Talk:USS Raleigh (CL-7)

Commander
If I read the article correctly, then the commander was Capt Watts. Was it still Watts at the attack of Pearl Harbor? Jeremy's messagesto you 21:25, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
 * No, the commander at the time was probably Captain Robert Bentham Simons. This can be found if you follow the external link to Navsource.com.Pennsy22 (talk) 03:50, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

Ships named USS Raleigh
This technically isn't the third ship named for the City of Raleigh. There have been four ships called USS Raleigh, and this is the third of those. However, the first ship named Raleigh was commissioned in 1776 which was prior to the city of Raleigh in North Carolina being founded in 1792. That ship was named for Sir Walter Raleigh.