U.S.S. Savannah
CL-42
1945
(Neptun 1342c)
- Class: Brooklyn - 7 light cruisers of 1933-34
- Displacement: 9,475 tons
- Dimensions: 600(wl) 608.5(oa) x 68.5 x 24 ft.
- Machinery: 4-shaft geared turbines, S.H.P. 100,000 = 34 knots
- Armament: 15-6"/47 (5x3), 8-5"/38 (4x2), 28-40mm (4x4+6x2) A.A. guns; 4 aircraft
- Armor 5" belt, 6.5" turrets, 2" deck
- Complement: 868
- Builder: New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, NJ
- Keel Laid: 31 May 1934
- Launched: 8 May 1937
- Commissioned: 10 Mar 1938
- Decommissioned: 22 Apr 1946
- Actions: North Africa, Sicily, Salerno (severely damaged by German FX1400 guided bomb 11 Sep 1943); rebuilt with 4 twin 5"/38 replacing original 8 single 5"/25 and blistered.
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