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USS Los Angeles

The USS Los Angeles is a heavy cruiser in the service of the United States Navy

History[]

The ship was deployed to police the smuggling of slaves and illegal refugees during The Red Sea Sharks. She comes to the aid of the Ramona after receiving a distress signal. The ship dispatched fighter jets and disabled the submarine, saving Ramona in the process.

Trivia[]

  • The USS Los Angeles is based on the actual Baltimore Class Heavy Cruiser, USS Los Angeles, launched on the 20th August 1944 and commissioned on the 22nd July 1945.
    • Unlike the Los Angeles portrayed in the episode, the real Los Angeles operated along the coast of China and the Mariana Islands while serving with US 7th Fleet from the 3rd January 1946 to the 21th January 1947 before being decommissioned at Hunter's Point on the 9th April 1948.
  • On the 27th January 1951, the Los Angeles was recommissioned for service in the Korean War until the 15th May 1953 before returning to peacekeeping service off the coast of Japan and South East Asia, with services in the Pacific off the West Coast of the US and the Hawaiian Islands from November 1953 to 1963. In 1956, the Los Angeles was sent to patrol the Taiwan Strait during Quemoy-Matsu Crisis. On the 20th June 1963, the Los Angeles returned from her final deployment in the Far East to her base at Long Beach, California where she was decommissioned on the 15th November 1963 and transferred to the Pacific Naval Reserve Fleet in San Diego where on the 1st January 1974, the Los Angeles was struck off and later scrapped on the 16th May 1975.
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