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USS FLINT (CL/CLAA 97)


       
Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Bravo - Quebec - Uniform

CLASS -Oakland
Displacement 6,000 Tons, Dimensions, 541' 0" (oa) x 53' 2" x 26' 6" (Max)
Armament 12 x 5"/38AA, 8 x 40mm, 16 x 20mm, 6 x 21" tt.
Armor, 3 3/4" Belt, 1 1/4" Turrets, 1 1/4" Deck, 2 1/2" Conning Tower.
Machinery, 75,000 SHP; Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 32.5 Knots, Crew 650.
Operational and Building Data
Keel laid on 01 AUG 1941 by the Bethlehem Steel Co., San Francisco, CA
Launched 25 JAN 1944
Commissioned 31 AUG 1944
Decommissioned 06 MAY 1947
Reclassified CLAA 97 18 MAR 1949
Stricken 01 SEP 1965
Fate: Sold for scrap on 06 OCT 1966 to Zidell Explorations, Portland, OR.

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Flint 58k USS Flint (CL 97) Ready for christening, at the Bethlehem Steel Company shipyard, San Francisco, California, 25 January 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 98511. USNHC
Flint 76k USS Flint (CL 97) Launching, at the Bethlehem Steel Company shipyard, San Francisco, California, 25 January 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 98512. USNHC
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Port side view, date and location unknown.

U.S. Navy photo.

David Buell
Flint 100k

USS Flint (CL 97) Off San Francisco, California, 18 September 1944. The original print has been annotated to identify radar and other antennas.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 64665.

USNHC
Flint 23k Starboard bow view, 1 December1944, while at anchor in San Francisco Bay (caption updated by Wil P Kraushaar) USN
Flint 108k

USS Flint (CL 97) Probably at Ulithi Atoll, circa late March 1945, as the Fifth Fleet was departing for the Okinawa operation. Photographed from USS West Virginia (BB 48). Flint's camouflage is Measure 33, Design 22d.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives #80-G-K-3813.

National Archives
Flint 70k

USS Flint (CL 97) At anchor at a western Pacific base, circa mid-1945.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 98513.

USNHC

Commanding Officers
Name/Rank Final Rank Dates
Will, Charles Raymond, CAPT   08/31/1944 - 1945
Tichenor, Murray Jones, CDR RADM 1945

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


USS FLINT (CL/CLAA 97) History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry on the U.S. Navy Historical Center website.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: Mr. Ted Brevik
Address: 21602 N 159th Ln Sun City West, AZ, 85375-6644
Phone: 602-584-2412
E-mail: None


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.


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