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MIGHTY NINETY Ship History
A comprehensive history of USS ASTORIA CL-90. Each chapter can be accessed by clicking the links below. Listings with no current link indicate a planned future update.
Chapter 1: Beginnings
Construction Through Commissioning, September 1941-May 1944.
Chapter 2: Shakedown Cruise
Mighty Ninety's shakedown off Bermuda and Trinidad, June-July 1944.
Chapter 3: "Golden Gate in '48"
From the Panama Canal to the Pacific, September-October 1944.
Chapter 4: Domain of the Golden Dragon
From Pearl Harbor to Eniwetok, November 1944.
Chapter 5: Reporting for Duty
Ulithi Anchorage, December 1944.
Chapter 6: OPERATION LOVE III
Mighty Ninety's first sortie: the Mindoro landings, December 1944.
Chapter 7: Typhoon COBRA
The Fast Carrier Task Force steams through the heart of a Pacific typhoon, December 1944.
Chapter 8: The New Year and OPERATION MIKE I
MIghty Ninety returns to the Philippines for the Luzon landings, January 1945.
Chapter 9: OPERATION GRATITUDE
Task Force 38 raids Japanese shipping in the South China Sea, January 1945.
Chapter 10: OPERATION JAMBOREE ADDED 3 JANUARY 2010
From recreation at Mog Mog to strikes on the Tokyo Plain, February 1945.
Chapter 11: OPERATION DETACHMENT part 1 COMING THIS MONTH
ASTORIA CL-90 at Iwo Jima on D+2, 21 February 1945.
Chapter 12: OPERATION DETACHMENT part 2 COMING THIS MONTH
ASTORIA CL-90 at Iwo Jima on D+3, 22 February 1945.
Chapter 13: OPERATION JAMBOREE Revisited COMING THIS MONTH
From more strikes against Tokyo back to Mog Mog, late February 1945.
Chapter 14: OPERATION ICEBERG part 1
The Mighty Ninety's heaviest action, off the Japanese Home Islands 18-21 March 1945.
Chapter 15: OPERATION ICEBERG part 2
Task Force 58 supports Okinawa operations, late March 1945.
Chapter 16: OPERATION ICEBERG part 3
Continued support of Okinawa operations, April 1945.
Chapter 17: OPERATION ICEBERG part 4
Task Force 58 spends its third consecutive month at sea, 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, July-August 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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A comprehensive history of USS ASTORIA CL-90. Each chapter can be accessed by clicking the links below. Listings with no current link indicate a planned future update.
Chapter 1: Beginnings
Construction Through Commissioning, September 1941-May 1944.
Chapter 2: Shakedown Cruise
Mighty Ninety's shakedown off Bermuda and Trinidad, June-July 1944.
Chapter 3: "Golden Gate in '48"
From the Panama Canal to the Pacific, September-October 1944.
Chapter 4: Domain of the Golden Dragon
From Pearl Harbor to Eniwetok, November 1944.
Chapter 5: Reporting for Duty
Ulithi Anchorage, December 1944.
Chapter 6: OPERATION LOVE III
Mighty Ninety's first sortie: the Mindoro landings, December 1944.
Chapter 7: Typhoon COBRA
The Fast Carrier Task Force steams through the heart of a Pacific typhoon, December 1944.
Chapter 8: The New Year and OPERATION MIKE I
MIghty Ninety returns to the Philippines for the Luzon landings, January 1945.
Chapter 9: OPERATION GRATITUDE
Task Force 38 raids Japanese shipping in the South China Sea, January 1945.
Chapter 10: OPERATION JAMBOREE ADDED 3 JANUARY 2010
From recreation at Mog Mog to strikes on the Tokyo Plain, February 1945.
Chapter 11: OPERATION DETACHMENT part 1 COMING THIS MONTH
ASTORIA CL-90 at Iwo Jima on D+2, 21 February 1945.
Chapter 12: OPERATION DETACHMENT part 2 COMING THIS MONTH
ASTORIA CL-90 at Iwo Jima on D+3, 22 February 1945.
Chapter 13: OPERATION JAMBOREE Revisited COMING THIS MONTH
From more strikes against Tokyo back to Mog Mog, late February 1945.
Chapter 14: OPERATION ICEBERG part 1
The Mighty Ninety's heaviest action, off the Japanese Home Islands 18-21 March 1945.
Chapter 15: OPERATION ICEBERG part 2
Task Force 58 supports Okinawa operations, late March 1945.
Chapter 16: OPERATION ICEBERG part 3
Continued support of Okinawa operations, April 1945.
Chapter 17: OPERATION ICEBERG part 4
Task Force 58 spends its third consecutive month at sea, 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, July-August 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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