The first USS Canberra (CA-70) was a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser commissioned in 1943, renamed to honor the sunk HMAS Canberra. She served in World War II, was torpedoed in 1944 but continued to participate in the war effort, and was later converted into a guided missile cruiser (CAG-2), recommissioning in 1956 to serve in the Vietnam War before being decommissioned in 1970 and scrapped in 1980. #reel #reels #reelsinstagram #reelitfeelit #reelkarofeelkaro #reelsvideo #video #instagood #videoof

USS Canberra (CA-70/CAG-2) was a Baltimore-class cruiser and later a Boston-class guided missile cruiser of the United States Navy (USN). Originally to be named USS Pittsburgh, the ship was renamed before launch to honor the Australian cruiser HMAS Canberra sunk during the Battle of Savo Island. Canberra was the first USN warship named after a foreign capital city, and one of the few named after a foreign warship not captured in battle with a USN ship. The ship entered service in 1943 and served

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