The first USS Canberra (CA-70) was a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser commissioned in 1943, renamed to honor the sunk HMAS Canberra. She served in World War II, was torpedoed in 1944 but continued to participate in the war effort, and was later converted into a guided missile cruiser (CAG-2), recommissioning in 1956 to serve in the Vietnam War before being decommissioned in 1970 and scrapped in 1980. #reel #reels #reelsinstagram #reelitfeelit #reelkarofeelkaro #reelsvideo #video #instagood #videoof

USS Canberra (CA-70/CAG-2) was a Baltimore-class cruiser and later a Boston-class guided missile cruiser of the United States Navy (USN). Originally to be named USS Pittsburgh, the ship was renamed before launch to honor the Australian cruiser HMAS Canberra sunk during the Battle of Savo Island. Canberra was the first USN warship named after a foreign capital city, and one of the few named after a foreign warship not captured in battle with a USN ship. The ship entered service in 1943 and served

USS Canberra (LCS 30) Deployment USS Russell (DDG 59) Inbound Outbound Deployment: USS Canberra (LCS-30) is an Independence-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. She is the second US ship to be named Canberra, after the Australian cruiser HMAS Canberra, named after the Australian capital and sunk during the Battle of Savo Island. #usscanberra #lcs30 Inbound: USS Russell (DDG 59) is the name of an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer in the United States Navy. It is the se

USS Canberra (LCS 30) returns to its homeport in San Diego, Aug. 29, 2023. #Home | U.S. Pacific Fleet

The USS Canberra (LCS-30) littoral combat ship has docked in Bahrain. The US Naval Forces Central Command and Fifth Fleet Commander Vice Admiral George Wikoff said the arrival of the warship marks a new milestone in the ongoing defence co-operation between the US and Bahrain and reflects the continued commitment of the US to safeguarding maritime security in the region, our sister paper Akhbar Al Khaleej reported. He also revealed that four more ships of the same class are on their way to the re

USN Boston class guided-missile cruiser USS Canberra (CAG-2) UNREPs from USS Sacramento (AOE-1) off the coast of Vietnam on July 2, 1965. | The Warshipologist