USS Astoria

The Astoria is the second vessel of the New Orleans-class heavy cruisers built in the 1930s.

Record of Movement
15 December 1941: The US battle group comprising of the USS Lexington, the heavy cruisers USS Chicago, USS Portland and USS Astoria and 3 destroyers is intercepted at extreme aircraft range by the Kido Butai returning from the Attack on Pearl Harbor. The combined aerial attack overwhelms the Lexington's defenses and the entire battle group is heavily damaged, with 3 bomb hits and secondary explosions reported on the Astoria.