Keywords: USS Detroit (CL-8) at sea in 1945.jpg The U S Navy light cruiser USS Detroit CL-8 and two fleet oilers in the Pacific Ocean in 1945 Detroit cleared San Francisco California USA on 16 January 1945 and arrived at Ulithi on 4 February for duty with the 5th Fleet She acted as flagship for the replenishment group serving the Fast Carrier Task Force until the end of the war and entered Tokyo Bay on 1 September Detroit was one of two ships present at both Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 and at the signing of the Japanese surrender the other being USS West Virginia BB-48 http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/AdvQuery php U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 27694 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 2007 084 001 379 between 1945-02 1945-05 CDR William H Balden U S Navy Reserve the photo was taken from USS Enterprise CV-6 PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Detroit CL-8 Pacific War in 1945 |