USS San Diego (CL-53)
_underway_on_8_March_1944_(NH_97825).jpg) USS San Diego on duty in March 1944 |
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| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Order | March 27, 1940 |
| Launch | July 26, 1941 |
| 1. Period of service |
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| Commissioning | January 10, 1942 |
| Decommissioning | November 4, 1946 |
| Technical specifications | |
| length |
165.10 m |
| width |
16.23 m |
| Draft |
7.3 m |
| speed |
32+ knots |
The USS San Diego (identifier CL-53) was an Atlanta-class cruiser in service with the United States Navy during the Pacific War from 1942 to 1946 .
It was armed with 16 127-mm DP guns, 16 40-mm anti -aircraft guns and eight 20-mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns . Thus, the Atlanta-class had the strongest anti-aircraft capacity of any cruiser of World War II.
history
The warship was built by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation . The ship was awarded 18 Battle Stars for war missions in which the ship was involved. Only the USS Enterprise (CV-6) was awarded more with 20 Battle Stars.
On November 4, 1946, she was transferred to the Pacific Reserve Fleet. On March 1, 1959, she was struck from the register of ships and sold for scrapping in December 1960.
memorial
There is a memorial at the port of San Diego to commemorate the ship's participation in World War II .
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Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ USS San Diego (CL-53) Memorial by Eugene Daub & Louis Quaintance. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 5, 2013 ; accessed on May 14, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
