CLASS - BALTIMORE
Displacement 13,600 Tons, Dimensions, 673' 5" (oa) x 70' 10" x 26' 10" (Max)
Armament 9 x 8"/55, 12 x 5"/38AA, 48 x 40mm, 24 x 20mm, 4 Aircraft
Armor, 6" Belt, 8" Turrets, 2 1/2" Deck, 6 1/2" Conning Tower.
Machinery, 120,000 SHP; G. E. Geared Turbines, 4 screws
Speed, 33 Knots, Crew 2000.
Operational and Building Data
Keel laid on 28 JUL 1943 by the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa
Launched 20 AUG 1944
Commissioned 22 JUL 1945
Decommissioned 09 APR 1948
Recommissioned 27 JAN 1951
Decommissioned 15 NOV 1963
Stricken 01 JAN 1974
Fate: Sold for scrap to Terminal Island's National Metal and Steel Company, 30 APR 1975

USS Los Angeles (CA-135) commissioning ceremony, 22 July 1945.

Associated Press wirephoto

USS Los Angeles (CA-135) "The first phase of reactivation work began today (Tuesday, December 5) aboard the heavy cruiser USS Los Angeles (CA-135) at the San Francisco Naval Shipyard. Today, Yard workmen removed the ship's gun covers and prepared for all-out reactivation. When the ship is re-commissioned, probably during mid-January 1951, special ceremonies will be held and it is hoped by local Navy officials that the Honorable Fletcher Bowrow, Mayor of Los Angeles, will be present." Text quoted from the original photo caption, which was released on 5 December 1950. The ship recommissioned on 27 January 1951, following reactivation work at Hunter's Point, San Francisco, California, where this photograph was taken.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 97390.

USS Los Angeles (CA-135) Photographed 21 March 1951 by PH1c Cooper. Collection of Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 93207.

USS Los Angeles (CA-135) Fires a 5"/38 gun during a bombardment of Wonsan harbor, Korea, circa mid-1951. Note smoke ring, a feature frequently seen when firing 5"/38 guns. Some of the cruiser's 40mm guns are in the foreground.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 97393.

USS Los Angeles (CA-135) Fires her forward 8-inch guns during a night bombardment of the North Korean coast. Photograph is dated 8 June 1951.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives #80-G-437667.

USS Los Angeles (CA-135) Operating off Korea with Task Force 77, August 1951.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 97387.

USS Los Angeles (CA-135) Firing her forward 8-inch guns on enemy targets at Wonsan, North Korea. Photograph is dated 15 October 1951. Note ship's hull number ("135") painted atop turret # 2.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives #80-G-434530.

Change of Command ceremonies aboard USS Los Angeles (CA-135) at Mare Island on 9 January 1952.

U.S. Navy Photo #11517-1-52

USS Los Angeles (CA-135) berthed at Mare Island on 5 January 1952. She was under repair at the yard from 3 January to 28 April 1952.

U.S. Navy Photo #11454-1-52

USS Los Angeles (CA-135) "Returns to the Korean theater for its second tour of combat duty with UN Naval Forces". Text quoted from the original picture caption, released by Commander Naval Forces Far East under date of 13 October 1952. Note that the ship's Jack and National Ensign are flying at half-mast.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 97386.

USS Los Angeles enters dry dock #2 at Mare Island on 22 March 1957. She was under repair at the yard from 3 March to 25 June 1957.

U.S. Navy Photo #33578-3-57

The dry dock caisson is being reposition after USS Los Angeles entered dry dock #2 at Mare Island on 22 March 1957.

U.S. Navy Photo #33580-3-57

Change of Command ceremonies aboard USS Los Angeles (CA-135) at Mare Island on 8 May 1957.

U.S. Navy Photo #34192-5-57

Starboard bow view while entering San Francisco Bay, 11 June 1957.

Photo taken by Allied Photographers of San Francisco.

USS Los Angeles (CA-135) "West Coast Cruisers Capable of Nuclear Assault -- A Regulus I boils white smoke from booster charges as it roars away from its launcher aboard the heavy cruiser USS Los Angeles off San Diego. The launch, a routine evaluation 'shoot', was conducted during the time that 600 members of the Institute of Aeronautical Science were embarked aboard the attack carrier USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14), right. The demonstration, which included a 'Terrier' guided missile interception of the Regulus, power exhibition, carrier operations, and a HUK exercise, was highlighted by the Regulus launching. The Terrier was fired at the Regulus from the USS Norton Sound (AVM-1), background, on August 7." Text quoted from the original photo caption, which was released by Commander, Cruiser-Destroyer Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, on 9 August 1957.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 97391.

USS Los Angeles (CA-135) "Officers and men of U.S.S. Los Angeles honor U.S. dead at Midway" (quoted from the original photo's caption). Photo was presumably taken off the Midway Islands. The original print bears a stamped date of 27 April 1959.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 97388.