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A tug moves USS ASTORIA in San Francisco Bay circa June 1948.  Yerba Buena Island and the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge are visible in the background.
-Photo courtesy of Dave Schroeder


MIGHTY NINETY is a website dedicated to preserving the history of the light cruiser USS ASTORIA CL-90 and honoring the men who served aboard her.  The site covers her WWII experiences with the Fast Carrier Task Force in the Pacific Fleet as well as the entirety of her U.S. Navy career.

Click on the photos below to enter individual sections of the website.


                                  LATEST UPDATE: January 18th, 2010


The Ship  UPDATED JANUARY 13th, 2010
ASTORIA CL-90 photographs and technical information from throughout her service life.




Her History  UPDATED JANUARY 3rd, 2010
A detailed historical account of Mighty Ninety during World War II and the rest of her career.




Her Crew  UPDATED JANUARY 18th, 2010
Divisional, group, and individual photos of Mighty Ninety shipmates.




Color Film Footage
28 minutes of silent color footage shot from the decks of USS ASTORIA during Okinawa operations.




Remembrance 
USS ASTORIA CL-90 memorabilia and artifacts.




The Legacy of USS ASTORIA
Four ships have carried the namesake of Astoria, Oregon.  This site covers CL-90's predecessors.



In Memoriam  ADDED SEPTEMBER 11th, 2009
The Mighty Ninety site supports Project 2996 in remembering those lost on September 11th, 2001.



MIGHTY NINETY.com has been in development since December 2007 and will be updated as new information becomes available.  Every effort will be made to present an informative, accurate chronology of USS ASTORIA CL-90.  If you would like to contribute, comment, or feel that anything is stated in error, please contact me at brentj@mighty90.com. 

Thank you for visiting,
-Brent Jones