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USS CLEVELAND (CL-55)

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
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 18 FEB 1960

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Cleveland 89k Late War Image. Undated. USN
Cleveland 29k Small port side view. USN
Cleveland 9k Port bow view, date unknown. J. C. Shields
Cleveland 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
Cleveland 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
Cleveland 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
Cleveland 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
Cleveland 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
Cleveland 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
Cleveland 146k March 27, 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

USS CLEVELAND (CL-55) History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry
(Located On The Hazegray & Underway Web Site, This Is The Main Archive For The DANFS Online Project.)

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: 19-23 September 2007
Location: Westin Crown Center, Kansas City, Missouri

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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