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USS DETROIT (CL-8)

   

Shipname: USS DETROIT
Hull Number Designation: CL-8
Ship Type: Light Cruiser
Ship Class: Omaha
Commissioned: 07/31/1923
Displacement: 7050
scrapped 1946

The USS DETROIT was at Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941.

Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941

CL8/P3-1

11/Ge/

Serial 1471

U.S.S. Detroit

December 10, 1941.

From: The Commanding Officer.
To: Commander-in-Chief, U.S. PACIFIC FLEET.
 
Subject: URDIS 102102 December 1941.
  1. Two planes were brought down by joint fire of this vessel and Curtiss.
  2. Two men received superficial wounds.
  3. No damage to ship, motor boat sunk by explosion alongside Nevada.
  4. No case of distinguished conduct.
  5. One aerial torpedo passed about ten yards astern of Detroit at Berth F-13. Believe this torpedo buried in mud or coral between Berths F-12 and F-13.
  6.  Set Condition Zed throughout ship.
  7. Manned and fired all A.A. Guns, both 3" and .50 calibre machine guns. Round fired: 422 3"; 10,000 .50 calibre.

[signed]
L.J. WILTSE

Sources of this information on the USS DETROIT comes from a variety of sources ranging from Jane's Fighting Ships to official US Naval (Department of the Navy) documents, navsource and US National Archives along with materials from sailors and donors to our collection. We wish to obtain material including but not limited to deck logs, cruise books, roster-muster rolls, photos, citations and technical operation and training materials. We are also looking for volunteers to help transribe roster muster rolls so that we can get this material into our searchable database.

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