World War II
From August–December 1941, Nashville was based at Bermuda for the Neutrality Patrol in the Central Atlantic. With the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Nashville steamed to Casco Bay, Maine, where she joined with a troop and cargo convoy to escort them to Iceland. She continued escort duty to Bermuda and Iceland until February 1942.
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“But the world itself has no reason, and I can say so, I who have experienced it all, from the creation to the destruction.”
—Albert Camus (1913–1960)
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