Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index At least three ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Astoria, after the town of Astoria, Oregon. (the first Astoria?) The second Astoria (CA-34) was a heavy cruiser commissioned in 1934 and lost in the World War II Battle of Savo Island, 1942. The third Astoria (CL-90) was a light cruiser commissioned 1944, active in the war, and decommissioned in 1949. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.