** The ship was 610 feet long and had a 66-foot beam.
** The cost of the ship was $10,903, 200.
** The wreck is well-preserved.
** It was a Portland-Class heavy cruiser.
** Last seen by the USS LST-779 eleven hours before the sinking.
** In 2016, Richard Hulver, historian at Naval History and Heritage Command determined a new search area for the shipwreck.
** Commissioned in 1932.
--GreGen
My Cooter's History Blog has become about 80% World War II anyway, so I figured to start a blog specific to it, especially since we're commemorating its 70th anniversary and we are quickly losing this "Greatest Generation." The quote is taken from Pearl Harbor survivor Frank Curre, who was on the USS Tennessee that day. He died Dec. 7, 2011, seventy years to the day. His photo is below at right.
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