USN · CL
AfloatCleveland-class light cruiser, CL-67, the second Navy ship named for the capital of Kansas. Bethlehem Steel at Quincy launched her on 19 August 1944 and the Navy commissioned her at Boston on 23 December 1944. In the summer of 1945 she screened the fast carriers against Japan and fired on Minami Daito and Nojima Zaki. She was not sunk. Decommissioned 18 June 1949, she later served as a guided-missile cruiser.
| Class | Cleveland class |
|---|---|
| Type | Light cruiser (CL) |
| Hull | CL-67 |
| Builder | Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Launched | 1944-08-19 |
| Commissioned | 1944-12-23 |
| Fate | Afloat. Decommissioned at San Francisco on 18 June 1949. Two battle stars for World War II. Later converted to CLG-8, recommissioned on 26 March 1960, decommissioned on 5 June 1969, stricken on 1 December 1973, and sold on 20 March 1975 to Southern Scrap Material Co., Ltd. Three battle stars for Vietnam service. Not sunk in action. |
| 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 Topeka (CL-67) underway off Boston, Massachusetts (USA) on 1 January 1945. She is painted in Camouflage Measure 32 or 33, Design 24D. The photo was taken by a blimp of squadron ZP-11. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 42045 Public domain.
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