USS Boise

USS Boise (CL-47) was a United States Navy Brooklyn-class light freighter. Boise was launched in 1936 and commissioned in 1938. She was stationed in the Phillipines when Japan attacked on December 8, 1941. Boise saw action in the Pacific from January, 1942 to November 1942, and was damaged twice and sent in for repairs during that time frame. From June to September, 1943, it served primarily in the Mediterranean Sea. Throughout rest of the war, she was back in the Pacific, and was decommissioned in 1946. She was sold to Argentina in 1951, and remained in action until being decomissioned and scrapped in 1978.

USS Boise in The War That Came Early
The USS Boise was stationed in Manila when Japan attacked on January 12, 1941. Boise was part of the fleet that set out to meet a possible Japanese invasion later that day. Corporal Pete McGill was assigned to Boise as part of a five-inch gun crew.

Boise survived the first two waves of attack, although the second one killed several crew members. It left the harbor before a third one came.