USN · CL
SunkCleveland-class light cruiser, CL-91, the first ship named for Oklahoma City. Cramp Shipbuilding of Philadelphia launched her on 20 February 1944 and the Navy commissioned her on 22 December 1944. In June 1945 she joined the fast carriers for the last weeks of the Okinawa campaign and screened them against Japan. She was not sunk in the war. As a target, she went down on 27 March 1999.
| Class | Cleveland class |
|---|---|
| Type | Light cruiser (CL) |
| Hull | CL-91 |
| Builder | Cramp Shipbuilding Co., Philadelphia |
| Launched | 1944-02-20 |
| Commissioned | 1944-12-22 |
| Fate | Sunk. Decommissioned in reserve on 30 June 1947 with the San Francisco Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet. Converted to the guided-missile cruiser CLG-5 and recommissioned on 7 September 1960. Redesignated CG-5 on 30 June 1975. Decommissioned and struck on 15 December 1979. Sunk as a target on 27 March 1999 by a torpedo from the South Korean submarine Le Chung (SS-062), 230 miles southwest of Guam. Two World War II battle stars. Not lost in combat. |
| 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 cruiser USS Oklahoma City (CL-91) underway. She is painted in Measure 22 Camouflage. U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Oklahoma City (CL-91) 1944-45 cruise book available at Public domain.
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Command
Okinawa
1945-04-01 · Joined Carrier Task Group 38.1 on 6 June 1945 in support of the Okinawa Gunto campaign; not sunk
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