U.S.S. Portland
CA-33
1945
(Neptun 1334a)
- Class: Indianapolis - 2 heavy cruisers of 1929
- Displacement: 9,950 tons
- Dimensions: 592(wl) 610.25(oa) x 66.25 x 17.25 ft.
- Machinery: 4-shaft geared turbines, S.H.P. 107,000 = 32.7 knots
- Armament: 9-8"/55 (3x3), 8-5"/25 (8x1), 24-40mm (4x4+4x2), 14-20mm AA guns; 3 aircraft
- Complement: 1,150
- Builder: Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co., Quincy, MA
- Keel Laid: 17 Feb 1930
- Launched: 21 May 1932
- Commissioned: 23 Feb 1933
- Decommissioned: 12 Jul 1946
- Actions: Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal-Tulagi, Eastern Solomons, Santa Cruz, Guadalcanal battle, Gilbert Is., Kwajalein, Eniwetok, Palau, Leyte Gulf, Mindoro, Lingayen, Okinawa, Pacific raids 1944. Earned 16 Battle Stars.
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