" YOUR SHIP IN ACTION " CLEVELAND CLASS LIGHT CRUISER WWII COLOR DOCUMENTARY FILM 20364

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[@maynardcarmer3148]

Back in 1969, my ship, an Adams-class DDG, sailed in company with a Cleveland-class light cruiser, the USS Galveston, CLG 3, and her sister ship, USS Little Rock, CLG 4, is currently at the Buffalo Naval & Serviceman's Park, along with the destroyer USS The Sullivans and submarine USS Croaker.

[@drlong08]

hoping they got the Sullivans refloated and back in shape!

[@maynardcarmer3148]

@@drlong08 They have already done that. Now it's just a matter of getting into a drydock for permanent repairs.

[@auggies]

My brother was on Galveston in the mid sixties.

[@danielebrparish4271]

They changed the name to Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park

[@maynardcarmer3148]

@@danielebrparish4271 Yeah. When I was there they were still using the old name.

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[@sachinverma2637]

​@@PeriscopeFilmdo you have access to Japanese movies of 1934, General Alps in which there is live footage of famous dog Hachiko?

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[@helenel4126]

My late father was a Pharmacist's Mate in WWII. His ship was in all major actions after Midway, and he was one of the Navy forces in Occupied Japan until early 1946. His storeroom might have looked different than the glimpse you showed in this video, but at least I now have a slight notion of his work area. Thank you.

[@wayneantoniazzi2706]

What a tremendous time capsule! Thanks Periscope!

[@Kw1161]

My dad served on the USS Providence in 1948 to 1949 until he ended up in the Chelsea Naval Hospital for the last 15 months of his service. That ship later was retrofitted with the Talos Missle system and later served as one of the flagships off South Vietnam in the early 60’s. I saw a National Geographic magazine from the time in my dad’s doctor’s office in the early 70’s. He thought it had been turned into razor blades years before. Have a great day!

[@bloqk16]

Seeing the sides of beef being loaded onboard reminds me what my Mom's family commented about after the war. They were friends with an officer aboard a US Navy cruiser, where he told the family that prior to the ship's arrival to port, the perishable food stores had to be cleared out, which meant that sides of beef were tossed overboard. Meanwhile the civilians were on food rationing, where beef was a scarce item.

[@JohnElkins-l1u]

Wish i could say thank you to every man n woman who fought and gave part or all their life to that war effort ,,so grateful

[@robmclaughjr]

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[@05Hogsrule]

what about the Brooklynn-Class Cruisers? Anything in the archives?

[@johnalbritton1044]

Light cruisers (Ticonderoga) class of today are all electronic if it weren't for the 5" guns; they would look unarmed!

[@paogene1288]

Aneki.❤

[@darrelllang4076]

When we were a nation , not like today , so sad.maybe it does take something like a war to have people remember we are one people , Americans. Will the younger people step up ?

[@blueokie]

Not a chance, unfortunately. There are some outstanding young people around but the majority are to week spirited.

[@emmgeevideo]

What!?! They hired girls to build ships!?!

[@1967250s]

Women built everything imaginable, from ships to airplanes, guns to bullets, pants to radars. Everything.

[@johnalbritton1044]

Just don't build them like that anymore

[@johnstudd4245]

One Tico could neutralize ten Clevelands.

[@dajuanvariste4751]

@@johnstudd4245yes a tico can neutralize 10 Cleveland’s, but it’s just something about those old gun warships! They have a charm to me that the new ships don’t have, weird to say I know.

[@johnstudd4245]

@@dajuanvariste4751I know, I like them also. I recently spent well over $100 on a 1/350 scale model kit of a Cleveland class cruiser.

[@PDZ1122]

It seems a lot of effort and expense just to get a handful of 6" guns somewhere. Really, what was the point?

[@davinoc8559]

The 6 inch guns were an auto loading type that could fire up to 10 rounds a minute. When you land your marines, the only artillery support they are going to get for a while is from the ships. Having that kind of firepower is quite helpful.

[@MrSCOTTtheSCOT]

I guess you're not familiar with the brutality of WW2? there were 27 of these alone in the US Navy Arsenal i really wouldnt have wanted to be on the recveiveing end of this when its a full battle stations raining shells on your position be it land or sea.

[@texaswunderkind]

What was the point? Light cruisers were fast enough to keep up with aircraft carriers, and could spray lead at a very high rate of speed. The Cleveland-class light cruisers featured 12 six-inch guns, 12 five-inch guns, 24 Bofors anti-aircraft guns, and 21 Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns. In case you are bad at math, that is 69 guns firing rapidly at the approaching aircraft attacking your carriers. Furthermore, those six-inch guns were effective against anything except battleships. They were more than enough to attack cruisers, destroyers, tankers, transports, and lighter ships. You know, like the kinds of ships present at a major landing by enemy forces. They also had four float planes for scouting the enemy.

[@lycossurfer8851]

And what would you have to replace them?

[@johngaither9263]

6"= 155mm. That's considered heavy artillery and the Cleveland's carried 12 of them along with a number of twin 5"x38 turrets and assorted AA guns. Making them some of the most heavily armed light cruisers afloat.

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