USS Boise (CL-47)

English: The USS Boise was a US Navy cruiser that was launched in 1936. In 1951, it was sold to Argentina where is was renamed ARA Nueve de Julio (C-5).

Français : L’USS Boise était un croiseur de la marine américaine qui fut lancé en 1936. En 1951, il fut vendu à l'Argentine où il fut rebaptisé ARA Nueve de Julio (C-5).

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  USS Boise photographed circa late August 1942, probably at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides.

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  USS Boise arrives at Philadelphia naval yard in November, 1942 to repair damage suffered in this battle.

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  Another picture of USS Boise arriving at Philadelphia naval yard in November, 1942 to repair damage suffered in this battle.

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  Sailor W.R. Martin points out details of the Japanese trophy flags painted on the cruiser's pilothouse as a scoreboard of enemy ships claimed sunk in the Battle of Cape Esperance, 11-12 October 1942. The six Japanese ships (two heavy cruisers, a light cruiser and three destroyers) represented in this scoreboard greatly overstates the actual enemy losses. This overclaiming was typical of contemporary night surface actions. Photographed at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, soon after Boise arrived there for battle damage repairs in November 1942.

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  U.S. Army Private First Class Felix A. Uva (left) and Corporal Donald A. Purdy examine a memorial plaque on the U.S. cruiser Boise's main deck, while they were being transported to the United States from Europe as part of Operation "Magic Carpet" in November 1945. This plaque was presented to the ship by the citizens of Boise, Idaho, in memory of the 107 crewmembers who lost their lives in the Battle of Cape Esperance.

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  USS Boise

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  USS Boise (CL-47) beating the hell out of New Guinea