USS Tuscaloosa (CL/CA-37) was a New Orleans-class cruiser of the U.S. Navy. Commissioned in 1934, she spent most of her career in the Atlantic and Caribbean, participating in several European wartime operations.

USS TUSCALOOSA (LST-1187 ) - a Newport-class tank landing ship. In Commission 1970 to 1994

USS Tuscaloosa (LST-1187) was the ninth of the Newport-class tank landing ships of the United States Navy, which replaced the traditional bow door-design tank landing ships (LSTs).

Here's the U. S. navy heavy cruiser Tuscaloosa (CA 37), which rescued the crew of the Nazi luxury liner Columbus after the German skipper scuttled the ship at sea off Norfolk, Va., to avoid capture by a British destroyer. The Tuscaloosa carried the German crew of …

Tuscaloosa departed San Diego on 3 January 1939 and proceeded, via the Panama Canal, to the Caribbean. She took part in Fleet Problem XX, in the Atlantic to the east of the Lesser...

USS Tuscaloosa has been the name of two ships of the United States Navy. Both are named for the city of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37), a New Orleans -class heavy cruiser, which served from 1934 until 1946. USS Tuscaloosa (LST-1187), a Newport -class tank landing ship, that served from 1970 until 1994.

USS Tuscaloosa was launched on 15 November 1933 and entered service on 17 August 1934. It made its first movements along the coasts of the American continent, from north to south, making a gap towards the Hawaiian islands.

Mar 27, 2023 · The USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37) was a World War II-era U.S. Navy heavy cruiser that the Navy named for the city of Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County. During the war, the ship participated in the 1942 landings in North Africa; the June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of France; the August 1944 invasion of southern France; and the 1945 invasions of the islands of ...

USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37) was a New Orleans-class heavy cruiser of the U.S. Navy. Commissioned in 1934, she spent most of her career in the Atlantic and Caribbean, participating in several European wartime operations.

USS Tuscaloosa was decommissioned in Philadelphia on February 13, 1946 and scrapped in 1959. Her mast is the centerpiece of the Tuscaloosa Veterans Memorial Park, which also features one of her five-inch guns.