USS Alaska CB-1 | USS Alaska, was the first of the Alaska class large cruisers.

USS Alaska CB-1, was the first of the Alaska class large cruisers…the 27,500-ton Alaska class large cruisers, built at Camden, New Jersey, and was commissioned in June 1944. After shakedown training in Chesapeake Bay and in the Caribbean with USS Missouri (BB-63), she sailed for the Pacific in December 1944 and joined the fast carrier task forces at Ulithi two months later. Between February and July 1945, Alaska provided anti-aircraft protection for the carriers during raids on the Japanese home islands and during the Okinawa campaign. She also fired two shore bombardment missions with her 12″ guns. In July and August 1945, in company with her sister Guam and four light cruisers, she conducted anti-shipping raiding operations in the East China Sea.

After the Japanese surrender, Alaska carried out a show of force off the major ports in the Yellow Sea and supported the landing of occupation troops at Jinsen (Inchon), Korea. The large cruiser returned to the United States in December 1945. USS Alaska was decommissioned at Bayonne, New Jersey in February 1947, and remained there until sold for scrapping in June 1960.

This is the OFFICIAL WEBSITE of the USS ALASKA CB-1 Crew Members. Information was provided & overseen by Charles St George, US Navy (Ret), crew member of the USS Alaska CB-1. Please use our contact form to send inquiries about this website and how to submit information to this website.

I regret to inform you of the passing of Mr. Charles St. George, October 3, 2019. Please see the NorthStar page for more information.

Respectfully and in honor of Mr. St George and all the young men and women serve, protect, and have given their lives for this country this website and all of these pages will be maintained in perpetuity for as long as the website coordinator is able to provide services.

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