| rdfs:comment | - USS Alaska was ordered for construction on September 9, 1940. She was laid down by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation at Camden on December 17, 1941, launched on August 15, 1943 and commissioned on June 17, 1944. She served in the Pacific, escorting aircraft carriers and performing commerce raiding against Japanese merchant fleets in the East China Sea. One of her most notable periods of service was during the landings at Okinawa, were she provided shore bombardment ahead of the US Marine Corps landing elements. She was decommissioned on February 17, 1947 after less than three years of service and was finally scrapped at Newark in 1961.
- USS Alaska (CB-1) was the lead ship of the Alaska class of large cruisers which served with the United States Navy during the end of World War II. She was the first of two ships of her class to be completed, followed only by Guam; four other ships were ordered but were not completed before the end of the war. Alaska was the third vessel of the US Navy to be named after what was then the territory of Alaska. She was laid down on 17 December 1941, ten days after the outbreak of war, was launched in August 1943 by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, in Camden, New Jersey, and was commissioned in June 1944. She was armed with a main battery of nine guns in three triple turrets and had a top speed of .
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| abstract | - USS Alaska (CB-1) was the lead ship of the Alaska class of large cruisers which served with the United States Navy during the end of World War II. She was the first of two ships of her class to be completed, followed only by Guam; four other ships were ordered but were not completed before the end of the war. Alaska was the third vessel of the US Navy to be named after what was then the territory of Alaska. She was laid down on 17 December 1941, ten days after the outbreak of war, was launched in August 1943 by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, in Camden, New Jersey, and was commissioned in June 1944. She was armed with a main battery of nine guns in three triple turrets and had a top speed of . Due to being commissioned late in the war, Alaska saw relatively limited service. She participated in operations off Iwo Jima and Okinawa in February–July 1945, including providing anti-aircraft defense for a carrier task force and conducting limited shore bombardment operations. She shot down several Japanese aircraft off Okinawa, including a possible Ohka piloted rocket-bomb. In July–August 1945 she participated in sweeps for Japanese shipping in the East China and Yellow Seas. After the end of the war, she assisted in the occupation of Korea and transported a contingent of US Army troops back to the United States. She was decommissioned in February 1947 and placed in reserve, where she remained until she was stricken in 1960 and sold for scrapping the following year.
- USS Alaska was ordered for construction on September 9, 1940. She was laid down by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation at Camden on December 17, 1941, launched on August 15, 1943 and commissioned on June 17, 1944. She served in the Pacific, escorting aircraft carriers and performing commerce raiding against Japanese merchant fleets in the East China Sea. One of her most notable periods of service was during the landings at Okinawa, were she provided shore bombardment ahead of the US Marine Corps landing elements. She was decommissioned on February 17, 1947 after less than three years of service and was finally scrapped at Newark in 1961.
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