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USS ST LOUIS

(CL-49)

Lucky Lou

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CL-49 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
DEC 1936 Keel Date: 10 DEC 1936
at Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Newport News VA
APR 1938 Launch Date: 15 APR 1938
MAY 1939 Commissioned: 19 MAY 1939
JAN 1941 - JAN 1941 Pearl Harbor
MAY 1942 - - - Shellback Initiation - 13 MAY 1942 - Pacific Ocean
MAR 1945 - JUN 1945 Battle of Okinawa
JUN 1946 Decommissioned: 20 JUN 1946

CL-49 General Specifications

Class: St. Louis class light cruiser

Named for: St. Louis

Complement: 888 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 10000 tons

Length: 608.3 feet

Beam: 61.7 feet

Flank Speed: 33 kn

Final Disposition: Sold to Brazil in 1951