Ww2dbaseAfter the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Rear Admiral Royal Ingersoll took over the command of the Atlantic Fleet and had his flag aboard Augusta until.
Roosevelt left the ship on 14 Aug after transferring his flag aboard another ship for his return trip. In Jun 1941, she was chosen as President Franklin Roosevelt's flagship for the Aug 1941 meeting with Winston Churchill in Argentia, Newfoundland, Canada Roosevelt and Churchill discussed and finalized the Atlantic Charter aboard Augusta. Ww2dbaseAfter refitting at Mare Island Navy Yard in California, United States spanning from Dec 1940 to Apr 1941, Augusta was transferred to the Atlantic Fleet as Admiral Ernest King's flagship. She did, however, made several more trips along the Chinese coast, and made several port calls at Shanghai. She finally left on after the Dec 1937 incident of the Japanese air attack on American gunboat Panay near Nanjing (Nanking). Nevertheless, she still received casualties when Chinese anti-aircraft shells came down on her on 20 Aug, though she remained in Shanghai to provide intelligence on Japanese troops. While there, she was mistakenly bombed (though the bombs missed) by Chinese aircraft large American flags were painted atop the three main batteries to prevent similar mistakes. Ww2dbaseDuring the Second Battle of Shanghai in Aug 1937, Augusta was moored in Shanghai to observe Japanese maneuvers while her Marine detachment disembarked to guard Shanghai's neutral international zone. In this role, she made extensive visits to such places as Manila, Yokohama, Kobe, Tsingtao, Hong Kong, Batavia, Bali, Guam, Canberra, Melbourne, and Perth, among others, for the next several years. Arriving at Shanghai, China on, she became the flagship of the Asiatic Fleet. She performed exercises and fleet problems at various locations in US waters until when she sailed for China. She was re-classified a heavy cruiser in Aug 1931. Ww2dbaseImmediately after USS Augusta's shakedown and training cruiser, she was assigned as Vice Admiral Arthur Willard's flagship for the Scouting Force.
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