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U.S.S. SAVANNAH
(CL-42)Click to view crew list
CL-42 Deployments - Major Events
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| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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| MAY | 1934 | - | Keel Date: 31 MAY 1934 | ||
| MAY | 1937 | - | Launch Date: 8 MAY 1937 | ||
| MAR | 1938 | - | Commissioned: 10 MAR 1938 | ||
| MAR | 1941 | - | Shellback Initiation - 7 MAR 1941 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| SEP | 1941 | - | Shellback Initiation - 8 SEP 1941 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
| NOV | 1942 | - | DEC | 1942 | African Invasion at Rabat |
| MAY | 1943 | - | DEC | 1943 | North Atlantic |
| FEB | 1947 | - | Decommissioned: 3 FEB 1947 | ||
CL-42 General Specifications
Class: Brooklyn-class light cruiser
Named for: Savannah
Complement: 868 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 9475 tons
Length: 608 feet
Beam: 69 feet
Flank Speed: 32 kn
Final Disposition: Scrapped in 1966