USS Reno (CL-96)
USS Reno, November 1944, down by the stern two days after being torpedoed
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Name | Reno |
Namesake | City of Reno, Nevada |
Builder | San Francisco, California |
Laid down | 1 August 1941 |
Launched | 23 December 1942 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. August C. Frohlich |
Commissioned | 28 December 1943 |
Decommissioned | 4 November 1946 |
Reclassified | CLAA-96 18 March 1949 |
Stricken | 1 March 1959 |
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Honors and awards | battle stars |
Fate | Scrapped in 1962 |
General characteristics (as built)[1][2][3] | |
Class and type | Atlanta-class light cruiser |
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Length | 541 ft 6 in (165.05 m) oa |
Beam | 53 ft (16 m) |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 32.5 kn (37.4 mph; 60.2 km/h) |
Complement | 688 officers and enlisted |
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USS Reno (CL-96) was an updated
Reno was laid down by
Service history
Shakedown
Following a shakedown cruise off the coast of
Battle of the Philippine Sea
During the months of June to July 1944, Reno joined the fast
Guam
From 20 June to 8 July 1944, Reno joined operations covering the conquest of Saipan. She then covered
Philippines
After steaming west across the
During a 3-day series of air strikes by TF 38 on Japanese
USS Princeton
On 24 October 1944, four days after the amphibious invasion of
While Reno was assisting Princeton, the carrier began listing and her flight deck struck Reno, crushing one of her
On 25 October, having rejoined TF 38, Reno and the other warships steamed northward to engage the Japanese Northern Force, setting off the
I-41 attack
On the night of 3 November 1944, well east of the San Bernardino Strait, as part of Admiral Sherman's Task Group 3 (TG 38.3) of Task Force (TF 38) Fast Carrier Task Force, Reno received two torpedo hits on her port side fired from Japanese submarine I-41 while escorting Lexington. One torpedo lodged in the outer hull of Reno and was later defused. The second hit exploded four decks below topside. This was the first time in almost two years that a Japanese submarine successfully attacked a ship operating with fast carriers.[5] Casualties were 46 dead and many injured.
After a night dead in the water, she survived yet another attempt to sink her by an unknown Japanese submarine firing three torpedoes that missed, but was rescued by a destroyer left behind to defend her. Reno was towed 1,500 miles (2,400 km) to the major American base at
Repairs in Charleston, South Carolina
She then steamed under her own power across the Pacific, through the
Decommission
In early 1946, Reno steamed to Port Angeles, Washington, where she decommissioned on 4 November 1946, and then entered the Pacific Reserve Fleet, berthed at Bremerton, Washington. Reclassified CLAA-96 18 March 1949, she remained at Bremerton until her name was struck from the Naval Vessel Register 1 March 1959. Her hulk was sold on 22 March 1962 to the Coal Export Co., of New York City, for scrapping.[4]
One of Reno's 5-inch gun turrets was kept for display at the
Awards
Reno earned three
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- ^ Rickard, J (13 January 2015). "Atlanta Class Cruisers". Historyofwar.org. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
- ^ "US Cruisers List: US Light/Heavy/AntiAircraft Cruisers, Part 2". Hazegray.org. 24 April 2000. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
- ISBN 0-87021-974-X.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "USS Reno II (CL-96)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
- ^ a b Morison, Samuel Eliot (1958). XII History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. New York, NY, USA: Little, Brown & Co. p. 347.
- ^ Saxon, Wolfgang (May 31, 1998). "Vice Adm. A. R. Gralla, 85, Hero in Pacific". The New York Times. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- ^ Margiott, Kenzie (2 June 2020). "U.S.S. Reno flag taken from city hall during riot anonymously returned to News 4". Retrieved 3 June 2020.
External links
- Photo gallery of USS Reno at NavSource Naval History