........at her original sinking location (which was of course, not the same location where her wreck now rests). The various 'stages' in that (obviously) very slow refloating can be envisaged from the historical photos of her showing the several 'waterline' marks left on her hull from that lengthy process. Guess it wasn't the cb's priorty at the time.

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I thought I had read somewhere the Seabees hoped to refloat her and present her to Halsey as a prize.

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Was this vessel sufficiently salvaged to have a USN number attached?