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USS TUCSON (CL/CLAA 98)

       
Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Bravo - Romeo - Quebec
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 23 DEC 1942 by the Bethlehem Steel Co., San Francisco, CA
Launched 03 SEP 1944
Commissioned 03 FEB 1945
Reclassified CLAA 96 18 MAR 1949
Decommissioned 11 JUN 1949
Stricken 1 JUN 1966 and used as Test Hulk
Fate: Sold for scrap on 24 FEB 1971 to NASSCO, Terminal Island, CA.
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Tucson
0409806		 121k Starboard bow view while underway sometine during WWII. David Buell
Tucson 198k Port bow view while underway sometime during WWII. John Clark
Tucson 120k

USS Tucson (CL-98) Airing bedding while at anchor, circa 1945.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 50004.

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Tucson 139k

USS Tucson (CL 98) Underway, circa the later 1940s.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 98518.

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Tucson
0409807		 508k Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA, 31 March 1963. From Right to Left: Unknown Cleveland Class Light Cruiser, USS Vicksburg (CL 86), USS Bremerton (CA 130), USS Worcester (CL 144), USS Roanoke (CL 145), USS Tucson (CLAA 98). Dennis Tyra
Tucson 68k

ex-USS Tucson (CLAA 98) Under tow off the coast of San Diego, California, 21 January 1967. The towing ship, USS Koka (ATA 185), is out of view to the right. Photographed by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class R.E. Duggan, of squadron VC-3. Note that Tucson's # 3 5"/38 twin gun mount has been removed.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 98519.

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Tucson 70k

ex-USS Tucson (CLAA 98) Being scrapped at the National Metal & Steel Company plant, Terminal Island, California, in 1971-1972. Courtesy of Charles H. Bogart, 1972.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 76579.

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Commanding Officers
Name/Rank Final Rank Dates
Ayrault, Arthur Delancy, CAPT RADM 02/03/1945 -
McLean, Donald Fitzrov, CAPT   07/1947 - 1948
Barchet, Stephen George, CAPT   1948 - 1949

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

USS TUCSON (CL/CLAA 98) History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry on the U.S. Navy Historical Center website.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Contact Name: Mr. Paul Morin
Address: 3374 Golf Dr., San Jose, CA, 95127-1106
Phone: 408-258-1470
Fax: 408-258-9459
E-mail: paam@comcast.net
Reunion Date: April 21-24, 2004
Reunion Location: Tucson, AZ

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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