by usssanfran | May 29, 2025 | Feature, Foundation News
Thank you to everyone who attended the 2025 USS San Francisco Memorial event, thanks to our partners and our sponsors. We truly appreciate your support in keeping the memories of the men who served on the USS San Francisco (CA-38), those who gave their lives, and...
by usssanfran | May 20, 2025 | Feature, Foundation News
Sunday May 25th, 2025 | 11:30am – 1:30pm USS San Francisco Memorial, Lands’ End, San Francisco Honoring Those Who Made the Ultimate Sacrifice in the Service of their Country Join the USS San Francisco Memorial Foundation and the families of the “Frisco” Veterans for...
by usssanfran | May 12, 2021 | Feature, Foundation News
2021 Virtual Memorial Ceremony Join us for San Francisco’s own Memorial Day Weekend Celebration honoring the 100 Sailors and 7 Marines who gave their lives during the historic Battle of Guadalcanal aboard the USS San Francisco (CA38) 12-13 November, 1942. Come...
by usssanfran | Feb 9, 2019 | Feature
One of the first Japanese battleship to be sunk by U.S. forces during World War II has been discovered in the Solomon Islands by a research organization set up by the late billionaire Paul Allen. Imperial Japanese Navy ship Hiei, which sank on Nov. 14, 1942, was...
by usssanfran | May 28, 2017 | Feature
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — Seventy-five years ago, the world was at war and the USS San Francisco was part of a massive naval struggle to take the Pacific island of Guadalcanal. Chief Jon “Johnny” Gordon was aboard the ship and remembers that midnight battle of 13...
