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USS BROOKLYN (CL-40)

Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Alpha - Kilo - Tango

Patch image contributed by Michael Tricarico Jr.

CLASS - BROOKLYN
Displacement 9,700 Tons, Dimensions, 608' 4" (oa) x 61' 9" x 24' (Max)
Armament 15 x 6"/47, 8 x 5"/25, 8 x 0.5" 4 Aircraft.
Armor, 5" Belt, 6 1/2" Turrets, 2" Deck, 5" Conning Tower.
Machinery, 100,000 SHP; Geared Turbines, 4 screws
Speed, 32.5 Knots, Crew 868.
Operational and Building Data
Keel laid on 12 MAR 1935 by the New York Navy Yard
Launched 30 NOV 1936
Commissioned 30 SEP 1937
Decommissioned 03 JAN 1947
Stricken 09 JAN 1951
Transferred 09 JAN 1951 to the Chilean Navy and renamed O'HIGGINS (02)
Decommissioned 14 JAN 1992
Fate: Sold for scrap in 1992 but sunk while under tow to India 03 NOV 1992

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
	199k	Caption from photo: "Navy Yard N.Y., 3-8-35 - U.S.S. Brooklyn, CL.40 Section of keel as fabricated showing shell plates connected before being installed F1104-C-10"	National Archives
	99k	Caption from photo: "Navy Yard N.Y., 3-8-35 - U.S.S. Brooklyn, CL.40. Building Ways #2: Keel blocks and cribbing ready to receive keel. F1104-C-11"	National Archives
	105k	Caption from photo: "Navy Yard N.Y., March-12-1935 Laying keel USS. Brooklyn, CL.40, First rivet driven. (Riveters) Raymond V. Ingersell. (Buro Pres, Brooklyn, Almetr Hoff Rep, Bklyn, Civic Council) Holder on Louis C. Wills (Rep, Bklyn COFC. Supervising. Yates Sterling Jr, Commadant G.A. Dunn Manager. F1104-C-14"	National Archives
	178k	Caption from photo: "Navy Yard N.Y., 6-25-35 - U.S.S. Brooklyn, C.L.40, View looking forward F1104-C-15."	National Archives
	135k	Caption from photo: "Navy Yard N.Y., 9-27-35 U.S.S. Brooklyn, C.L.40 F1104-C-25."	National Archives
	82k	Caption from photo: "Navy Yard N.Y. 12-4-35 U.S.S. Brooklyn welded bow assembly forward of frame 4 and below 3rd deck F1104-C-36."	National Archives
	149k	Caption from photo: "Navy Yard N.Y. 4-10-36 U.S.S. Brooklyn CL 40 midships looking forward F1104-C-53."	National Archives
	161k	Caption from photo: "Navy Yard N.Y. 10-6-36 U.S.S. Brooklyn C.L. No 40 F1104-C-65."	National Archives
	113k	Caption from photo: "Navy Yard N.Y. 11-27-36 U.S.S. Brooklyn, F1104-C-84."	National Archives
	71k	Caption from photo: "Navy Yard N.Y. 11-27-36 U.S.S. Brooklyn, F1104-C-90."	National Archives
	97k	Caption from photo: "Navy Yard N.Y. NOV.30, 1936 U.S.S. Brooklyn F1104-C-77."	National Archives
	80k	Caption from photo: "Navy Yard N.Y. 1-4-37 U.S.S. Brooklyn C.A. 40 F1104-C-101."	National Archives
	83k	Caption from photo: "Navy Yard N.Y. 3-30-37 U.S.S. Brooklyn C.L. 40, F1104-C-103."	National Archives
	109k	Caption from photo: "Navy Yard N.Y. 12-11-36 U.S.S. Brooklyn C.L. 40 Turret No 5 F1104-C-104."	National Archives
	67k	Caption from photo: "Navy Yard N.Y. 6-24-37 U.S.S. Brooklyn F1104-C-107."	National Archives
	75k	Caption from photo: "Navy Yard N.Y. 10-4-37 U.S.S. Brooklyn F1104-C-112."	National Archives
	45k	Caption from photo: "Navy Yard N.Y. 6-14-38 U.S.S. Brooklyn F1104-C-284."	National Archives
	21k	Undated, Pre war image.	USN
	128k	USS Brooklyn (CL-40) in the Hudson River, off New York City, 1939. The Palisade Amusement Park is in the center background. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives - 80-G-1023215.	National Archives/Fred Weiss
	63k	USS Brooklyn (CL-40) Anchored in the Hudson River, off New York City, 1939. Donation of Lieutenant Gustave J. Freret, USN (Retired), 1972. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph - NH 81189.	USNHC
	63k	USS Brooklyn (CL-40) Anchored in the Hudson River, off New York City, 1939. The Palisade Amusement Park is in the left background, beyond Brooklyn's aircraft crane. Donation of Lieutenant Gustave J. Freret, USN (Retired), 1972. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph - NH 81262.	USNHC
	87k	Port side view, 1940 (caption updated by Robert Hirst).	Jesse P. Mannix
	117k	Port side view, 1942.	Fabio Peña/USN
	117k	USS Brooklyn (CL-40) Underway at sea, 15 May 1943. Photographed from an aircraft based as Naval Air Station Weeksville, North Carolina. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives - 80-G-68106.	National Archives
	71k	USS Brooklyn (CL-40) Underway on 11 June 1943. Photographed by Fleet Air Wing Nine. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives - 80-G-383754.	National Archives
	109k	Invasion of Sicily, July 1943 - Empty shell cases litter the deck near the forward 6"/47 gun turrets of USS Brooklyn (CL-40), after she had bombarded Licata, Sicily, during the early hours of the invasion, 10 July 1943. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives - 80-G-42522.	National Archives/Scott Dyben
	109k	Anzio Campaign, 1944 - USS Brooklyn (CL-40) bombarding with her 6"/47 guns, during the landings at Anzio, Italy, 22 January 1944. Photographed from USS Frederick C. Davis (DE-136). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives - 80-G-223500.	National Archives/Scott Dyben
	65k	Starboard bow view of Brooklyn as O'Higgins while underway in 1962.	Robert Hirst
	26k	Seen here as O'Higgins, In service with the Chilean navy. Undated.	Fernando Enrique Espinoza Diaz
	58k	Seen here as O'Higgins, In service with the Chilean navy. Undated.	Fernando Enrique Espinoza Diaz
0404033	38k	Starboard bow view while underway as O'Higgins, In service with the Chilean navy. Undated.	Jorge Ramírez Zambrano
0404034	75k	Port side view while under way as O'Higgins, In service with the Chilean navy. Undated.	Jorge Ramírez Zambrano
0404031	228k	CL O'Hìggins (ex USS Brooklyn (CL-40) in service 40 years in the Chilean Navy, from June 30, 1951, until September 27, 1991) firing a broadside off the port side, date and location unknown.	Patricio Villalobos Captain (R) Chilean Navy
0404032	142k	CL O'Hìggins (ex USS Brooklyn (CL-40) in service 40 years in the Chilean Navy, from June 30, 1951, until September 27, 1991) Underway, half Dress-Ship, date and location unknown.	Patricio Villalobos Captain (R) Chilean Navy

USS BROOKLYN (CL-40) History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry on the U.S. Navy Historical Center website.

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