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USS Astoria (i) (CA 34)

Heavy cruiser of the New Orleans class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeHeavy cruiser
ClassNew Orleans 
PennantCA 34 
Built byPuget Sound Navy Yard (Bremerton, Washington, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down1 Sep, 1930 
Launched16 Dec, 1933 
Commissioned28 Apr, 1934 
Lost9 Aug, 1942 
Loss position
 
HistoryUSS Astoria (Capt. W.G. Greenman) was sunk off Savo Island by gunfire from Japanese warships. 

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