USS SAN FRANCISCO CA-38 WW II Cruiser Pearl Harbor 1941 Ship WestPexCachet Cover

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USS SAN FRANCISCO CA-38 naval cover with postmark dated
April 27, 2003 from San Francisco,CA. B/W photo of ship printed on cachet
#180 by Saginaw Chapter  Cover franked with a 37 cent flag stamp
on a gummed envelope.
The USS San Francisco a 588 foot New Orleans Class heavy cruiser
was commissioned on 10 February 1934, named for the City of San Francisco.
She was serving with the Pacific Fleet until 1939 when she joined the Atlantic Fleet
for neutrality patrols. USS San Francisco returned to the Pacific in 1940 was
preparing for repairs. She had dismantled guns, in the Pearl Harbor Shipyard,
when the 7 December enemy attack started. Her crew was only able to fire at the
enemy planes with small arms. Undamaged, the vessel escorted a convoy
to Wake Island on 14 December 1941, and sailed to on to Midway Island.
The proud ship earned seventeen WWII Battle Stars in the Pacific Theater.
Her most famous fight was in the Guadalcanal area Battle of Espirto Santo
where she took 45 large caliber hits from enemy battleships and cruisers, and
earned a Presidential Unit Citation. Cachet photo shows her returning from South
Pacific in December 1942 to Mare Island to repair her battle damage.
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