U.S.S. Boston
CAG-1
1964
(Argos AS-95/1)
- Class: Baltimore - 2 guided missile heavy cruisers of 1952
- Displacement: 13,600 tons
- Dimensions: 664(wl) 675(oa) x 71 x 20.5 ft.
- Machinery: 4-shaft geared turbines, S.H.P. 120,000 = 33 knots
- Armament: 6-8"/55 (2x3), 10-5"/38 (5x2), 8-3"/50 (4x2) A.A. guns
- Missiles: 2 twin Terrier missile launchers
- Complement: 1,700
- Builder: Bethlehem Steel Co, Quincy, MA
- Keel Laid: 30 Jun 1941
- Launched: 26 Aug 1942
- Commissioned: 30 Jun 1943 / 1 Nov 1955
- Decommissioned: 29 Oct 1946 / 5 May 1970
- Notes: Commissioned as CA-69, Boston received ten battle stars for her WWII service: Kwajalein, Truk raid, Eniwetok, Hollandia, the Marianas, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and Pacific Raids 1944-45. Reclassified as CAG-1 on 4 Jan 1952 and towed from Bremerton to Philadelphia for conversion to missile cruiser by New York Shipbuilding Corp, Camden, NJ. Reclassified CA-69 in May 1968. Deployed on the Viet Nam gun line 1967-69.
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