'' Savannah '' conducted Neutrality Patrols ( 1941 ) and wartime patrols in the Atlantic and Caribbean ( 1942 ) , and supported the invasion of French North Africa in Operation Torch ( November 1942 ) . She sought German-supporting blockade runners off the east coast of South America ( 1943 ) , and supported the Allied landings on Sicily and at Salerno ( 1943 ) . Off Salerno on 11 September 1943 , a German radio-controlled Fritz X glide-bomb caused extensive casualties aboard and serious damage to '' Savannah , '' requiring emergency repairs in Malta and permanent repairs at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard . After repairs and upgrades , she served in the task force that carried President Roosevelt to the Yalta Conference in early 1945
Yalta Conference
Yalta Conference
USS Savannah (CL-42)