USN · CA
Pittsburgh
Photos and infoBaltimore-class heavy cruiser. Commissioned 10 October 1944. Her history puts her with the Lexington (CV-16) group at Ulithi on 13 February 1945, and also says that force had sailed on 10 February. It says that group's planes supported the Marines on Iwo Jima on 19 February. On 19 March she took Franklin in tow. A typhoon tore off her bow on 5 June 1945. No one was lost. Decommissioned 7 March 1947.
| Class | Baltimore class |
|---|---|
| Type | Heavy cruiser (CA) |
| Hull | CA-72 |
| Builder | Bethlehem, Quincy |
| Launched | 1944-02-22 |
| Commissioned | 1944-10-10 |
| Fate | Afloat. Decommissioned 7 March 1947. Struck 1 July 1973 and sold 22 July 1974. |
| Armament (class) | Three triple 8-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 Pittsburgh (CA-72) underway in November 1944. U.S. Navy photograph 1035735. Public domain.
The pictures on this page are the originals.
No color version yet. Colored pictures and film will be added here.
Command
Iwo Jima
1945-02-19 · with the Lexington (CV-16) group; that group's planes supported the Marines on 19 February
Okinawa
1945-04-01 · with the fast carriers; a typhoon tore her bow off on 5 June; not sunk
