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USS CLEVELAND (CL 55)

Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - India - Charlie - Mike

CLASS - CLEVELAND
Displacement 10,000 Tons, Dimensions, 610' 1" (oa) x 66' 4" x 25' (Max)
Armament 12 x 6"/47, 12 x 5"/38AA, 28 x 40mm, 10 x 20mm, 4 Aircraft
Armor, 5" Belt, 6" Turrets, 2" Deck, 5" Conning Tower.
Machinery, 100,000 SHP; Geared Turbines, 4 screws
Speed, 32.5 Knots, Crew 1255.
Operational and Building Data
Ordered 23 MAR 1940
Keel laid on 01 JUN 1940 by the New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, NJ.
Launched 01 NOV 1941
Commissioned 15 JUN 1942
Decommissioned 07 FEB 1947
Stricken 01 MAR 1959
Fate: Sold for scrap on 18 FEB 1960 to sold to Boston Metals, Baltimore, MD

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Combat Action Ribbon - Navy Unit Commendation - American Campaign Medal
Second Row - Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal (12) - European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal
Third Row - Navy WWII Occupation Medal w/ASIA Clasp - Philippine Presidential Unit Citation - Philippine Liberation Medal

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
0405512	118k	Christening of Cleveland at New York Shipbuilding Corp. Philadelphia Maritime Museum	Ron Reeves
	89k	Late War Image. Undated.	USN
	29k	Small starboard side view.	USN
	9k	Port bow view, date unknown.	J. C. Shields
	184k	USS Cleveland (CL 55) Under construction, at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard, Camden, New Jersey, 1 October 1941. She was launched one month later. This view looks forward from amidships, and shows the armored barbettes for her forward six-inch gun turrets. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives #19-N-31744.	National Archives
	181k	USS Cleveland (CL 55) Under construction, at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard, Camden, New Jersey, 1 October 1941. She was launched one month later. This view looks aft from amidships, and shows the armored barbettes for her after six-inch gun turrets, with her aircraft hangar hatch at the stern. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives #19-N-31741.	National Archives
	96k	USS Cleveland (CL 55) Underway at sea in late 1942. Note that the ship's forward six-inch gun turrets and gun director appear to be tracking the photo aircraft. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 55173.	USNHC
	248	USS Cleveland (CL 55) docked in floating drydock ABSD 1, Jan 1944 at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides. U.S. Navy photo #2173-44	Darryl Baker
	76k	USS Cleveland (CL 55) In floating drydock ABSD 1, at Aessi Island, off Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, 12 January 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 98059.	USNHC
	123k	USS Cleveland (CL 55) With her crew paraded on deck for Captain's inspection, 28 March 1944. She was then serving in the Southwest Pacific area. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 98058.	USNHC
0405511	107k	General Douglas MacArthur confides with the commanding officer of the cruiser USS Cleveland (CL 55) Capitan Herbert G. Hopwood in early summer of 1945. Photo from the MacArthur Library and Museum in Norfolk, VA.	Bill Gonyo
	146k	27 March 1946 photo of the ship off Cape Cod showing the beginnings of her peacetime appearance. Boats have replaced planes. Due to overweight and stability problems, the starboard catapult has been removed along with the range finders on #1 and #4 turrets.	USN
0405513	80k	USS Cleveland (CL 55) Ships bell dedication. Cleveland City Hall - Veteran's Day 2011. Photo by Jeff Carr	Yu Chu
0405514	56k	USS Cleveland (CL 55) Ships bell dedication. Cleveland City Hall - Veteran's Day 2011. Photo by Jeff Carr	Yu Chu

Commanding Officers
Name/Rank	Class	Final Rank	Dates
Burrough, Edmund Weidemann, CAPT	1914	VADM	06/15/1942 - 06/17/1943
Shepard, Andrew Gilbert, CAPT	1917	RADM	06/17/1943 - 11/1943
Hopwood, Herbert Gladstone, CAPT	1919	ADM	08/14/1944 - 07/03/1945
Maguire, Charles Joseph, CAPT	1921	RADM	07/03/1945 - 06/10/1946
Bolam, Cecil Austen, LCDR	1938		06/10/1946 - 02/07/1947

(Courtesy of Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves - Photos courtesy of Bill Gonyo)

USS CLEVELAND (CL 55) History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry on the U.S. Navy Historical Center website.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: Mr. Harold White
Address: 4806 Camino Costado, San Clemente, CA 92673
Phone: 949-361-9083
E-mail: ejbrockett@comline.com
Date:
Location:

Note About Contacts.

The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.

Additional Resources
Hazegray & Underway Cruiser Pages By Andrew Toppan.
USS Cleveland Reunion Association

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