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U.S.S. WICHITA
(CA-45)THE WITCH
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CA-45 Deployments - Major Events
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| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OCT | 1935 | - | Keel Date: 28 OCT 1935 | ||
| NOV | 1937 | - | Launch Date: 16 NOV 1937 | ||
| FEB | 1939 | - | Commissioned: 16 FEB 1939 | ||
| JAN | 1943 | - | JAN | 1943 | Battle for Rennell Island, action against Japanese Torp Planes |
| APR | 1943 | - | APR | 1943 | Aleutians Campaign |
| AUG | 1943 | - | SEP | 1945 | Middle Pacific |
| JAN | 1944 | - | FEB | 1944 | Marshall Islands - screened aircraft carriers |
| SEP | 1944 | - | SEP | 1944 | Assault on Palau |
| SEP | 1944 | - | OCT | 1944 | 1st Assault on Mindanao, Negros, Digos, Leyte, Makan, Phillipine |
| OCT | 1944 | - | OCT | 1944 | Assault on Formosa |
| OCT | 1944 | - | OCT | 1944 | Assault on Okinawa Island (Nansei Group) Ryukyu Island |
| MAR | 1945 | - | MAY | 1945 | 2nd Assault and Support of Okinawa |
| JUL | 1945 | - | OCT | 1945 | Middle Pacific |
| SEP | 1945 | - | DEC | 1945 | Occupation of Japan |
| JAN | 1946 | - | JAN | 1946 | Operation Magic Carpet Ride - war hero's returned home |
| FEB | 1947 | - | Decommissioned: 3 FEB 1947 | ||
| FEB | 1947 | - | FEB | 1947 | Returned to Philadelphia Navy Yard |
| FEB | 1947 | - | AUG | 1959 | Mothball Fleet Reserve |
| AUG | 1959 | - | AUG | 1959 | Sold for Scrap Steel |
CA-45 General Specifications
Complement: 929 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 10000 tons
Length: 608 feet 4 inches
Beam: 61 feet 9 inches
Draft: 19 feet 10 in
Flank Speed: 32 Knots