USS Detroit (AOE-4)

The fifth USS Detroit was the 4th and last Sacramento-class fast combat support ship.  It was commissioned 14 March 1970 and decommissioned 17 February 2005.  It was scrapped after that.

It was 796 feet long with a 107-foot beam.

It deployed to Vietnam and the Mediterranean Sea.

In 1973, there was an explosion on board that caused much damage.

--Cooter

USS Detroit (C-10)-- Part 2: Spanish-American War

During the Spanish-American War, the Detroit was part of a squadron which shelled Fort San Cristobol and Castillo San Felipe del Morro in San Juan, Puerto Rico and several shore batteries 12 May 1898.

Later, the Detroit patrolled off Nicaragua and Venezuela during problems there.

The ship was decommissioned in May 1900 and recommissioned in 1902, seeing service in the Caribbean Sea.

It was decommissioned again in 1905 and sold for scrap in 1910.

--Cooter

USS Detroit (C-10): Fought in the Spanish-American War

From Wikipedia.

Unprotected cruiser of the Montgomery-class.  Commissioned 20 July 1893.  decommissioned 1 August 1905.  Sold for scrap 1910.

269 feet long, 37-foot beam..  Mounted two 6-inch and eight 5-inch guns in main armament.

Protected American citizens in Rio de Janeiro in 1893 and engaged a rebel cruiser and then sent to the Asiatic Station.

Overhauled in New York in 1897 then went to Key West as tensions between the U.S. and Spain mounted over Cuba.

--Cooter

Writing About the Other USS Detroit Ships In My Other Blogs

I am going into greater detail on the USS Detroit ships in my other blogs.

The first USS Detroit was a War of 1812 ship, originally of the British Navy, but captured at the Battle of Lake Erie.  I am writing about that one in my Not So Forgotten: The War of 1812 blog.

The second USS Detroit had the name only a few months and was a renamed Civil War ship, the USS Canandaigua.  I am writing about that one in my Running the Blockade:  Civil War Navy blog

The third USS Detroit fought in the Spanish-American War I will eventually write about it in this blog.

The fourth USS Detroit fought in World War II and I am writing about it in my Tattooed On Your Soul: World War II blog.

You can access these blogs at My Blog List to the right of this.

--DaCoot

USS Detroit-- Part 3: Spanish-American War and WW II

**  The third USS Detroit (C-10) was a Montgomery-class cruiser that operated 1893-1904.  Its class was one of the poorest ever designed for the U.S. Navy.  It fought in the Spanish-American War and was scrapped after decommissioning in 1904.

**  The fourth USS Detroit (CL-8) was an Omaha-class light cruiser (1923-1946).  It was at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and one of the few ships to get underway.  During World War II it earned six Battle Stars.

It was moored alongside the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay when the Japanese surrendered in 1945.  So, it was one of the few ships that was present at the beginning of the war for the United States and the end.

**  The fifth USS Detroit (AOE-4) was a fast combat support ship (1970-2005).

--Detrer

USS Detroit-- Part 2: War of 1812 and Civil War

The first two U.S. Navy ships named USS Detroit.

**  The first USS Detroit was a 12-gun ship built by the British during the War of 1812 in Malden, Canada.  It was carrying 19 guns when it was captured at the Battle of Lake Erie where it was the flagship of the Royal Navy.  It then became the USS Detroit and served the Americans until it was scrapped in 1815.

**  The second USS Detroit was that name for only a few months in 1869.  It was the USS Canandaigua before and after then.  This ship served during the Civil War.  The U.S. Navy had a massive renaming of ships around 1869.

Cootroit

USS Detroit-- Part 1: A Civil War Ship By That Name (Well, After the War)

In my Running the Blockade: Civil War Navy blog I have been writing about the USS Canandaigua which for a few months after the Civil War was named the USS Detroit.  I then found out that a couple years ago a new USS Detroit was launched, so looked into the ships by the name USS Detroit in the U.S. Navy.

From the April 21, 2016, Detroit Unspun Blog  "Commissioning of the USS Detroit slated for September, crew visits Detroit" by Marge Stone.

The newest USS Detroit is planned to be commissioned in front of Detroit's Renaissance Center September 17.  It is a Littoral Combat Ship, (LCS-7) and the sixth to bear the name.  It was built by the Marinette Marine Shipyard in Marinette, Wisconsin.

Go to the site and see the ship being launched sideways.  It was a bit scary.

I will be writing about the other ships by the name.

--CootDet

USS Detroit CL-8

A Wikipedia follow up on Chris Harame's ship at Pearl Harbor, the USS Detroit.

The Detroit was commissioned in 1923 and decommissioned in 1946 when it was sold for scrap.

It was 555 feet long, had a 55.4 inch beam, top speed of 34 knots and mounted 10X6 inch guns and part of the Omaha-class of light cruisers.

In 1941, its home base was moved to Pearl Harbor where it was moored at its base with sister-ship Raleigh and the Utah when the attack came. Six torpedo planes attacked them, but despite being strafed, the Detroit received no damage and was able to get under way. The other two were not as lucky.

The Detroit put up anti-aircraft fire and had part in shooting down several planes. After the attack, she was ordered to cruise along Oahu's west coast and look for rumored Japanese landings and then took part in the search for the retiring Japanese fleet.

It returned to Pearl Harbor December 10th and started convoy duty. From 1942 to 1944, it was in Alaskan waters.

A Lucky Pearl Harbor Ship. --Cooter