USS Augusta (CA-31)

**Augusta**
Ship data
flag	United States
Ship type	Heavy cruiser
class	Northampton- class
Shipyard	Newport News Shipbuilding , Newport News
Launch	February 1, 1930
Commissioning	January 30, 1931
Whereabouts	Wrecked in 1960
Ship dimensions and crew
length	182.96 m ( Lüa )
width	20.14 m
Draft	Max. 5.9 m
displacement	Standard : 9,050 ts ; Maximum: 11,420 tn.l.
crew	735 men
Machine system
machine	8 boiler; 4 Parsons - transmission turbines
Machine ; performance	107,000 PS (78,698 kW)
Top ; speed	32.7 kn (61 km / h)
propeller	4th
Armament
	9 × Sk 20.3 cm L / 55 ; 8 × Flak 12.7 cm L / 25; 24 x Flak 4.0 cm ; 20 x flak 2.0 cm ;
Armor
	Belt: 76 mm; Armored deck : 25–51 mm; Towers: 38–57 mm; Command post: 203 mm;

The USS Augusta ( ID : CA-31) was an American heavy cruiser of the Northampton class , that of the United States Navy during World War II, mainly in the Atlantic Ocean and in the Mediterranean was used.

Named after Augusta (Georgia) , the second largest city in the US state of Georgia , the ship was commissioned from the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company on July 2, 1928 , and began service on January 30, 1931.

Meeting between Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt on the Augusta

history

The Augusta entered service in Norfolk, Virginia on January 30, 1931. At first she was the flagship of the Asian fleet .

She first served in the Atlantic during World War II . In November 1942, she ran with the Allied task force during Operation Torch to the Moroccan coast to attack forces of the Axis powers during the Allied invasion of North Africa. In July 1943, she took part with the Alabama and South Dakota and ships of the Royal Navy in a fake action against the German armed forces in Norway in order to distract the Germans from the planned invasion of Sicily ( Operation Husky ). From June 1944 she was the flagship of Admiral Kirk, commander of the Western Task Force, during the Normandy landings . In August 1944 she supported the 1st Special Force on the island of Levante, on the Mediterranean coast of southern France. The Augusta remained in service after the war and was scrapped in April 1960.

literature

Stefan Terzibaschitsch : US Navy cruiser. From the Omaha class (1922) to the Long Beach. Koehler, Herford 1984, ISBN 3-7822-0348-8 .

Web links

Commons : USS Augusta - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Homepage of the USS Augusta (engl.)
History of Augusta IV (CL-31) in the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (English)