both Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 and the signing of the Japanese surrender (the other being ). Detroit continued to direct replenishment operations for the Occupation fleet and in addition, the repatriation of Japanese to the home islands from Pacific bases. She left Tokyo Bay on 15 October for the United States with returning servicemen on board, as part of Operation Magic Carpet. Detroit was decommissioned at Philadelphia on 11 January 1946, and sold for scrap on 27 February. Awards American Defense Service Medal with "FLEET" clasp American Campaign Medal Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal with six battle stars World War II Victory Medal Navy Occupation Medal Legacy Detroit Seamount of the Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain is named after Detroit. References External links USS Detroit, Report of Pearl Harbor Attack 2015.20 Mary Jane McKinven Collection Naval History and Heritage Command photo collection USS Detroit Omaha-class cruisers Ships built in Quincy, Massachusetts 1922 ships World War II cruisers of the United States Ships present during the attack on Pearl Harbor Ships of the Aleutian Islands campaign