USS San Francisco (CA-38)
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Heavy cruiser USS San Francisco bow Mare Island February 1943
Heavy cruiser USS San Francisco CA-38 1942
Heavy cruiser USS San Francisco CA-38 fires main guns during U.S. Navy raid on Wake Island October 1943.
New Orleans-class cruiser USS San Francisco broadside, Mare Island February 1943
San Francisco following the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal November 1942
USS San Francisco at Pearl Harbor 4 December 1942
USS San Francisco firing on Wake Island 5 October 1943
USS San Francisco Mare Island February 1943
The second USS San Francisco (CA-38, New Orleans-class) was laid down on 9 September 1931 at the Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California; launched on 9 March 1933; sponsored by Miss Barbara M. Bailly; and commissioned on 10 February 1934, Capt. Royal E. Ingersoll in command.