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USS SAN FRANCISCO CRUISER CA-38 SAN FRANCISCO, thesecond ship of NEW ORLEANS class, was launched in 1933 and commission ed in February 1934. In October 1941 she was taken in for a refit at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard. When the Japanese surprise attack came on December 7, 1941, she was still under repair, immobile and without air defense. A hastily repaired SAN FRANCISCO joined a task for ce to relieve Wake Island, but failed to arrive before the island fell to the enemy. In August, 1942, the cruiser covered for carrier in the Guadalcanal offensive. on November 13, her task for ce blundered into a superior enemy for ce: the ship suffered major damage and the loss of 83 crewmen. She was decommission ed in 1947. SAN FRANCISCO was awarded 17 Battle Stars, making her thesecond most decorated ship in USN history.
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