The Ship that the US Turned into an Insane Metal Beast after Pearl Harbor

In the darkest time of the Pacific theater, amidst the deafening roars of gunfire, the heavy cruiser USS San Francisco reeled under an endless torrent of Japanese shells.

Among smoke-filled chaos, Lieutenant Commander Bruce McCandless found himself at a crossroads. Only moments before, the bridge had been the heart of the New Orleans-class cruiser.

Now, it was but a tomb.

His fellow officers, the men he had stood shoulder-to-shoulder with for almost a year leading their ship onto many victories, now lay motionless, swallowed by a fate that narrowly missed him.

Pushing the rising panic away, the communications officer jumped to his feet.

There was no time to grieve, not while his ship, a 10,000-ton giant armed with 27 guns, was steering blind and losing men by the minute.

With an uneven breath but a rush of adrenaline running inside him, Lieutenant Commander Bruce McCandless sized the helm of USS San Francisco, one of the most legendary ships of World War 2.

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