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On 6 July, Wichita, three other cruisers, and four destroyers bombarded Japanese positions on the island of Kiska. [30] The bombardment convinced the Japanese that the Americans intended to invade the island in the near future; they therefore planned an evacuation by July.
Wichita's 8-inch battery crashed out at 0706, aimed at El Hank. Cheeking fire at 0723 when her spotting planes informed her that the French guns appeared to be silenced, the heavy cruiser shifted her 8-inch rifles in the direction of French submarines in Casablanca harbor.
Wichita's 8-inch battery crashed out at 0706, aimed at El Hank. Checking fire at 0723 when her spotting planes informed her that the French guns appeared to be silenced, the heavy cruiser...
USS Wichita (CA 45) Operating in the Atlantic Ocean, out of Norfolk, Virginia, on 1 May 1940. Note the markings on her turret tops (bars on the forward turrets, a circle on the after turret). These scheme was used on several other heavy cruisers in 1939-40.
17 kwi 2020 · The cruiser played a key part in silencing coastal defense batteries, and she also famously dueled with battleship Jean Bart at Casablanca, alongside USS Massachusetts.
30 sie 2024 · On 6 July, Wichita, three other cruisers, and four destroyers bombarded Japanese positions on the island of Kiska. [30] The bombardment convinced the Japanese that the Americans intended to invade the island in the near future; they therefore planned an evacuation by July. [31] Wichita leading a column of cruisers bombarding Kiska on 22 July
At the Battle off Cape Engano, on 25 October 1944, Wichita was one of the ships responsible for the sinking of the Japanese carrier Chiyoda (previously damaged by US aircraft) and the undamaged destroyer Hatsutsuki.
