USN · CL
AfloatBrooklyn-class light cruiser. She screened Hornet for the Doolittle Raid. A kamikaze off Negros on 13 December 1944 killed 133 men. She was not sunk. Decommissioned 24 June 1946 and sold to Chile on 9 January 1951.
| Class | Brooklyn class |
|---|---|
| Type | Light cruiser (CL) |
| Hull | CL-43 |
| Builder | New York Shipbuilding, Camden |
| Launched | 1937-10-02 |
| Commissioned | 1938-06-06 |
| Fate | Afloat. Decommissioned 24 June 1946. Sold to Chile on 9 January 1951. She served as Capitán Prat and later as Chacabuco into the 1980s. |
| Armament (class) | Five 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.
USS Nashville (CL-43), General Douglas MacArthur's flagship, anchored off Leyte during the landings, about 21 October 1944. She wears Measure 33, Design 21d. Official U.S. Navy photograph 80-G-374940. Public domain.
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Command
Macondray, AthertonCommanding officer, 21 March 1945 to 24 June 1946The Doolittle Raid
1942-04-18 · screened Hornet. One account credits her guns with sinking picket No. 23 Nitto Maru after it radioed. DANFS says Enterprise planes sank that picket and her guns sank a second scout. She was not hit. Not sunk
Aleutian Islands
1942-06-03 · flagship of Task Force 8. Fog on 3 and 4 June kept the force from the Japanese carriers. She bombarded Kiska in August 1942. Not sunk
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