U.S.S. Brooklyn
CL-40
1942
(Neptun 1342)
- Class: Brooklyn - 7 light cruisers of 1933-34
- Displacement: 9,700 tons
- Dimensions: 600(wl) 608.5(oa) x 61.75 x 19.5 ft.
- Machinery: 4-shaft geared turbines, S.H.P. 100,000 = 34 knots
- Armament: 15-6"/47 (5x3), 8-5"/25 (8x1), 8-1.1" (2x4), 8-20mm (8x1) guns; 4 aircraft
- Armor: 5" belt, 6.5" turrets, 2" deck, 5" conning tower
- Complement: 1,300
- Builder: New York Navy Yard
- Keel Laid: 12 Mar 1935
- Launched: 30 Nov 1936
- Commissioned: 30 Sep 1937
- Decommissioned: 30 Jan 1946
- Sold: Chile (O'Higgins) 9 Jan 1951
- Actions: Brooklyn spent here entire WW2 service in the Atlantic, earning 4 Battle Stars for N. Africa, Sicily, Anzio, S. France. Postwar six light cruisers (five Brooklyn-class and one St.Louis class) were sold (two each) to Argentina, Brazil, and Chile.
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