The Falklands: Two Hollow Victories at Sea

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—By George Russell. Reported by Bonnie Angelo,Frank Melville/London,Gavin Scott/Buenos Aires

* The Brooklyn-class cruiser had a distinguished history. As the U.S.S. Phoenix, she survived the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and subsequently carried then Secretary of State Cordell Hull to the 1943 Casablanca conference. She was sold to Argentina in 1951 for $7.8 million.

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