Below is a chart showing the (docked or stationary) locations of Tuscaloosa throughout its entire life. The information was compiled from an old typewritten list and may contain errors and omissions. Extra descriptive information has been added to the right-hand column.

9/31/31		laid down at New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, N.J.
11/15/33		launched
08/17/34		commissioned
08/17/34	08/28/34	Philadelphia Navy Yard
09/20/31	09/21/34	Chesapeake Beach, Maryland
09/21/34	09/24/34	Annapolis, Maryland
09/24/34	09/26/34	Chesapeake Beach, Maryland
09/20/34	10/01/34	North River, New York
10/02/34	10/08/34	Annapolis, Maryland
10/13/34	10/14/34	Montevideo, Uruguay
10/19/34	10/22/34	Barbados, B.W.I
11/01/34	11/02/34	Montevideo, Uruguay
11/02/34	11/11/34	Buenos Aires, Argentina
11/14/34	11/29/34	Montevideo, Uruguay - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
12/10/34	12/12/34	Martinique, Fort de France
12/14/34	12/15/34	Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
12/18/34	12/19/34	Lynnhaven Roads, Virginia
12/19/34	12/19/34	Hampton Roads, Virginia
12/20/34	03/20/35	New York, N.Y.	post-shakedown cruise repairs
03/27/35	03/30/35	Hampton Roads, Virginia
04/02/35	04/05/35	Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
04/07/35	04/08/35	Balboa, C.Z.
04/14/35	04/14/35	San Diego, California	joins Cruiser Division (CruDiv) 6
04/15/35	04/29/35	San Pedro, California
05/02/35	05/03/35	Port Angeles, Washington
05/09/35	05/13/35	Dutch Harbor, Unalaska [in the Aleutian Islands]	participates in Fleet Problem XVI
06/10/35	06/17/35	San Diego, California
06/17/35	06/29/35	San Pedro, California
07/03/35	07/08/35	Seattle, Washington
07/12/35	07/17/35	Port Angeles, Washington
07/17/35	07/22/35	Seattle, Washington
08/09/35	08/19/35	San Francisco, California
08/23/35	08/30/35	San Diego, California
09/03/35	10/22/35	San Clemente Island and Long Beach, California
10/25/35	10/26/35	San Francisco, California
10/26/35	10/29/35	Grove St. Pier, Oakland, California
10/30/35	11/18/35	Long Beach, California
11/18/35	11/22/35	San Clemente Island, California
11/22/35	11/29/35	Long Beach, California
11/30/35	12/12/35	San Francisco, California
12/14/35	01/04/36	Los Angeles, California
12/02/35	12/30/35	Navy Yard, Mare Island, California
01/04/36	01/06/36	Long Beach, California
01/08/36	04/27/36	Long Beach, California and San Clemente Island	participates in Fleet Problem XVII
05/09/36	05/16/36	Panama Bay, C.Z.
05/28/36	06/03/36	Callao, Peru
06/13/36	07/03/36	Long Beach, California
07/03/36	07/06/36	Santa Monica, California
07/06/36	08/14/36	San Clemente Island and Long Beach, California
08/15/36	08/24/36	San Francisco, California
08/28/36	09/03/36	Long Beach, California
12/02/36	01/22/37	Navy Yard, Mare Island, California
01/24/37	02/01/37	Long Beach, California
02/01/37	02/02/37	Pyramid Cove, San Clemente Island
02/08/37	02/11/37	Santa Barbara Island
02/12/37	02/22/37	Long Beach, California
02/23/37	03/02/37	Pyramid Cove, San Clemente Island
03/06/37	03/22/37	Long Beach, California
03/22/37	03/25/37	Pyramid Cove, San Clemente Island
03/26/37	04/16/37	Long Beach, California
04/25/37	05/20/37	Lahaina Roads, T.H. [Maui]
05/28/37	06/28/37	Long Beach, California
07/01/37	07/06/37	Bremerton, Washington
07/06/37	07/10/37	Port Angeles, Washington
07/10/37	07/15/37	Seattle, Washington
07/16/37	07/16/37	Astoria,Oregon
07/16/37	07/29/37	Portland, Oregon
07/31/37	08/16/37	Long Beach, California
08/16/37	08/20/37	San Clemente Island
08/21/37	08/22/37	Balboa Beach, California
08/22/37	08/23/37	Long Beach, California
08/24/37	08/26/37	San Clemete Island
08/21/37	09/20/37	Long Beach, California
09/21/37	09/24/37	San Clemente Island
09/25/37	11/01/37	Long Beach, California
10/04/37	10/07/37	San Clemente Island
10/08/37	10/23/37	Los Angeles, California
10/23/37	10/25/37	San Francisco, California
10/26/37	10/29/37	Long Beach, California
10/31/37	11/01/37	Long Beach, California
11/01/37	11/04/37	San Clemente Island
11/05/37	11/08/37	Long Beach, California
11/08/37	11/09/37	San Clemente Island
11/10/37	11/12/37	Santa Barbara, California
11/12/37	01/08/38	San Clemente Island and Long Beach, California
01/10/38	01/13/38	Coronado Roads, California [San Diego]
01/13/38	01/17/38	Long Beach, California
01/17/38	01/21/38	San Clemente Island
01/21/38	01/24/38	Long Beach, California
01/24/38	01/27/38	San Clemente Island
01/27/38	02/01/38	Long Beach, California
02/01/38	02/03/38	Santa Barbara Island
02/04/38	02/14/38	Long Beach, California
02/15/38	02/18/38	San Clemente Island
02/18/38	02/23/38	Long Beach, California
02/24/38	02/24/38	San Clemente Island
02/25/38	02/28/38	Long Beach, California
03/01/38	03/02/38	San Francisco, California
03/03/38	03/15/38	Long Beach, California	in April and May, participates in Fleet Problem XIX, near Hawaii
03/24/38	06/29/38	Pearl Harbor Navy Yard
07/06/38	07/09/38	Port Angeles, Washington
07/12/38	07/20/38	San Francisco, California
07/22/38	07/29/38	Portland, Oregon
08/03/38	08/12/38	San Francisco, California
08/12/38	08/29/38	Long Beach, California
08/30/38	09/02/38	San Clemente Island
09/02/38	10/03/38	Long Beach, California
10/04/38	10/07/38	San Clemente Island
10/07/38	10/10/38	Long Beach, California
10/10/38	10/13/38	San Clemente Island
10/14/38	10/17/38	Long Beach, California
10/17/38	10/21/38	San Clemente Island
10/21/38	11/07/38	Long Beach, California and San Clemente Island
11/10/38	11/14/38	San Francisco, California
11/15/38	11/18/38	San Clemente Island
11/18/38	11/21/38	Long Beach, California
11/21/38	11/22/38	San Clemente Island
11/23/38	01/04/39	Long Beach, California
01/13/39	01/13/39	Balboa, C.Z.
01/13/39	01/30/39	Colon, C.Z.
02/04/39	02/13/39	Gona ves, Haiti	participates in Fleet Problem XX
02/27/39	03/03/39	Culebra Island
03/06/39	03/07/39	Hampton Roads, Virginia
03/07/39	03/17/39	Norfolk, Virginia	brief refit
03/17/39	03/20/39	Hampton Roads, Virginia
03/24/39	04/03/39	Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
04/03/39	04/08/39	La Guaira, Venezuela	South American Goodwill Tour
04/10/39	04/29/39	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
05/02/39	05/05/39	Montevideo, Uruguay
05/06/39	05/10/39	Buenos Aires, Argentina
05/18/39	05/22/39	Valparaiso, Chile
05/26/39	05/29/39	Callao, Peru
05/29/39	06/06/39	Balboa, C.Z.
06/06/39	06/07/39	Cristobal, C.Z.
06/12/39	06/13/39	Hampton Roads, Virginia
06/13/39	07/06/39	Norfolk, Virginia
07/07/39	07/08/39	New York, N.Y.
07/09/39	07/11/39	Lynnhaven Roads, Virginia
07/11/39	04/14/39	Chesapeake Light Ship
07/14/39	07/17/39	Hampton Roads, Virginia
07/17/39	07/18/39	Lynnhaven Roads, Virginia
07/20/39	07/23/39	New York, N.Y.
07/24/39	08/08/39	Norfolk, Virginia
08/10/39	08/12/39	New York, N.Y.
08/13/39	08/13/39	Cape Cod	FDR aboard
08/13/39	08/13/39	Portsmouth, N.H.
08/14/39	08/14/39	Smith's Reef, Maine
08/14/39	08/14/39	Campo Bello Island, New Brunswick, B.C.
08/15/39	08/15/39	Halifax, Nova Scotia, B.C.
08/16/39	08/17/39	Sydney, Nova Scotia, B.C.
08/18/39	08/19/39	Petit Pas, Newfoundland
08/19/39	08/19/39	Green Meadows, Newfoundland
08/19/39	08/20/39	Bonne Bay, Newfoundland
08/20/39	08/20/39	Bird Rock Island, Gulf of St. Lawrence
08/21/39	08/22/39	Halifax, Nova Scotia, B.C.
08/24/39	08/24/39	Sandy Hook, N.J.	FDR disembarks
08/25/39	08/25/39	Hampton Roads, Virginia
08/25/39	09/07/39	Norfolk, Virginia	Tuscaloosa's first Neutrality Patrol
09/11/39	09/14/39	Norfolk, Virginia
09/17/39	09/19/39	Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
09/21/39	10/02/39	San Juan, Puerto Rico
10/03/39	10/27/39	Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
11/05/39	12/18/39	Norfolk, Virginia	12/19/39 rescues crew of scuttled German liner Columbus
12/20/39	12/22/39	Tompkinsville, N.Y. [Staten Island]	survivors disembarked at Ellis Island on 12/20/39
12/24/39	01/11/40	Norfolk, Virginia
01/16/40	01/16/40	Culebra Island, W.I.
01/18/40	01/26/40	Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
01/29/40	02/04/40	Norfolk, Virginia	alterations to serve as Presidential flagship
02/08/40	02/10/40	Pensacola, Florida
02/14/40	02/15/40	Pensacola Bay, Florida	FDR boards
02/19/40	02/19/40	Island Canal De Afuera
02/20/40	02/23/40	Chatham Bay, Cocos Island
02/24/40	02/24/40	Cavada Island
02/24/40	02/25/40	Coiba Island
02/25/40	02/25/40	Island Canal De Afuera
02/26/40	02/27/40	Pajoros Island
02/27/40	02/27/40	Balboa, C.Z.	FDR disembarks in Pensacola
03/01/40	03/28/40	Norfolk, Virginia
04/01/40	07/16/40	New York, N.Y.	overhaul
07/17/40	07/27/40	Norfolk, Virginia
07/30/40	07/12/40	Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
09/14/40	09/29/40	Norfolk, Virginia
09/30/40	10/01/40	New York, N.Y.
10/02/40	10/03/40	Hampton Roads, Virginia
10/03/40	10/04/40	Lynnhaven Roads, Virginia
10/04/40	10/19/40	Hampton Roads, Virginia
10/19/40	10/24/40	Norfolk, Virginia
10/25/40	10/29/40	New York, N.Y.
10/30/40	10/31/40	Plantation Flats, Virginia
11/01/40	11/09/40	Norfolk, Virginia
11/22/40	11/23/40	New York, N.Y.
11/24/40	11/30/40	Norfolk, Virginia
12/03/40	12/03/40	Miami, Florida	FDR boards
12/04/40	12/04/40	Guantanamo Bay, Cuba	FDR inspects bases received from Britain in "destroyers for bases" deal
12/05/40	12/05/40	Kingston, Jamaica
12/05/40	12/05/40	Portland Bight, Jamiaca
12/06/40	12/06/40	Beata Island, Hispaniola [Dominican Republic]
12/07/40	12/07/40	Aves Island
12/08/40	12/08/40	Port Castries, Saint Lucia Island
12/08/40	12/08/40	Gros Islet Bay, Saint Lucia Island
12/09/40	12/09/40	Saint John, Antigua
12/10/40	12/10/40	Navida Bank
12/12/40	12/12/40	Long Island, Brit. Bahamas
12/13/40	12/13/40	Eleuthera Island, Brit Bahamas	FDR disembarks 12/16 at Charleston, S.C.
12/14/40	12/23/40	Norfolk, Virginia	Adm William Leahy boards with wife as ambassador to Vichy France
12/31/40	01/03/41	Lisbon, Portugal	Adm Leahy departs
01/11/41	01/14/41	Norfolk, Virginia
01/17/41	01/18/41	Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
01/19/41	01/20/41	Portland Bight, Jamiaca
01/22/41	02/14/41	Culebra Island, Puerto Rico
02/14/41	02/19/41	Guayanilla, Puerto Rico
02/19/41	02/24/41	Mayagnez (Mayaguez), Puerto Rico
02/24/41	02/27/41	Fajardo Roads, Puerto Rico
03/02/41	03/02/41	Norfolk, Virginia
03/03/41	03/15/41	New York, N.Y.
03/18/41	03/21/41	Norfolk, Virginia
03/22/41	04/06/41	New York, N.Y.	Joins in search for the Bismarck
04/08/41	04/10/41	Bermuda
04/12/41	05/14/41	Newport, Rhode Island
05/15/41	05/18/41	Norfolk, Virginia
05/20/41	06/10/41	Hamilton, Bermuda
06/13/41	06/18/41	Boston, Massachusetts
06/19/41	07/12/41	Newport, Rhode Island
07/13/41	07/17/41	Norfolk, Virginia
07/18/41	07/25/41	Newport, Rhode Island
07/26/41	07/26/41	Norfolk, Virginia
07/26/41	07/28/41	Newport, Rhode Island
08/02/41	08/03/41	Long Island Sound
08/03/41	08/04/41	Southtown Bay, Long Island Sound
08/04/41	08/05/41	Vineyard Sound
08/07/41	08/12/41	Placentia Bay, Newfoundland	the "Atlantic Charter"
08/14/41	08/30/41	Casco Bay, Maine
08/20/41	08/22/41	Provincetown, Massachusetts
08/22/41	08/25/41	Boston, Massachusetts
08/25/41	09/05/41	Casco Bay, Maine
09/16/41	09/16/41	Reykjavik, Iceland
09/16/41	01/31/42	Hvalfjordur Fjord, Iceland	Denmark Strait patrol
02/08/42	02/20/42	Boston, Massachusetts	overhaul at the Boston Navy Yard
02/20/42	03/03/42	Casco Bay, Maine	refresher training
03/03/42	03/03/42	Buzzard's Bay, Wingneck Anchorage, Massachusetts
03/03/42	03/04/42	Long Island Sound
03/04/42	03/22/42	New York, N.Y.	refit
03/22/42	03/23/42	Newport, Rhode Island
03/24/42	03/26/42	Casco Bay, Maine	Task Group 39.1
04/04/42	04/28/42	Scapa Flow, Scotland [base for the British Home Fleet]	attached to British Home Fleet, largely covering convoys
05/13/42	06/29/42	Rosyth, Scotland
06/30/42	07/01/42	Seydisjordur Fjord, Iceland
07/08/42	07/19/42	Hvalfjordur, Iceland
07/21/42	07/22/42	Scapa Flow, Scotland
07/23/42	08/01/42	Rosyth, Scotland
08/01/42	08/10/42	Scapa Flow, Scotland
08/11/42	08/13/43	Greenock, Scotland
08/15/42	08/17/42	Scapa Flow, Scotland	dispatched to deliver supplies to North Russia
08/19/42	08/19/42	Seydisfjordur, Iceland	crew member put ashore -- suspected meningitis
08/23/42	08/24/42	Vaenga Bay, Kola Inlet, Russia	picked up survivors of convoys including from PQ-17
08/28/42	08/28/42	Seydisfjordur, Iceland
08/30/42	09/01/42	Greenock, Scotland
09/03/42	09/03/42	Hvalfjordur, Iceland
09/09/42	10/07/42	New York, N.Y.	overhaul
10/07/42	10/08/42	Long Island Sound
10/08/42	10/08/42	Newport, Rhode Island
10/09/42	10/24/42	Casco Bay, Maine
10/24/42	11/20/42	Transit to and return from Casablanca	Operation Torch (liberating French North Africa from Vichy French)
11/20/42	11/24/42	Norfolk, Virginia	refit and repairs in the U.S.
11/24/42	11/25/42	Hampton Roads, Virginia
11/26/42	12/07/42	Boston, Massachusetts
12/07/42	12/30/42	Norfolk, Virginia
12/31/42	02/13/43	Hampton Roads, Virginia
03/06/43	03/09/43	New York, N.Y.
03/10/43	04/02/43	Casco Bay, Maine
04/05/43	05/06/43	Placentia Bay, Argentia, Newfoundland	Escorted RMS Queen Mary bearing Churchill to New York
05/11/43	05/14/43	New York, N.Y.
05/17/43	07/23/43	Placentia Bay, Argentia, Newfoundland
07/27/43	08/05/43	Boston, Massachusetts	10-day work period at Boston Navy Yard
08/09/43	08/11/43	Halifax, Nova Scotia
08/19/43	10/12/43	Scapa Flow, Scotland
10/02/43	10/06/43	Bodo, Norway	Operation Leader (first carrier strike in Europe attacking German ports and shipping)
10/13/43	10/13/43	Greenock, Scotland
10/16/43	10/17/43	Seydisfjordur, Iceland
10/19/43	10/19/43	Advent Bay, Spitzbergen, Norway	relief operation to re-establish station at Spitzbergen after German sheling
10/23/43	10/23/43	Seydisfjordur, Iceland
10/25/43	10/28/43	Greenock, Scotland
11/02/43	11/17/43	Hvalfjordur, Iceland
11/18/43	11/19/43	Akureyri, Iceland
11/24/43	11/26/43	Hvalfjordur, Iceland	detached from the British Home Fleet
12/03/43	02/07/44	New York, N.Y.	major overhaul
02/09/44	03/27/44	Casco Bay, Maine
03/28/44	03/29/44	Quonset Pier, Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island
03/30/44	04/09/44	Casco Bay, Maine
04/10/44	04/16/44	Boston, Massachusetts
04/18/44	04/18/44	Casco Bay, Maine
04/27/44	05/17/44	Greenock, Scotland
05/17/44	06/03/44	Belfast Lough, Ireland	Departs 6/3 for participation in D-Day
06/06/44	06/09/44	Baie De La Seine, Normandy, France	D-Day initial assault
06/10/44	06/11/44	Plymouth, England	replenish ammunition and return to Normandy
06/11/44	06/21/44	Baie De La Seine, Normandy, France	provide gunfire support on call from shore fire control party
06/22/44	06/29/44	Portland, England
06/25/44	06/25/44	Cherbourg, France	supported the Army's 7th Corps assault on Cherbourg
06/30/44	07/04/44	Belfast Lough, Ireland
07/10/44	07/16/44	Oran, French North Africa [present Algeria]	bombardment exercises
07/18/44	07/31/44	Palermo, Sicily, Italy
08/01/44	08/01/44	Naples, Italy
08/02/44	08/12/44	Palermo, Sicily, Italy	Operation Anvil/Dragoon (invasion of Southern France)
08/17/44	08/19/44	Golfe De Frejus, France
08/19/44	08/20/44	Ajaccio, Corsica, France
08/21/44	08/27/44	Nice, France
08/27/44	08/29/44	Propriano, Corsica, France
08/29/44	08/31/44	Ajaccio, Corsica, France
09/01/44	09/05/44	Palermo, Sicily, Italy
09/06/44	09/08/44	Oran, French North Africa [present Algeria]
09/16/44	11/10/44	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	refit at the Philadelphia Navy Yard
11/11/44	11/21/44	Norfolk, Virginia
11/27/44	11/27/44	Cristobal, C.Z. (Canal Zone)
11/27/44		In transit through Panama Canal
12/05/44	12/07/44	San Diego, Califronia
12/13/44	01/02/45	Pearl Harbor, T.H. (Territory of Hawaii)
01/14/45	02/10/45	Ulithi Lagoon, Caroline Islands
02/15/45	03/14/45	Iwo Jima	assault on Iwo Jima
03/16/45	03/21/45	Ulithi Lagoon, Caroline Islands	replenish and participate in assulat on Okinawa
03/30/45	03/31/45	Kerama Retto Islands
04/03/45	04/03/45	Kerama Retto Islands
04/08/45	04/14/45	Okinawa
04/17/45	04/17/45	Kerama Retto Islands
04/18/45	04/18/45	Okinawa
04/18/45	04/19/45	Io Shima Island
04/19/45	04/19/45	Okinawa
04/19/45	04/20/45	Io Shima Island
04/22/45	04/23/45	Okinawa
04/23/45	04/29/45	Nakagusuku Wan (Buckner Bay), Okinawa
04/29/45	04/29/45	Kerama Retto Islands
04/29/45	05/01/45	Okinawa
05/05/45	05/14/45	Ulithi Lagoon, Caroline Islands
05/18/45	05/18/45	Okinawa
05/19/45	05/20/45	Nakagusuku Wan (Buckner Bay), Okinawa
05/21/45	05/22/45	Okinawa
05/22/45	05/22/45	Kerama Retto Islands
05/22/45	05/24/45	Okinawa
05/24/45	05/26/45	Nakagusuku Wan (Buckner Bay), Okinawa
05/26/45	06/01/45	Okinawa
06/01/45	06/03/45	Kerama Retto Islands
06/03/45	06/04/45	Nakagusuku Wan (Buckner Bay), Okinawa
06/06/45	06/09/45	Okinawa
06/08/45	06/10/45	Kerama Retto Islands
06/10/45	06/11/45	Okinawa
06/11/45	06/16/45	Nakagusuku Wan (Buckner Bay), Okinawa
06/16/45	06/17/45	Okinawa
06/17/45	06/17/45	Kerama Retto Islands
06/17/45	06/26/45	Okinawa	completes operations at Okinawa
06/30/45	07/14/45	San Pedro Bay, Leyte, P.I. (Philippine Islands)
07/15/45	07/24/45	Subic Bay, Luzon, P.I.
07/26/45	07/31/45	Manila Bay, Luzon, P.I.
07/31/45	08/28/45	Subic Bay, Luzon, P.I.
09/08/45	09/29/45	Jinsen (Inchon), Korea	supporting Marine landings
09/30/45	10/06/45	Taku Bar, China	supporting Marine landings
10/07/45	10/07/45	Chefoo, China
10/08/45	10/12/45	Jinsen (Inchon), Korea
10/13/45	11/03/45	Weihaiwei (Weihai), China
11/04/45	11/05/45	Tsingtao (Qingdao), China
11/07/45	11/07/45	Woosung, China
11/07/45	11/14/45	Shanghai, China	took on returning troops
11/14/45	11/14/45	Woosung, China
11/26/45	11/28/45	Pearl Harbor, T.H. (Territory of Hawaii)	took on passenger facilities and more returning troops
12/04/45	12/05/45	San Francisco, California
12/05/45	12/14/45	Mare Island, California	repairs
12/29/45	12/29/45	Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands	took on returning troops
12/29/45	12/29/45	Russell Islands	took on returning troops
01/01/46	01/01/46	Noumea, New Caledonia
01/09/46	01/10/46	Pearl Harbor, T.H. (Territory of Hawaii)	took on returning troops
01/15/46	01/29/46	San Francisco, California
02/07/46		Enroute through Panama Canal
02/07/46	02/08/46	Cristobal, C.Z. (Canal Zone)
02/13/46		Arrived in Phialdelphia for inactivation
03/01/59		Struck from the Navy list

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