The American cruiser San Francisco, which sailed the Japanese Meet at the Solomons with guns blazing, silencing a battleship, and sinking another enemy vessel. It was during this action that RearAdmiral Callaghan was killed. The San Francisco is of the heavy cruiser type developed by the United States Navy during the years 1930-1937, and known as “Treaty cruisers.”
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Waikato Times, Volume 131, Issue 21907, 10 December 1942, Page 3
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58The American cruiser San Francisco, which sailed the Japanese Meet at the Solomons with guns blazing, silencing a battleship, and sinking another enemy vessel. It was during this action that Rear-Admiral Callaghan was killed. The San Francisco is of the heavy cruiser type developed by the United States Navy during the years 1930-1937, and known as “Treaty cruisers.” Waikato Times, Volume 131, Issue 21907, 10 December 1942, Page 3
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