U.S.S. New Orleans
CA-32
1942
(Neptun 1333b)
- Class: New Orleans - 7 heavy cruisers of 1929-33
- Displacement: 9,950 tons
- Dimensions: 578(wl) 588(oa) x 61.75 x 19.5 ft.
- Machinery: 4-shaft geared turbines, S.H.P. 107,000 = 32.7 knots
- Armament: 9-8"/55 (3x3), 8-5"/25 (8x1), 8-1.1" (2x4), 8-40mm (2x4), 10-20mm A.A. guns
- Complement: 1,050
- Builder: New York Navy Yard
- Keel Laid: 14 Mar 1931
- Launched: 12 Apr 1933
- Commissioned: 15 Feb 1934
- Decommissioned: 10 Feb 1947
- Stricken: 1 Mar 1959
- Actions: Pearl Harbour, Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal-Tulagi, Eastern Solomons, Tassafaronga (torpedoed, lost bow up to B turret), Gilbert Is., Kwajalein, Truk raid, Hollandia, Marianas, Palau, Leyte Gulf, Okinawa, Pacific raids 1942-44. Earned 16 Battle Stars.
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