Allied Warships

USS Raleigh (CL 7)

Light cruiser of the Omaha class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeLight cruiser
ClassOmaha 
PennantCL 7 
Built byBethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. (Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down16 Aug 1920 
Launched25 Aug 1922 
Commissioned6 Feb 1924 
End service2 Nov 1945 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned 2 November 1945.
Stricken 28 November 1945.
Sold 27 February 1946 to be broken up for scrap.

 

Commands listed for USS Raleigh (CL 7)

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CommanderFromTo
1Capt. Robert Bentham Simons, USN< Dec 41???

2Capt. Theodore Max Waldschmidt, USNFeb 1943Jun 1943

3Capt. Albert Tilden Sprague, USNAug 1943???

4Capt. Ward Percival Davis, USNNov 1943???

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Noteable events involving Raleigh include:


7 Dec 1941
During the attack on Pearl Harbor USS Raleigh (Captain Robert Bentham Simons, USN) is damaged by a Japanese aerial torpedo that hit her on the portside amidships. She was under repair at Pearl Harbor and Mare Island until July.

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