An rasa aikin Great Alaska-class cruisers part 2
Babban jirgin ruwa na USS Alaska yayin balaguron horo a watan Agusta 1944. NHHC
Jiragen ruwan da aka yi la'akari da su a nan sun kasance na rukunin ayyuka iri-iri na 10 fiye ko žasa makamancin haka tare da halayen da suka sha bamban sosai da saurin yaƙe-yaƙe don halayen 30s da 40s. Wasu sun fi kama da ƙananan jiragen ruwa (nau'in Deutschland na Jamus) ko kuma manyan jiragen ruwa masu nauyi (kamar aikin Soviet Ch), wasu sun kasance masu rahusa da raunin juzu'i na yakin basasa (Faransa Dunkirk da Strasbourg biyu da Jamusanci Scharnhorst "da" Gneisenau ") . Jiragen da ba a siyar da su ba su ne: jiragen ruwa na Jamus O, P da Q, jiragen ruwa na Soviet Kronstadt da Stalingrad, jiragen yakin Holland na samfurin 1940, da jiragen ruwa na Japan B-64 da B-65 da aka tsara, sun yi kama da na soja. Alaska class ". A cikin wannan sashe na labarin, za mu dubi tarihin ayyukan wadannan manyan jiragen ruwa na ruwa, wanda, a fili ya ke cewa, kuskure ne na sojojin ruwan Amurka.
An shimfida samfurin sabbin jiragen ruwa, wanda aka nada CB 1, a ranar 17 ga Disamba, 1941 a filin jirgin ruwa na New York da ke Camden - kwanaki 10 kacal bayan harin da aka kai kan Pearl Harbor. An sanya wa sabon nau'in jiragen ruwa sunan yankunan da suka dogara da Amurka, wanda ya bambanta su da jiragen yakin da ake kira jihohi ko jiragen ruwa da ake kira birane. Sunan rukunin samfurin Alaska.
A cikin 1942, an yi la'akari da yiwuwar canza sabbin jiragen ruwa zuwa masu jigilar jiragen sama. An ƙirƙiri zane na farko kawai, wanda yake tunawa da masu jigilar jiragen sama na Essex, tare da ƙaramin jirgi mai saukar ungulu, ɗaga jiragen sama guda biyu kawai, da wani bene na jirgin sama mai asymmetrical wanda aka shimfiɗa zuwa tashar jiragen ruwa (don daidaita nauyin babban gini da matsakaicin turrets na gun da ke kan tauraro. gefe). Sakamakon haka, an yi watsi da aikin.
An kaddamar da jirgin ruwa a ranar 15 ga Yuli, 1943. Matar gwamnan Alaska, Dorothy Gruning, ta zama uwargida, kuma kwamanda Peter K. Fischler ya jagoranci jirgin. An kai jirgin zuwa Yard Navy na Philadelphia, inda aka fara aikin dacewa. Sabon kwamandan, yana da kwarewar fama da manyan jiragen ruwa (ya yi aiki, a tsakanin sauran abubuwa, a Minneapolis a lokacin Yaƙin Coral Sea), ya juya zuwa Majalisar Naval don yin sharhi game da sabbin jiragen ruwa, ya rubuta wasiƙa mai tsawo da mahimmanci. Daga cikin kurakuran, ya ambaci motocin da ke da cunkoson jama’a, da rashin wurin da jami’an tsaron ruwa ke kusa da su, da wuraren tuta, da kuma gadar siginar da ba ta isa ba (duk da shawarar cewa an yi ta ne a matsayin rukunin tuta). Ya soki rashin isassun wutar lantarki da ba ta da wata fa'ida a kan jiragen yaki, da bututun hayaki marasa makami. Sanya jiragen ruwa da katafalan a tsakiyar jiragen ruwa, ya yi la'akari da ɓarna a sararin samaniya, ba tare da la'akari da iyakance kusurwoyin wuta na manyan bindigogi ba. Ya yi kira da a maye gurbinsu da karin wasu matsakaitan bindigogi 127 mm guda biyu. Ya kuma yi hasashen cewa CIC (Cibiyar Bayanin Yaki), da ke ƙasa da bene mai sulke, za ta kasance cunkushe kamar gidan motar. A mayar da martani, shugaban babban majalisar Cadmium. Gilbert J. Rawcliffe ya rubuta cewa wurin da kwamandan ya kasance a cikin wani sulke mai sulke (wani ra'ayi maras kyau a cikin hakikanin 1944), kuma gaba ɗaya, an canja wurin babban jirgin ruwa na zamani a ƙarƙashin umurninsa. Tsarin abubuwan makamai (bidigogi na 127- da 40-mm a tsakiya), da kuma sarrafawa da sarrafa jirgin, sun kasance sakamakon sasantawa da aka yi a matakin zane.
Ranar 17 ga Yuni, 1944, babban jirgin ruwa na Alaska ya kasance a cikin rundunar sojojin ruwan Amurka a hukumance, amma kayan aiki da shirye-shiryen tafiya na farko na gwaji sun ci gaba har zuwa karshen Yuli. A lokacin ne jirgin ya shiga kogin Delaware da kansa a karon farko, inda ya bi ta kan tudu guda hudu har zuwa gabar tekun da ke kan budadden ruwa na Tekun Atlantika. A ranar 6 ga Agusta, an fara wani jirgin horo. Ko da a cikin ruwan Delaware Bay, an gudanar da gwajin harba bindiga daga babban bindigu don gano lahani na tsarin da ke cikin ginin. Bayan kammala su, Alaska ya shiga cikin ruwa na Chesapeake Bay kusa da Norfolk, inda a cikin kwanaki masu zuwa aka gudanar da duk wani atisayen da za a yi don kawo ma'aikatan jirgin da jirgin zuwa cikakken shiri.
A ƙarshen watan Agusta, Alaska, tare da jirgin ruwan yaƙi Missouri da maharan Ingram, Moale da Allen M. Sumner, sun janye zuwa tsibiran Trinidad da Tobago na Burtaniya. A can, an ci gaba da atisayen hadin gwiwa a gabar tekun Paria. A ranar 14 ga Satumba, an horar da ma'aikatan don yin aiki a cikin yanayi daban-daban na gaggawa. A cikin gwaji ɗaya, Alaska ya ja jirgin ruwan yaƙi na Missouri - an ruwaito shi ne kawai lokacin da jirgin ruwa ya ja jirgin ruwan yaƙi. A hanyar komawa Norfolk, an kai harin bam a gabar tekun tsibirin Culebra (Puerto Rico). A ranar 1 ga Oktoba, jirgin ya shiga Yard Navy na Philadelphia kuma a ƙarshen wata an duba shi, an sake gyarawa (ciki har da bindigogi guda hudu da suka ɓace Mk 57 AA), ƙananan gyare-gyare da gyare-gyare. Daya
ɗaya daga cikinsu shi ne ƙari na buɗaɗɗen rami a kusa da ofishin umarni masu sulke (yana kan Guam tun farkon farawa). Koyaya, saboda kusurwoyin harbe-harbe na matsakaitan bindigar na gaba, ya yi ƙunci sosai don a yi amfani da shi azaman gadar yaƙi, kamar yadda lamarin ya faru a cikin jiragen yaƙi na aji Iowa.
A ranar 12 ga Nuwamba, jirgin ruwa ya tafi wani ɗan gajeren motsa jiki na makonni biyu zuwa Guantanamo Bay a Cuba. A lokacin tafiyar, an duba iyakar gudu kuma an samu sakamakon 33,3. A ranar 2 ga Disamba, Alaska, tare da rakiyar mai hallaka Thomas E. Fraser, sun tafi zuwa mashigin Panama. A ranar 12 ga Disamba, jiragen sun isa San Diego, California, a gabar Tekun Gabashin Amurka. An shafe kwanaki da dama ana gudanar da atisaye mai tsanani a yankin tsibirin San Clemente, amma saboda katsalandan da aka samu daga ma'adanar ta 4, an aika da na'urar zuwa Yard Navy na San Francisco, inda ta shiga wurin bushewa don dubawa da gyarawa. A can ma'aikatan sun hadu da sabuwar shekara, 1945.
