USN · CL
AfloatCleveland-class light cruiser, CL-80. Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company laid her down on 9 July 1941, launched her on 23 February 1943, and the Navy commissioned her on 31 August 1943. She screened the fast carriers from the Marshalls through Leyte and fired on Iwo Jima and Okinawa, where a kamikaze hit her and the bomb did not explode. She was not sunk. Decommissioned 29 October 1946.
| Class | Cleveland class |
|---|---|
| Type | Light cruiser (CL) |
| Hull | CL-80 |
| Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia |
| Launched | 1943-02-23 |
| Commissioned | 1943-08-31 |
| Fate | Afloat. Placed in commission in reserve at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard on 18 May 1946 and out of commission in reserve on 29 October 1946. Name struck on 1 December 1961. Sold for scrap to Puget Sound Towing and Barge Company on 29 March 1962. Nine battle stars. Not sunk. |
| Armament (class) | Four triple 6-inch turrets and two funnels. |
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Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.
The U.S. Navy light curiser USS Biloxi (CL-80) underway at sea. The photo is dated 19 February 1945, but was probably taken during the ship's shakedown cruise, circa in October 1943. U.S. Navy photo NH 98263 Public domain.
The pictures on this page are the originals.
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Command
Marshall Islands
1944-01-31 · Bombarded Wotje on 30 January 1944 and Roi over the next two days; a ricochet hit her superstructure and did not explode; not sunk
Operation Hailstone, the raid on Truk
1944-02-17 · Screened the fast carriers in the raid on Truk, 16-17 February 1944; not sunk
Battle of the Philippine Sea
1944-06-19 · Screened Task Group 58.2 on the southern flank; her guns helped splash Judys attacking Bunker Hill on 19 June 1944; not sunk
Battle off Cape Engaño
1944-10-25 · With Task Group 38.2 north off Cape Engano on the night of 24 October 1944; air strikes the next day disposed of five Japanese carriers; not sunk
Iwo Jima
1945-02-19 · Naval gunfire support for the landings on 19 February 1945, and harassing fire that night, until 21 February; not sunk
Okinawa
1945-04-01 · Fire support off Kerama Retto and Okinawa from 26 March 1945, including the landings on 1 April; a kamikaze crashed amidships and its bomb did not explode; not sunk
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