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MIGHTY NINETY Ship History
This section will be a comprehensive history of USS ASTORIA CL-90. Current sections can be accessed by clicking the links below. Listings with no current link indicate a planned future update.
Beginnings NEW JULY 2008
Construction Through Commissioning, September 1941-May 1944
Shakedown Cruise UPDATED JULY 2008
Mighty Ninety's shakedown off Bermuda and Trinidad, June-July 1944.
"Golden Gate in '48" NEW JULY 2008
From the Panama Canal to the Pacific, September-October 1944.
Domain of the Golden Dragon NEW JULY 2008
From Pearl Harbor to Eniwetok, November 1944.
Reporting for Duty NEW JULY 2008
Ulithi Anchorage, December 1944
OPERATION LOVE III
Mighty Ninety's first sortie with the Fast Carrier Task Force for the Mindoro landings, December 1944.
Typhoon Cobra
ASTORIA and Halsey's Task Force 38 steam through the typhoon of 17-19 December 1944.
OPERATIONS MIKE I and GRATITUDE
MIghty Ninety's second sortie with the fast carriers for the Luzon landings, January 1945.
OPERATION JAMBOREE
ASTORIA's third sortie: the first strikes against the Japanese home islands since the Doolittle raid, February 1945.
OPERATION DETACHMENT UPDATED JULY 2008
ASTORIA CL-90 and Cruiser Division 17 at Iwo Jima, February 1945.
OPERATION ICEBERG
Mighty Ninety's fourth sortie: 78 consecutive days at sea during the Okinawa operations, March-May 1945.
Leyte Liberty
Rest and repair in San Pedro Bay, Leyte, Philippine Islands, June 1945.
The Home Island Raids
ASTORIA and the fast carriers in Japanese waters for the final days of the war, July-September 1945.
UNCLE SUGAR ABLE
Mighty Ninety comes home, September 1945.
Training Cruises and Goodwill Tours
Up and down the West Coast throughout 1946.
The Final Cruises
ASTORIA on Asia Station, 1947-1949.
ASTORIA and the Mothball Navy
The Mighty Ninety in the U.S. Pacific Reserve Fleet, 1949-1971.
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This section will be a comprehensive history of USS ASTORIA CL-90. Current sections can be accessed by clicking the links below. Listings with no current link indicate a planned future update.
Beginnings NEW JULY 2008
Construction Through Commissioning, September 1941-May 1944
Shakedown Cruise UPDATED JULY 2008
Mighty Ninety's shakedown off Bermuda and Trinidad, June-July 1944.
"Golden Gate in '48" NEW JULY 2008
From the Panama Canal to the Pacific, September-October 1944.
Domain of the Golden Dragon NEW JULY 2008
From Pearl Harbor to Eniwetok, November 1944.
Reporting for Duty NEW JULY 2008
Ulithi Anchorage, December 1944
OPERATION LOVE III
Mighty Ninety's first sortie with the Fast Carrier Task Force for the Mindoro landings, December 1944.
Typhoon Cobra
ASTORIA and Halsey's Task Force 38 steam through the typhoon of 17-19 December 1944.
OPERATIONS MIKE I and GRATITUDE
MIghty Ninety's second sortie with the fast carriers for the Luzon landings, January 1945.
OPERATION JAMBOREE
ASTORIA's third sortie: the first strikes against the Japanese home islands since the Doolittle raid, February 1945.
OPERATION DETACHMENT UPDATED JULY 2008
ASTORIA CL-90 and Cruiser Division 17 at Iwo Jima, February 1945.
OPERATION ICEBERG
Mighty Ninety's fourth sortie: 78 consecutive days at sea during the Okinawa operations, March-May 1945.
Leyte Liberty
Rest and repair in San Pedro Bay, Leyte, Philippine Islands, June 1945.
The Home Island Raids
ASTORIA and the fast carriers in Japanese waters for the final days of the war, July-September 1945.
UNCLE SUGAR ABLE
Mighty Ninety comes home, September 1945.
Training Cruises and Goodwill Tours
Up and down the West Coast throughout 1946.
The Final Cruises
ASTORIA on Asia Station, 1947-1949.
ASTORIA and the Mothball Navy
The Mighty Ninety in the U.S. Pacific Reserve Fleet, 1949-1971.
BACK TO USS ASTORIA HOMEPAGE
