Here are some links for further information and a listing of some of the other ships that served with the Tuscaloosa.
GENERAL SITES
Department of the Navy - Naval Historical Center
NavSource Naval History
Haze Gray & Underway - Naval History and Photography
US Navy in World War II
The Pacific War: The U.S. Navy
WWII Cruiser Operations
NAVAL TREATY
A very comprehensive site
Another site
Text of the Washington Naval Treaty
NEW ORLEANS CLASS CRUISERS
http://www.oocities.org/Pentagon/Bunker/4929/New_Orleans.htm
http://www.microworks.net/pacific/ships/cruisers/new_orleans.htm
http://www.warships1.com/USca032_NewOrleans.htm
http://home.pacbell.net/lmsjr/ships/cruisers/ca-neworleans.html
http://homepages.fh-giessen.de/~hg6339/Data/us/cCA_NewOrleans.htm
http://members.home.net/talktoome/usnca.html#Name NEW Orleans
OTHER WICHITA PAGES
Wichita Cruise Book at the Wichita Public Library: 300,000 Miles to Victory: U.S.S. Wichita
The About.com guide for the city of Wichita has a page on USS Wichita
http://www.microworks.net/pacific/ships/cruisers/wichita.htm
http://www.warships1.com/USca045_Wichita.htm
http://home.pacbell.net/lmsjr/ships/cruisers/ca-wichita.html
http://homepages.fh-giessen.de/~hg6339/Data/us/cCA_Wichita.htm
HISTORICAL TOPICS
Lend-Lease Text
Destroyers for Bases Text
Destroyer for Bases List
Full DANFS
Entry for USS Tuscaloosa
Full DANFS
Entry for USS Wichita
Related Narratives for Tuscaloosa (T) and Wichita (W):
OTHER
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation (www.lonesailor.org)
New York Shipbuilding Co. (builder of Tuscaloosa)
A Partial List of
OTHER SHIPS THAT SERVED WITH
USS TUSCALOOSA:
BB-40 | USS NEW MEXICO |
BB-41 | USS MISSISSIPPI |
BB-42 | USS IDAHO |
BB-56 | USS WASHINGTON |
BB-59 | USS MASSACHUSETTS |
CA-31 | USS AUGUSTA |
CA-38 | USS SAN FRANCISCO |
CA-39 | USS QUINCY |
CA-44 | USS VINCENNES |
CA-45 | USS WICHITA |
CV-4 | USS RANGER |
DD-144 | USS UPSHUR |
DD-396 | USS JOUETT |
DD-399 | USS LANG |
DD-411 | USS ANDERSON |
DD-412 | USS HAMMANN |
DD-417 | USS MORRIS |
DD-419 | USS WAINWRIGHT |
DD-425 | USS MADISON |
DD-429 | USS LIVERMORE |
DD-432 | USS KEARNY Site 2 |
DD-433 | USS GWINN |
DD-434 | USS MEREDITH Site 2 |
DD-435 | USS GRAYSON Site 2 |
DD-437 | USS WOOLSEY |
DD-438 | USS LUDLOW Site 2 |
DD-571 | USS CLAXTON |
DM-25 | USS SHANNON (ex DD-736) |
Links have been given to sites for individual ships where known. Contributions of additional ship names or sites welcomed.
The other ships named Tuscaloosa and Wichita:
USS Tuscaloosa County (LST-1187), a tank landing ship in commission from 1970-94. General information. History.
USS Wichita (AOR-1), a replenishment oiler in commission from 1969-93. General Information.