U.S.S. Detroit
CL-8
1944
(Neptun 1343b)
(Painted by Dave Shadell)
- Class: Omaha - 10 light cruisers of 1916-18
- Displacement: 7,050 tons
- Dimensions: 550(wl) 555.5(oa) x 55.5 x 13.5 ft.
- Machinery: 4-shaft geared turbines, S.H.P. 90,000 = 34 knots
- Armament: 8-6"/53 (2x2+4x1), 8-3"/50 (8x1), 10-40mm (5x2), 12-20mm AA guns; 2 aircraft
- Complement: 800
- Builder: Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co., Qunicy, MA
- Keel Laid: 10 Nov 1920
- Launched: 20 Jun 1922
- Commissioned: 31 Jul 1923
- Decommissioned: 11 Jan 1946
- Actions: Pearl Harbor, Attu, Iwo Jima, Okinawa. Earned six Battle Stars for her service, most of her class. Shown in Measure 33/2F Light Pattern System camouflage.
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