U.S.S. Pensacola
CA-24
1944
(Neptun 1336)
- Class: Pensacola - 2 heavy cruisers of 1924
- Displacement: 9,100 tons
- Dimensions: 570(wl) 585.75(oa) x 65.25 x 16.25 ft.
- Machinery: 4-shaft geared turbines, S.H.P. 107,000 = 32.7 knots
- Armament: 10-8"/55 (2x3+2x2), 8-5"/25 (8x1), 24-40mm (6x4), 19-20mm AA guns
- Complement: 1,200
- Builder: New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, NY
- Keel Laid: 27 Oct 1926
- Launched: 25 Apr 1929
- Commissioned: 6 Feb 1930
- Decommissioned: 26 Aug 1946
- Actions: Midway, Santa Cruz, Guadalcanal battle, Tassafaronga (severely damaged), Gilbert Is., Kwajalein, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Pacific raids 1942-44. Bikini target ship July 1946. Sunk 10 Nov 1948.
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