Denver
| Country | United States |
| Ship Class | Cleveland-class Light Cruiser |
| Builder | New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, NJ |
| Launched | 4 Apr 1942 |
| Commissioned | 16 Oct 1942 |
| Decommissioned | 7 Feb 1947 |
| Displacement | 10,000 tons standard |
| Length | 610 feet |
| Beam | 67 feet |
| Draft | 20 feet |
| Speed | 33 knots |
| Crew | 992 |
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Denver Operational Timeline
| 16 Oct 1942 | Denver was commissioned into service. |
| 19 Feb 1943 | Cruisers USS Montpelier, USS Cleveland, USS Columbia, and USS Denver along with destroyers USS Fletcher, USS O’Bannon, USS Radford, and USS Nicholas departed Efate, New Hebrides bound for the Guadalcanal-Tulagi area in the Solomon Islands. |
| 21 Feb 1943 | Cruisers USS Montpelier, USS Cleveland, USS Columbia, and USS Denver along with destroyers USS Fletcher, USS O’Bannon, USS Radford, and USS Nicholas arrived off Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, patrolled north of Savo Island, and arrived in Purvis Bay, Tulagi for refueling. |
| 22 Feb 1943 | Cruisers USS Montpelier, USS Cleveland, USS Columbia, and USS Denver along with destroyers USS Fletcher, USS O’Bannon, USS Radford, and USS Nicholas departed Tulagi bound for the Russell Island Group, Solomon Islands. |
| 30 Jun 1943 | Cruisers USS Montpelier, USS Denver, USS Cleveland, and USS Columbia in column with destroyers USS Renshaw, USS Philip, USS Saufley, USS Waller, and USS Pringle bombarded Japanese shore installations in the Buin-Shortlands area of southern Bougainville, Solomon Islands. |
| 7 Jul 1943 | The day after the Battle of Kula Gulf, a second cruiser force consisting of cruisers USS Montpelier, USS Denver, USS Cleveland, and USS Columbia and destroyers USS Renshaw, USS Philip, USS Saufley, USS Waller, and USS Pringle departed Tulagi on a night patrol up the New Georgia Sound (the "Slot"). |
| 10 Jul 1943 | Cruisers USS Montpelier, USS Denver, USS Cleveland, and USS Columbia and destroyers USS Renshaw, USS Philip, USS Saufley, USS Waller, and USS Pringle departed Tulagi on a night patrol up the New Georgia Sound (the "Slot"). |
| 12 Jul 1943 | In the early morning darkness, cruisers USS Montpelier, USS Denver, USS Cleveland, and USS Columbia and destroyers USS Renshaw, USS Philip, USS Saufley, USS Waller, and USS Pringle conducted a bombardment of Japanese installations in the Munda area on New Georgia in the Solomon Islands. |
| 12 Oct 1944 | Task Group 77.2 consisting of battleships USS Tennessee, USS California, USS Pennsylvania, USS Maryland, USS West Virginia, and USS Mississippi with cruisers USS Honolulu, USS Portland, USS Minneapolis, USS Denver, and USS Columbia departed Seeadler Harbor, Manus bound Leyte Gulf, Philippines. |
| 27 Nov 1944 | US Navy Task Group 77.2 consisting of battleships USS Maryland, USS West Virginia, USS Colorado, and USS New Mexico, cruisers USS Denver, USS St. Louis, USS Columbia, USS Minneapolis, and USS Montpelier, destroyers USS Nicholas, USS Waller, USS Eaton, USS Cony, USS Mustin, USS Conway, USS Pringle, USS Lang, USS Sigourney, USS Saufley, USS Aulick, USS Renshaw, USS Taylor, USS Edwards, and USS Mugford, tanker USS Caribou, and other patrol craft were patrolling in Leyte Gulf, Philippines when the group came under a concentrated Japanese special air attack from 20 to 30 aircraft. All but two of the Japanese planes dived on the formation in the sustained attack. Submarine chaser SC-744 was sunk and battleship Colorado and cruisers St. Louis and Montpelier were damaged. |
| 29 Nov 1944 | US Navy Task Group 77.2 consisting of battleships USS Maryland, USS West Virginia, and USS New Mexico, cruisers USS Denver, USS Columbia, USS Minneapolis, USS Montpelier, and USS Portland, destroyers USS Nicholas, USS Waller, USS Cony, USS Conway, USS Pringle, USS Lang, USS Saufley, USS Aulick, USS Renshaw, USS Edwards, USS Mugford, and USS Connor, and other patrol craft were patrolling in Leyte Gulf, Philippines when the group came under a Japanese air attack where special attack aircraft damaged Maryland, Saufley, and Aulick. |
| 8 Feb 1945 | Destroyer USS Saufley arrived at Mangarin Bay, Mindoro and disembarked the 8 wounded Army soldiers to the beach. Saufley was then assigned as an escort for a cruiser squadron. Cruisers USS Denver, USS Montpelier, and USS Boise with destroyers USS Fletcher, USS LaVallette, USS Radford, USS Abbott, USS Taylor, USS Conyngham, USS Claxton, and USS Saufley departed Mangarin Bay, Mindoro bound for Subic Bay, Luzon, Philippines. |
| 9 Feb 1945 | Cruisers USS Denver, USS Montpelier, and USS Boise with destroyers USS Fletcher, USS LaVallette, USS Radford, USS Abbott, USS Taylor, USS Conyngham, USS Claxton, and USS Saufley arrived at Subic Bay, Luzon, Philippines. |
| 7 Feb 1947 | Denver was decommissioned from service. |
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29 Jul 2008 09:39:19 AM
Do you know if the USS Denver ship toked part at the World War II in the Gela gulf in the 1943 while George Patton was in command?