Here we see the USS San Francisco (CA-38) silhouetted against a snowy mountain in Kulak Bay, Adak, Aleutian Islands, 25 April 1943.
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A New Orleans-class cruiser, “Frisco Maru” received an amazing 17 battle stars during WWII. Decommissioned 10 February 1946 on her 12th birthday, she was kept in mothballs for another 12 then sold for scrap.