Los Angeles (CA 135) - Naval Cruise Book

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U.S.S. LOS ANGELES July 28, 1943, the keel of the USS LOS ANGELES was laid in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and on August 20, 1944, the ship was launched in a triple ceremony with the USS ANTIETAM and USS CHICAGO. From December 8, 1945 until November 30, 1947, she served in the Western Pacific with the U. S. Seventh Fleet, and was decommissioned in April, 1948. On January 27, 1951, The USS LOS ANGELES was recommissioned, and bombarded Communist installions in Korea during June-November, 1951 as a unit of the United Nations Fleet. The ship began a second tour in the Korean conflict on October 11, 1952, firing over 25,000 rounds of ammunition in support of United Nations Forces. Since the Korean Armistice, the LOS ANGELES has completed four additional tours of duty in the Western Pacific, each of six months duration, as a unit of the U. S. Seventh Fleet. On each occasion it has served as the Flagship of Commander, Cruiser Division Five. The USS LOS ANGELES is the only ship of the United States Navy that I have ever seen loading ammunition from one side while firing it off just as fast from the other. Admiral Arleigh Burke, Chief of Naval Operations. Cover : We have chosen this method o presenting the new Emblem of the LOS ANGELES: The black sea horse and stylized warship allude to the strength and maneuverability of the unit. The lightning flashes represent the power and range of the sA ' p. The two stars symbolise this as a flagship of a Rear Adm ' ral. The waver rope, Neptune ' s hand and trident refer to the Navy and to the sea.