Belgrano was heading to the Falklands, secret papers reveal

The Daily Telegraph ^ | 26 Dec 2011 | Thomas Harding

[sukhoi-30mki]

Top secret papers are set to prove that the warship Belgrano was heading into the Falkland's exclusion zone when it was sunk, and not heading back to port as the Argentinians claimed.

For decades debate and recrimination has raged over where the ship was heading when it was torpedoed by a Royal Navy submarine.

[skeeter]

Sad fate for the last surviving warship of the Dec 7, 1941 attack.

[Army Air Corps]

Ping.

[Army Air Corps]

Ping.

[humblegunner]

Belgrano was heading into the Falkland's exclusion zone when it was sunk

Yeah it was.

[CaptainAmiigaf]

I may be wrong, but wasn’t this the USS St. Paul? I think it was of a class nicknamed the “TREATY CRUISERS”, designed and constructed according to the limitations of the 5-5-3 Naval Treaty. Didn’t work out too good for the USA.

[mkjessup]

Thank you for the ping AAC, and Merry Christmas!

[mkjessup]

Sad fate for the last surviving warship of the Dec 7, 1941 attack.

War is Hell.

[mkjessup]

The Belgrano was formerly known as the USS Phoenix (CL-46).

[skeeter]

USS Pheonix. One of the first major ships out of the harbor that morning.

[fso301]

I always heard loss of the Belgrano was due to malfunctioning vents causing high concentrations of bean vapor to build up below decks which a spark subsequently detonated.

[abb]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Phoenix_%28CL-46%29

[skeeter]

She wasn't a treaty cruiser - she was part of the first round of the Vinson fleet expansion of the late 30s.

You're right about the treaty cruisers though, their kind was pretty much wiped out during the war.

[tophat9000]

She was the USS Phoenix (CL-46) a Brooklyn-class light cruiser...and was at Pearl Harbor Dec 7 ,41

[abb]

Lookie here!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Phoenix_%28CL-46%29

In the battle of Leyte Gulf, Phoenix was a unit of Rear Admiral Jesse Oldendorf's group which annihilated the Japanese Southern Force in the battle of Surigao Strait. Phoenix fired four spotting salvoes, and when the fourth hit, opened up with all of her 6" (152mm) batteries. The target later proved to be Yamashiro, which sank after 27 minutes of concentrated fire from the American fleet. The Japanese also lost Fusō and three destroyers in the battle, and American planes sank Mogami the next day.

[ASA Vet]

MI Ping

[mamelukesabre]

Being the “phoenix”, shouldn’t we expect it to rise up and float again?

[ASA Vet]

Ping

[skeeter]

Those 15 automatic 6” were supposedly pretty awesome once they found the range.

[GreyFriar]

thank you. and the connection to the attack on pearl harbor also makes this interesting to me.