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USS DULUTH (CL-87)

       
Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Uniform - Bravo - Papa
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 as USS Cheyenne on 26 OCT 1942 by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, VA
Launched 13 JAN 1944
Commissioned 18 SEP 1944
Decommissioned 25 JUN 1949
Stricken JAN 1960
Fate: Sold for scrap on 14 NOV 1960
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Duluth
0408705		 97k Starboard side view, date and location unknown. David Buell
Duluth 110k Undated WWII era photo. David G. Medland
Duluth 110k

USS Duluth (CL-87) Underway in the Hampton Roads area, Virginia, 10 October 1944, while en route to the southern Chesapeake Bay for sea training. Her camouflage is Measure 32, Design 11a. Photographed from an aircraft based at Naval Air Station Norfolk, Virginia.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 98363.

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Duluth 137k

USS Duluth (CL-87) Underway in the vicinity of Norfolk, Virginia, 11 December 1944. Photographed from an aircraft based at Naval Air Station Norfolk, Virginia.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 98364.

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Duluth 110k

USS Duluth (CL-87) Underway off the U.S. East Coast, circa late 1944. Her camouflage is Measure 32, Design 11a.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 50220.

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USS DULUTH (CL-87) 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. Wayne Gilly
Address: 3622 Cerro Vista Street Huntsville, AL 35805-4953
Phone: None
E-mail: wdwiggly@wiregrass.com or waynegilly@comcast.net

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.
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