| Date |
Event |
| 16 September 1940 |
Keel Laid |
| 7 December 1942 |
Launched |
| 23 May 1943 |
Commissioned |
| 23 January 1944 |
Pacific Operations |
| October 1944 |
3rd Fleet Flagship during Leyte Gulf |
| 2 January 1944 |
Pacific Operations |
| 16 February 1944 |
Raided Truk, sunk Japanese Cruiser & Destroyer |
| 30 June 1948 |
Decommissioned |
| 21 November 1950 |
Recommissioned for Korean Operations |
| November1953 |
Returned to USA for Training Duties |
| 21 August 1957 |
Decommissioned |
| 6 April 1968 |
Recommissioned for Vietnam Operations |
| 17 December 1969 |
Decommissioned |
| 28 October 1982 |
Recommissioned |
| August 1983 |
Deployed to Mediterranean |
| February 1984 |
Engaged Ground Targets in Lebanon |
| May 1984 |
Returned to USA for Overhaul |
| February 1985 |
Began Training Operations |
| 8 February 1991 |
Decommissioned |
| 12 January 1995 |
Stricken from Navy roster, disposition pending |
