But before returning to Japan for repairs, Saint Paul bombarded railroad targets near Songjin. Operations, a sudden and serious powder fire broke out in Saint Paul’s forward 8-inch turret. On 21 April, while the ship was engaged in gunfire support Participated in combined air-sea attacks against the ports of Wonsan andĬhongjin. In December, the ship was assigned to escort Task Force 77 and,įollowing a trip to Japan, returned to operations off the coast of North Korea. During the next few weeks, Saint Paul bombarded strategic targets at Hungnam, Songjin, andĬhongjin. The heavy cruiser arrived off Wonsan harbor on 27 November and began Overhaul which lasted from June to September 1951. Saint Paul returned to San Francisco for an Saint Paul then steamed into Tokyo BayĪnd was present when Japanese representatives formally surrendered on board the Shortly after that, Japan gave up and all offensive US Naval operations ended.

The distinction of firing the war’s last hostile salvo from a major warship. During the 9Īugust attack on Kamaishi, Saint Paul had Mills at Hamamatsu and the iron and steel works at Kamaishi. Paul also used her guns to bombard industrial targets, such as the textile From 24 July to 10Ĭarriers in the task force as their aircraft pounded targets on Honshu, Japan’s Strike group began attacking the Japanese home islands. On 2 July, Saint Paul joined Task Force 38 and by 23 July this large carrier Participated in various training exercises. After transiting the Panama Canal, Saint Paul went to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and from 8 to 30 June

Completing her shakedown cruise in the Caribbean, Saint Paul left Boston, Massachusetts, on and steamed

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