Paul alsoīombarded industrial targets: first on textile mills at Hamamatsu during On Kure, Kobe, and the Tokyo area in southern Honshu, then at Maizuru and various airfields in northern Honshu. The carriers as they delivered heavy air strikes Points for strikes against Honshu, Japan's largest island. On the 23d and then proceeded to launching From 8 to 30 June, she underwent training out of Pearl Harbor and sailed on 2 July to join Task McDonough and commissioned on 17 February 1945, Capt. launched on 16 September 1944 sponsored by Mrs. On 3 February 1943 by the Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, Mass. PAUL (CA-73) deployment history and significant events of her service career follow:ĬA-73 Deployments - Major Events Add a CA-73 Shellback InitiationĬommissioning and Staffing/Formal Surrender of Japan PAUL served her country for 26 years, 2 months and 13 days, until decommissioned on. With her last return to the US, she moved to Bremerton, Washington. PAUL performed a series of five deployments to the waters of Vietnam, again providing shore bombardment. PAUL was featured in the movie "In Harm's Way". After her return to the US, in 1966 USS ST. The latter 1950s brought the routine of Far East deployments and then a change of homeport to Yokosuka, Japan in 1959. PAUL deployed three times in support of the United Nations effort in Korea, primarily providing shore bombardment.
PAUL alternated Far East deployments with state side service until the outbreak of the Korean War in mid-1950. PAUL participated in the the latter stages of the war against Japan, including raids on their home islands and was present in Tokyo Bay for the Japanese surrender. PAUL was built at the Bethlehem Steel Shipyard in Quincy, Mass., and after shakedown training, with the war in Europe over, headed for the Pacific in May 1945. PAUL (CA-73), a Baltimore class cruiser, was commissioned on.
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