pensacola departed Norfolk on 15 January 1935 to join the Pacific Fleet arriving San Diego, her new home port, on 30 January. Fleet problems ranged to Hawaii, one cruise took her to Alaska, and combined fleet maneuvers returned her briefly to the Caribbean Sea before she sailed on 5 October 1939 to base at Pearl Harbor, arriving on the 12th. Pensacola was one of six ships to receive the new RCA CXAM RADAR in 1940. Maneuvers frequently found the cruiser off Midway and French Frigate Shoals, and she made one voyage to Guam.
===World War II===
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==Decommissioning==
The ''Pensacola'' was decommissioned at [[Wikipedia:Kwajalein|Kwajalein]] on [[August 26]], [[1946]]. She was sunk as a target ship on [[November 10]], [[1948]], off the coast of [[Wikipedia:Washington|Washington state]].
[[Category:United States Navy ships]]
'''USS''' '''''Pensacola''''' '''(CL/CA-24)''' was a [[Wikipedia:United States Navy|United States Navy]] ship, and the [[Wikipedia:Lead ship|lead ship]] of [[Wikipedia:Pensacola class cruiser|her class]] of [[Wikipedia:Heavy cruiser|heavy cruiser]]. Operating from [[1930]]-[[1946]], she earned 13 [[Wikipedia:Service star|battle stars]] for her service.
==Construction and commission==
The ''Pensacola'' was laid down by the [[Wikipedia:Brooklyn Navy Yard|New York Navy Yard]] on [[October 27]], [[1936]]. The third United States Navy ship to bear the name ''Pensacola'', she was launched on [[April 25]], [[1929]], and commissioned on [[February 6]], [[1930]], with Captain Alfred G. Howe in command.
==Service career==
===Prior to World War II===
Leaving New York on [[March 24]], [[1930]], the ''Pensacola'' transited the Panama Canal to Callao, Peru, and Valparaíso, Chile, before returning to New York on [[June 5]]. For the next four years she operated along the eastern seaboard and in the Caribbean Sea, several times transiting the Panama Canal for combined Fleet battle practice ranging from California to Hawaii.
Pensacola departed Norfolk on 15 January 1935 to join the Pacific Fleet arriving San Diego, her new home port, on 30 January. Fleet problems ranged to Hawaii, one cruise took her to Alaska, and combined fleet maneuvers returned her briefly to the Caribbean Sea before she sailed on 5 October 1939 to base at Pearl Harbor, arriving on the 12th. Pensacola was one of six ships to receive the new RCA CXAM RADAR in 1940. Maneuvers frequently found the cruiser off Midway and French Frigate Shoals, and she made one voyage to Guam.
===World War II===
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==Decommissioning==
The ''Pensacola'' was decommissioned at [[Wikipedia:Kwajalein|Kwajalein]] on [[August 26]], [[1946]]. She was sunk as a target ship on [[November 10]], [[1948]], off the coast of [[Wikipedia:Washington|Washington state]].
[[Category:United States Navy ships]]