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Trenton

Afloat

Omaha-class light cruiser, CL-11. William Cramp and Sons launched her on 16 April 1923 and the Navy commissioned her on 19 April 1924. She spent the war with the Southeast Pacific Force, where she once held the raider Michel on radar and did not challenge her, and then with the North Pacific Force, bombarding the Kurils. She was not sunk. Decommissioned at Philadelphia on 20 December 1945.

Class	Omaha class
Type	Light cruiser (CL)
Hull	CL-11
Builder	William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia
Launched	1923-04-16
Commissioned	1924-04-19
Fate	Afloat. Decommissioned at Philadelphia on 20 December 1945, stricken on 21 January 1946, and sold on 29 December 1946 to the Patapsco Scrap Co. of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, for $67,228. One battle star. Not sunk.
Armament (class)	Scout cruiser. Four funnels, with guns in casemates as well as on deck.
Command	Struble, Arthur Dewey Captain from 2 January 1941; Relieved on 25 May 1942 Gregory, Joseph Wesley Captain from 25 May 1942; The list gives the end only as 1943 Norton, Stanley Cook Captain from 26 June 1943; Relieved on 24 June 1944 Coleman, William Bryan Captain from 24 June 1944. The list gives no relief date. Talbert, Joseph Truitt Captain from 20 August 1945; Relieved on 20 December 1945

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 Trenton (CL-11) in San Francisco Bay, California (USA), on 11 August 1944. She is wearing Camouflage Measure 33, Design 2F. U.S. Navy photo 19-N-91697 Public domain.

The pictures on this page are the originals.

Command

ASStruble, Arthur DeweyCaptain from 2 January 1941Relieved on 25 May 1942 JGGregory, Joseph WesleyCaptain from 25 May 1942The list gives the end only as 1943 SNNorton, Stanley CookCaptain from 26 June 1943Relieved on 24 June 1944 WCColeman, William BryanCaptain from 24 June 1944. The list gives no relief date.JTTalbert, Joseph TruittCaptain from 20 August 1945Relieved on 20 December 1945

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