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U.S.S. MANCHESTER

(CL-83)

MIGHTY MAN
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CL-83 Deployments - Major Events

Add a CL-83 Shellback Initiation Add a CL-83 Deployment - Major Event
Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
SEP1944-Keel Date: 25 SEP 1944
at Bethlehem Steel Corporation
MAR1946-Launch Date: 5 MAR 1946
OCT1946-Commissioned: 29 OCT 1946
AUG1951-JUN1953SHELL BACK
APR1955-JAN1956West Pac
JUN1956-Decommissioned: 27 JUN 1956

CL-83 General Specifications

Class: Cleveland-class cruiser

Complement: 992 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 10000 tons

Length: 610 feet 1 inches

Beam: 66 feet 4 inches

Draft: 25 feet

Final Disposition: Scrapped 1960