In response to Ed Wittenberg’s query, and taken from Terzibaschitsch’s
_Curisers of the US Navy 1922-1962_:

MARBLEHEAD commissioned Sep 8, 1924, followed by a shakedown cruise to
England and the Med.
1925: cruise to Australia.
1927-8: surveillance of political events and elections in Nicaragua; then to
Shanghai with RICHMOND and TRENTON, operating on the Yangtze until
March 1928: sailed to Boston via Nicaragua.
8/28-1/33: operated along East Coast.
2/33-1/38: operated along West Coast.
1/38: detached to Asiatic Fleet, based at Cavite.
11/24/41: departed for Philippines with TF5.
12/7/41: in Philippines at outbreak of hostilities; convoy & patrol duty with
Dutch & Australian ships in Dutch East Indies.
1/42: covered withdrawl of Allied ships following attach on Japanese convoy
off Balikpapan.
2/4/42: badly damaged by 2 bombs, 15 killed, 34 injured.
2/13/42: began difficult passage with intermediate stop at Ceylon on 2/21,
where adequate repairs could not be carried out; left for South Africa.
3/24/42: arrived Simonstown; report work until
4/15/42: departed for East Coast USA.
5/4/42: refit at New York Navy Yard.
10/15/42: sent to South Atlantic Fleet; operations based on Recife & Bahia
until 2/44. Five months operations on convoy routes in North Atlantic, then
departure for Palermo, Sicily.
8/44: New York Navy Yard; began preparations 7/29/44 for landings in southern
France.
8/15-17/44: Fire support of landings then returned to USA; summer training
cruise with USNA midshipmen.
November 1, 1945: decommissioned.

So, she not only made it back, she stayed in the fight.

HTH,
John Snyder
John_Snyder@bbs.macnexus.org