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Vintage U.S.S. Canberra CAG-2 Photo Postcard
Baltimore Class Cruiser
A Baltimore class cruiser and
later a Boston class guided missile cruiser of the United States Navy.
Originally to be named USS Pittsburgh, the ship was renamed Canberra
before launch, for the Royal Australian Navy's County class cruiser,
HMAS Canberra, which was sunk during the Battle of Savo Island. USS
Canberra is the only USN warship named for a foreign warship or a
foreign capital city
The ship entered service in
1943, and served in the Pacific theater of World War II until she was
torpedoed during the Aerial Battle of Taiwan-Okinawa and forced to
return to the United States for repairs. Placed in reserve after the
war, Canberra was selected for conversion into the second guided-missile
carrying warship in the USN fleet. Following the conversion, she was
host to the ceremony for selecting the Unknown Solder representing World
War II in 1958, undertook an eight-month round-the-world cruise in
1960, participated in the Cuban Missile Crisis naval blockade in 1962,
and was deployed to the Vietnam War on five occasions between 1965 and
1969.
Canberra was decommissioned in 1970, struck in 1978, and broken up in 1980
Unused vintage color photo postcard
A few small light scuffs on card and a small spot that is indented from the back
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returned in the same condition it was shipped in, unopened or unworn if
new etc. Items must be safely received by me before I will issue a
refund.
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