USN · CL
AfloatCleveland-class light cruiser, CL-66, named for Springfield, Massachusetts, and Springfield, Illinois. Bethlehem Steel at Fore River launched her on 9 March 1944 and the Navy commissioned her at Boston on 9 September 1944. She screened the fast carriers off Okinawa in 1945 and shelled Minami Daito and the Honshu coast. She was not sunk. She joined the reserve fleet in January 1950 and later served as a guided-missile cruiser.
| Class | Cleveland class |
|---|---|
| Type | Light cruiser (CL) |
| Hull | CL-66 |
| Builder | Bethlehem Steel Company, Fore River, Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Launched | 1944-03-09 |
| Commissioned | 1944-09-09 |
| Fate | Afloat. Joined the San Francisco Group of the Pacific Reserve Fleet in January 1950. Two battle stars for World War II. Later converted to CLG-7, decommissioned on 15 May 1974, reclassified CG-7 on 1 July 1975, stricken on 31 July 1978, and sold on 1 March 1980. 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 cruiser USS Springfield (CL-66) underway off Boston, Massachusetts (USA), on 6 January 1945. The ship's camouflage is Measure 33, Design 24d. U.S. Navy photo 80-G-301391 Public domain.
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Command
Moosbrugger, FrederickCaptain from 9 October 1948Relieved on 1 December 1949JSSlaughter, John SimCommander from 1 December 1949Relieved on 30 January 1950Okinawa
1945-04-01 · Screened the fast carriers off Okinawa from 23 March 1945 and destroyed at least three suicide planes; not sunk
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