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{{Short description|Omaha-class light cruiser}}
{{Other ships|USS Raleigh}}
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|Ship image=USS Raleigh (CL-7) off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 6 July 1942 (19-N-30916).jpg
|Ship caption=USS ''Raleigh'' (July 1942)
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|Ship country=United States
|Ship flag={{USN flag|1945}}
|Ship name=''Raleigh''
|Ship namesake=City of [[Raleigh, North Carolina]]
|Ship ordered=29 August 1916
|Ship awarded=*21 August 1917
*12 June 1919 (supplementary contract)
|Ship builder=[[Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation]]'s [[Fore River Shipyard]], [[Quincy, Massachusetts]]
|Ship original cost=
|Ship laid down= 16 August 1920
|Ship launched=25 October 1922
|Ship sponsor=Miss Jennie Proctor
|Ship completed=1 August 1921
|Ship commissioned=6 February 1924
|Ship decommissioned=2 November 1945
|Ship refit=
|Ship struck=28 November 1945
|Ship homeport=
|Ship identification=*[[Hull classification symbol#Surface combatant type|Hull symbol]]: CL-7
*[[International Code of Signals|Code letters]]: NIRT
*{{ICS|November}}{{ICS|India}}{{ICS|Romeo}}{{ICS|Tango}}
|Ship motto=
|Ship nickname=
|Ship honors=[[Image:Bronze-service-star-3d.png|18px]] 3 × [[Battle star#Navy warships|battle star]]
|Ship fate=Sold for scrap, 27 February 1946
|Ship notes=
|Ship badge=
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|Header caption= (as built){{sfn|Ships21|1921}}{{sfn|Ships35|1935}}
|Ship class={{sclass|Omaha|cruiser|0}} [[light cruiser]]
|Ship type=
|Ship displacement=
*{{cvt|7500|LT|0|lk=on}} (standard)
*{{cvt|9508|LT|0|lk=on}} (full load)
|Ship length=
*{{cvt|555|ft|6|in}} [[length overall|oa]]
*{{cvt|550|ft}} [[Length between perpendiculars|pp]]
|Ship beam={{cvt|55|ft}}
|Ship draft={{cvt|14|ft|3|in}} (mean)
|Ship power=*12 × [[Yarrow boiler]]
*{{cvt|90000|shp|lk=in}} (designed horse power)
|Ship propulsion=
*4 × [[Curtis turbine#Curtis turbine|Curtis steam turbines]]
*4 × [[Propeller|screw]]s
|Ship speed=
*{{cvt|35|kn|lk=in}} (designed speed)
*{{cvt|33.7|kn}} (Estimated speed on [[Sea trial|Trial]])
|Ship crew=29 officers 429 enlisted (peace time)
|Ship time to activate=
|Ship sensors=
|Ship EW=
|Ship armament=
*2 × twin [[6-inch/53-caliber gun|{{cvt|6|in|0}}/53]] [[caliber (artillery)|caliber]] guns
*8 × single 6 in/53 caliber guns
*2 × [[3-inch/50-caliber gun|{{cvt|3|in}}/50]] caliber [[anti-aircraft]] guns   
*2 × triple [[American 21 inch torpedo|{{cvt|21|in|0}}]] [[torpedo tube]]s
*2 × twin 21 in torpedo tubes
*224 × [[Naval mine|mines]]
|Ship armor=*[[Belt armor|Belt]]: {{cvt|3|in}}
*[[Deck (ship)|Deck]]: {{cvt|1+1/2|in}}
*[[Conning tower|Conning Tower]]: {{frac|1|1|2}} in
*[[Bulkhead (partition)|Bulkhead]]s: {{frac|1|1|2}}-3 in
|Ship aircraft=2 × [[Curtiss SOC Seagull]]s and later 2 × [[Vought OS2U Kingfisher]]s
|Ship aircraft facilities=*2 × [[Amidships#Amidships|Amidship]] [[Aircraft catapult|catapult]]s
*[[crane (machine)|crane]]
|Ship notes=
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|Header caption= (1945){{sfn|Terzibashitsch|1988}}
|Ship armament=
*2 × twin 6 in/53 caliber
*6 × single 6 in/53 caliber 
*8 × 3 in/50 caliber anti-aircraft guns 
*2 × triple 21 in torpedo tubes
*3 × twin [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60|{{convert|40|mm|in|abbr=on}} Bofors gun]]s 
*8 × single [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon|{{convert|20|mm|in|abbr=on}} Oerlikon cannon]]s 
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'''USS ''Raleigh'' (CL-7)''' was the fourth {{sclass|Omaha|cruiser|0}} [[light cruiser]], originally classified as a [[scout cruiser]], built for the [[United States Navy]]. She was the second Navy ship named for the city of [[Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh]], North Carolina, the first being the [[protected cruiser]] {{USS|Raleigh|C-8|2}}, commissioned in 1894, and decommissioned in 1919.

''Raleigh'' spent most of her pre-war career in the Atlantic. Her first duty was to assist in the [[First aerial circumnavigation|USAAS's first aerial circumnavigation]] of the world in 1924. In 1936, ''Raleigh'' joined Squadron 40-T in neutrality patrols during the [[Spanish Civil War, 1936|Spanish Civil War]] where she would serve until 1938, when she would be transferred to the Pacific. This led her to be fatefully moored in [[Pearl Harbor]] at berth F-12 on the morning of [[Attack on Pearl Harbor|7 December 1941]], where she took a torpedo in her No.2 boiler room and claimed five victories with her anti-aircraft batteries with no loss of life.

==Construction and design==
''Raleigh'' was ordered on 29 August 1916,{{sfn|Ships35|1935}} and contracted to be built by [[Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation]]'s [[Fore River Shipyard]], [[Quincy, Massachusetts]],{{sfn|Bethlehem|2017}} 21 August 1917. Her keel was laid on 16 August 1920, and [[Ship naming and launching|launched]] on 25 October 1922,{{sfn|Ships35|1935}} the cruiser was christened by Miss Jennie Proctor; and [[ship commissioning|commissioned]] 6 February 1924, with [[Captain (United States O-6)|Captain]] [[William C. Watts]] in command.{{sfn|DANFS|2015}}

''Raleigh'' was {{convert|550|ft|abbr=off}} [[length at the waterline|long at the waterline]] with an [[length overall|overall]] length of {{convert|555|ft|6|in|abbr=off}}, her [[Beam (nautical)|beam]] was {{convert|55|ft|4|in|abbr=off}} and a mean [[Draft (hull)|draft]] of {{convert|13|ft|6|in|abbr=off}}. Her [[Displacement (ship)#Standard displacement|standard displacement]] was {{convert|7500|LT|0|lk=in}} and {{convert|9508|LT|t}} at [[Full-load displacement|full load]].{{sfn|Terzibashitsch|1988}}{{sfn|Ships35|1935}} Her crew, during peace time, consisted of 29 officers and 429 enlisted men.{{sfn|Terzibashitsch|1988}}

''Raleigh'' was powered by four [[Curtis turbine#Curtis turbine|Curtis steam turbines]] geared [[steam turbine]]s, each driving one [[Propeller|screw]], using steam generated by 12 [[Yarrow boiler]]s. The engines were designed to produce {{convert|90000|shp|lk=in}} and reach a top speed of {{convert|35|kn|lk=in}}.{{sfn|Ships35|1935}} She was designed to provide a range of {{convert|10000|nmi|lk=in}} at a speed of {{convert|10|kn}}, but was only capable of {{convert|8460|nmi|lk=in}} at a speed of {{convert|10|kn}}{{sfn|Terzibashitsch|1988}}

''Raleigh''{{'}}s main armament went through many changes while she was being designed. Originally she was to be mounted by ten [[6-inch/53-caliber gun|{{convert|6|in|adj=on}}/53]] [[caliber (artillery)|caliber]] guns; two on either side at the waist, with the remaining eight mounted in tiered [[Casemate#Single casemates (1889 onwards)|casemates]] on either side of the fore and aft superstructures. After the United States entry into [[World War I]] the US Navy worked alongside the [[Royal Navy]] and it was decided to mount four 6-inch/53 caliber guns in two twin [[Gun turret#Warships|gun turrets]] fore and aft and keep the eight guns in the tiered casemates so that she would have an eight gun broadside and, due to limited arcs of fire from the casemate guns, four to six guns firing fore or aft. Her secondary armament consisted of two [[3-inch/50-caliber gun|{{convert|3|in|adj=on}}/50]] caliber [[Anti-aircraft warfare|anti-aircraft]] (AA) guns in single mounts. ''Raleigh'' was initially built with the capacity to carry 224 [[naval mine|mines]], but these were removed early in her career to make way for more crew accommodations. She also carried two triple and two twin, above-water, [[torpedo tube]] mounts for {{convert|21|in|0|adj=on}} [[torpedo]]es. The triple mounts were fitted on either side of the upper [[deck (ship)|deck]], aft of the [[aircraft catapult]]s, and the twin mounts were one deck lower on either side, covered by hatches in the side of the hull.{{sfn|Ships35|1935}}{{sfn|Terzibashitsch|1988}}

The ship lacked a full-length [[waterline]] [[Belt armor|armor belt]]. The sides of her [[Engine room|boiler and engine room]]s and steering gear were protected by three inches of armor. The transverse [[bulkhead (partition)|bulkhead]]s at the end of her machinery rooms were {{convert|1+1/2|in|spell=in}} thick forward and three inches thick aft. The conning tower and the deck over the machinery spaces and steering gear had one and a half inches of armor. The gun turrets were not armored and only provided protection against [[muzzle blast]].{{sfn|Terzibashitsch|1988}}

''Raleigh'' carried two [[floatplane]]s aboard that were stored on the two catapults. Initially these were [[Vought VE-7|Vought VE-9s]], then [[Vought UO-1]]s, the ship then operated [[Curtiss SOC Seagull]]s from 1935, and [[Vought OS2U Kingfisher]]s after 1940.{{sfn|Terzibashitsch|1988}}

===Armament changes===
During her career ''Raleigh'' went through several armament changes. Some of these changes were to reduce weight, but others were to increase her AA armament. On 8 September 1926, the [[Chief of Naval Operations]], [[Admiral (United States)|Admiral]] [[Edward W. Eberle]], along with the Commanders in Chief of the [[United States Fleet]] and [[Battle Fleet]], and their subordinate commanding officers, the [[Secretary of the Navy]], [[Curtis D. Wilbur]], ordered that all mines and the tracks for laying the mines be removed from all of the ''Omaha''-class cruisers, the working conditions had been found to be very "wet". Another change made before the war was to increase the 3-inch guns to eight, all mounted in the ship's waist. After 1940 the lower aft 6-inch guns were removed and the casemates plated over for the same reason as the lower torpedo mounts.{{sfn|Terzibashitsch|1988}} The ship's anti-aircraft armament were augmented by three twin [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60|{{convert|40|mm|in|abbr=on}} Bofors guns]] along with eight [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon|{{convert|20|mm|in|abbr=on}} Oerlikon cannons]] by the end of the war.{{sfn|Terzibashitsch|1988}}

==Service history==

===Inter-war period===
''Raleigh'' shifted from Quincy to the [[New York Navy Yard]] on 26 February 1924, to finish her fitting out. She left on 16 April, for her [[shakedown cruise]] off of the [[Virginia Capes]]. She finished her final building yard alterations at Quincy, on 24 June. ''Raleigh'' then transferred to [[Provincetown]], Massachusetts, where she stayed until 30 July, when she joined the Light Cruiser Division, [[Scouting Fleet]], in northern European waters for duty in connection with the [[United States Army Air Service]]'s "[[First aerial circumnavigation|World Flight]]". After calling at ports in Norway, Denmark, and Scotland, she took up her reconnaissance station on 31 July, off [[Hvalfjörður]], Iceland. On 10 August, she shifted her station to the east coast of [[Greenland]]. Upon completion of her duty with the flight operations, on 3 September, she set sail for the [[Boston Navy Yard]], for voyage repairs.{{sfn|DANFS|2015}}

[[File:Bernt Balchen- Fartyg i Stockholm- DIG131796.tif|thumb|The ''Raleigh'' during a goodwill visit to Sweden moored in [[Stockholm]] harbor, late July 1929.]]

''Raleigh'' set out from Boston Harbor, on 16 October 1924, for maneuvers again off of the Virginia Capes. This was followed by operations and battle problems off [[Panama]], California, and the [[Hawaiian Islands]]. Steaming from [[Honolulu]], on 10 June 1925, she docked at [[San Diego]], with the Scouting Fleet, before her return to the Boston Navy Yard, on 13 July. ''Raleigh'' would continue to operate out of Boston, for the next two years, spending most of the winter months with the Scouting Force in Cuban and Panamanian waters.{{sfn|DANFS|2015}}

''Raleigh'' sailed from Boston Harbor, on 1 February 1927. She embarked two detachments of [[USMC|Marines]] at [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]], South Carolina. After first participating in maneuvers at [[Guantánamo Bay, Cuba|Guantanamo Bay]], Cuba, she transited the [[Panama Canal]] for [[Corinto (Nicaragua)|Corinto]], Nicaragua.{{sfn|DANFS|2015}} ''Raleigh'' arrived on 5 February, and on 19 February, along with her [[sister ship]] {{USS|Milwaukee|CL-5|2}}, [[United States occupation of Nicaragua#1927 Occupation|landed the Marines]], who were needed to deal with the bandit-plagued countryside.{{sfn|Musicant|1990|p=295}} The cruiser stood by for possible assistance until 23 March, when she returned to Boston, and resumed Atlantic coastal operations.{{sfn|DANFS|2015}}

During the spring of 1928, ''Raleigh'' operated off the California coast and in Hawaiian waters, returning to Boston on 26 June to prepare for European duty. Departing on 17 August, she steamed for [[Hampton Roads]], Va., where, on 15 September, she relieved {{USS|Detroit|CL-8|2}} as [[flagship]] of [[Vice Admiral (United States)|Vice Admiral]] [[John H. Dayton]], commander, Naval Forces, Europe.{{sfn|DANFS|2015}}

After touching at Boston, ''Raleigh'' made diplomatic calls to many principal European ports before returning to Hampton Roads, Virginia, on 4 September 1929. The next day, she hauled down the flag of Vice Admiral Dayton.{{sfn|DANFS|2015}}

''Raleigh'' then rejoined Cruiser Division 3 (CruDiv 3) of the Scouting Force, operating for the next few years out of Boston for battle practice, maneuvers, and port calls. Based at San Diego, California, on 15 August 1933, she trained off the California coast, with occasional runs to the [[Caribbean]], as well as to Alaskan and Hawaiian waters. She departed San Diego on 27 April 1936 in company with the US Fleet, transited the Panama Canal, touched at Charleston, South Carolina, and entered the Norfolk Navy Yard on 15 June for overhaul.{{sfn|DANFS|2015}}

As ''Raleigh'' repaired in the Norfolk Navy Yard, Squadron 40-T, a special temporary squadron, was organized for duty in Spanish waters to evacuate American nationals from the Spanish Civil War areas. [[Rear Admiral (United States)|Rear Admiral]] [[Arthur P. Fairfield]] broke his flag in ''Raleigh'' at Norfolk on 17 September 1936. The next day, the cruiser steamed independently for Gibraltar, arriving on 27 September. {{USS|Kane|DD-235|2}}, {{USS|Hatfield|DD-231|2}} and {{USCGC|Cayuga|1932|6}}, in company with ''Raleigh'', initially comprised the squadron. Together, the ships saved hundreds of Americans and other nationals from the dangers of the war in Spain.{{sfn|DANFS|2015}}

{{USS|Omaha|CL-4|2}} relieved ''Raleigh'' at [[Villefranche-sur-Mer|Villefranche]] on 28 April 1938, and two days later, ''Raleigh'' headed for Hampton Roads for overhaul in the [[Norfolk Navy Yard]], arriving on 13 May.{{sfn|DANFS|2015}}

''Raleigh'' was next assigned to Flotilla One, Destroyer Squadron, US Battle Force. Clearing Norfolk on 16 August, she trained at Guantanamo Bay and then arrived at her new base of San Diego on 5 September. In early 1939, she participated in the fleet problem in the Caribbean, returning to San Diego in May to resume coastal operations. Next assigned to the Hawaiian Detachment, ''Raleigh'' steamed for Pearl Harbor on 5 October. As the flagship of Destroyer Flotilla One, she engaged in fleet maneuvers which took her from the central Pacific to the California coast.{{sfn|DANFS|2015}}

===World War II===
[[File:USS Raleigh (CL-7) being kept afloat by a barge lashed alongside, at Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941 (80-G-19938).jpg|thumb|''Raleigh'' listing after the torpedo hit at Pearl Harbor. The capsized hull of [[USS Utah (BB-31)|USS ''Utah'']] can be seen in the right background.]]
''Raleigh'' was moored at berth F-12, on the east side of the north channel at [[Pearl Harbor]], when the Japanese made their surprise attack. In the first attack wave a torpedo passed ahead and a second hit ''Raleigh'' portside amidships. The cruiser took such a list to port that it appeared she might capsize. As crew jettisoned topside weight to keep her upright, her gunners helped to destroy five Japanese planes. Several of her crew were wounded, but none were killed.{{sfn|DANFS|2015}}

The next day, yard craft and {{USS|Whitney|AD-4|2}} came alongside to render assistance, and ''Raleigh'' was towed into the Navy Yard for repairs on 22 December. She departed Pearl Harbor on 21 February 1942 as an escort of a five-ship convoy which arrived in San Francisco on 1 March. After overhaul at [[Mare Island]], she cleared [[San Francisco Bay]] on 23 July as a unit of Task Force 15 (TF 15) assigned to convoy escort duty between San Francisco, Hawaii, Samoa and the [[Fiji|Fiji Islands]].{{sfn|DANFS|2015}}

''Raleigh'' steamed from [[Pago Pago]] on 3 November to search out and destroy four Japanese picket ships reportedly operating between the Gilbert and Ellice Islands. Finding no trace of the enemy, she touched at Pearl Harbor from 13 to 17 November, then steamed independently to [[Dutch Harbor]], [[Unalaska]], [[Aleutians]], arriving on 24 November. The following months were spent searching for enemy ships carrying reinforcements in the Rat and Near Islands and escorting troop and supply ships between Dutch Harbor and Kulak Bay.{{sfn|DANFS|2015}}

''Raleigh'' put to sea on 10 January 1943, with Task Group 8.6 (TG 8.6) to cover the occupation of [[Amchitka Island]]. On 12 January, she conducted patrols off Amchitka, with infrequent sweeps off [[Kiska]] with her task group. Detached from the group on 10 February, she convoyed ships between Dutch Harbor and Kulak Bay, then entered [[Puget Sound Navy Yard]] on 23 March for repairs.{{sfn|DANFS|2015}}

Sailing on 22 April, she arrived Adak on the 28th and joined TG 16.6, patrolling the approaches to the Near Islands and covering the southern approach to Kiska. ''Raleigh'' participated in the bombardment of Kiska on 2 August, blasting targets in Gertrude Cove, and shelled enemy positions again on 12 August, before heading for San Francisco and overhaul.{{sfn|DANFS|2015}}

''Raleigh'' stood out of San Francisco Bay on 15 September and resumed support of operations in the Aleutians, sweeping the ocean from Kiska to west of Attu. As part of TG 94.6, she steamed from [[Massacre Bay (Alaska)|Massacre Bay]], Attu on 1 February 1944 to bombard enemy installations in Kurabu Zaki, [[Paramushiru]] in the Northern [[Kuriles]]. In the early morning darkness of 4 February, she took her bombardment station off that enemy shore to blast an area where two dual-purpose batteries were located. She also took an airfield under fire, destroying a hangar and several barracks buildings. Her gunners also scored hits on a small merchant ship anchored inshore. After touching at Attu on 5 February, ''Raleigh'' returned to Puget Sound Navy Yard on 1 March for a three-month overhaul.{{sfn|DANFS|2015}}

Joining TF 94 at Massacre Bay in the Aleutian Islands on 6 June, she suffered a casualty to her number two main engine while ''en route'' to [[Matsuwa Island]].   After repairs at Puget Sound, ''Raleigh'' departed [[Seattle]] on 22 June 1945, touched at [[San Pedro, California]], thence proceeded via the Panama Canal to Hampton Roads and then to her new home port of Norfolk, Virginia.{{sfn|DANFS|2015}}

Calling at [[Annapolis]], Maryland, on 1 July 1945, she conducted two midshipman training cruises, in the Caribbean and along the east coast.{{sfn|DANFS|2015}}

==Fate==
''Raleigh'' entered to the [[Philadelphia Navy Yard]] on 29 September 1945, was decommissioned there on 2 November, and was struck from the [[Naval Vessel Register]] on 28 November. Her hulk was sold for scrap at Philadelphia on 27 February 1946.{{sfn|DANFS|2015}}

==Notable commanders==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name !! Date !! Final rank attained 
|-
| [[Captain (United States O-6)|Captain]] [[William Carlton Watts]]{{sfn|Navsource|2018}} || 6 February 1924–December 1925 || [[Rear Admiral (United States)|Rear Admiral]]
|}

==Awards==

*{{ribbon devices|number=1|type=service-star|ribbon=American Defense Service Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}} [[American Defense Service Medal]] with [[Medal bar|"FLEET" clasp]]
*[[File:American Campaign Medal ribbon.svg|106px]] [[American Campaign Medal]]
*{{ribbon devices|number=3|type=service-star|ribbon=Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}} [[Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal]] with three [[battle star]]s for [[World War II]] service
*[[File:World War II Victory Medal ribbon.svg|106px]] [[World War II Victory Medal]]

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-67000/NH-67858.html Naval History & Heritage Command: USS ''Raleigh'' (CL-7), 1924–1946]
* {{navsource|04/007/04007|USS Raleigh}}
*[http://www.researcheratlarge.com/Ships/CL7/PearlHarborDamageReport.html Ship's War Damage Report December 7th 1941]
*[https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/archives/digitized-collections/action-reports/wwii-pearl-harbor-attack/ships-m-r/uss-raleigh-cl-7-action-report.html USS Raleigh, Report of Pearl Harbor Attack]
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