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U.S.S. CLEVELAND

(CL-55)


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CL-55 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
JUL1940-Keel Date: 1 JUL 1940
at New York Shipbuilding Corporation of Camden NJ
NOV1941-Launch Date: 1 NOV 1941
JUN1942-Commissioned: 15 JUN 1942
FEB1947-Decommissioned: 7 FEB 1947

CL-55 General Specifications

Class: Light cruiser

Complement: 1255 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 10000 tons

Length: 610 feet 1 inches

Beam: 66 feet 6 inches

Draft: 20 feet

Range: 11 000 Nautical Miles

Final Disposition: Sold for scrap 18 February 1960