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USS BROOKLYN (CL 40)


       

Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Alpha - Kilo - Tango


Patch image contributed by Michael Tricarico Jr.

CLASS - BROOKLYN
Displacement 9,700 Tons, Dimensions, 608' 4" (oa) x 61' 9" x 24' (Max)
Armament 15 x 6"/47, 8 x 5"/25, 8 x 0.5" 4 Aircraft.
Armor, 5" Belt, 6 1/2" Turrets, 2" Deck, 5" Conning Tower.
Machinery, 100,000 SHP; Geared Turbines, 4 screws
Speed, 32.5 Knots, Crew 868.
Operational and Building Data
Authorized and Ordered 1933
Keel laid on 12 MAR 1935 by the New York Navy Yard
Launched 30 NOV 1936
Commissioned 30 SEP 1937
Commissioned in Reserve 30 JAN 1946
Decommissioned 03 JAN 1947
CNO approval of transfer to Chile 09 JAN 1951
Stricken 22 JAN 1951
Accepted by Chile 19 JUN 1951 and renamed O'HIGGINS (02)
Decommissioned 14 JAN 1992
Fate: Sold for scrap in 1992 but sunk while under tow to India 03 NOV 1992


Emblem image contributed by Pedro Carrasco Bravo.

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Combat Action Ribbon - American Defense Service Medal w/"A" Clasp
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (4) - World War II Victory Medal

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Brooklyn 199k

Caption from photo:

"Navy Yard N.Y., 3-8-35 - U.S.S. Brooklyn, CL.40. Section of keel as fabricated showing shell plates connected before being installed F1104-C-10"

National Archives
Brooklyn 99k

Caption from photo:

"Navy Yard N.Y., 3-8-35 - U.S.S. Brooklyn, CL.40. Building Ways #2: Keel blocks and cribbing ready to receive keel. F1104-C-11"

National Archives
Brooklyn 105k

Caption from photo:

"Navy Yard N.Y., March-12-1935 Laying keel USS. Brooklyn, CL.40, First rivet driven. (Riveters) Raymond V. Ingersell. (Buro Pres, Brooklyn, Almetr Hoff Rep, Bklyn, Civic Council) Holder on Louis C. Wills (Rep, Bklyn COFC. Supervising. Yates Sterling Jr, Commandant G.A. Dunn Manager. F1104-C-14"

National Archives
Brooklyn 178k

Caption from photo:

"Navy Yard N.Y., 6-25-35 - U.S.S. Brooklyn, C.L.40, View looking forward F1104-C-15."

National Archives
Brooklyn 135k

Caption from photo:

"Navy Yard N.Y., 9-27-35 U.S.S. Brooklyn, C.L.40 F1104-C-25."

National Archives
Brooklyn 82k

Caption from photo:

"Navy Yard N.Y. 12-4-35 U.S.S. Brooklyn welded bow assembly forward of frame 4 and below 3rd deck F1104-C-36."

National Archives
Brooklyn

149k

Caption from photo:

"Navy Yard N.Y. 4-10-36 U.S.S. Brooklyn CL 40 midships looking forward F1104-C-53."

National Archives
Brooklyn 161k

Caption from photo:

"Navy Yard N.Y. 10-6-36 U.S.S. Brooklyn C.L. No 40 F1104-C-65."

National Archives
Brooklyn 113k

Caption from photo:

"Navy Yard N.Y. 11-27-36 U.S.S. Brooklyn, F1104-C-84."

National Archives
Brooklyn 71k

Caption from photo:

"Navy Yard N.Y. 11-27-36 U.S.S. Brooklyn, F1104-C-90."

National Archives
Brooklyn
0404054
157k Christening of the Brooklyn CL 40 by Miss Kathryn Jane Lackey. Dale Hargrave
Brooklyn 97k

Caption from photo:

"Navy Yard N.Y. NOV.30, 1936 U.S.S. Brooklyn
F1104-C-77."

National Archives
Brooklyn 80k

Caption from photo:

"Navy Yard N.Y. 1-4-37 U.S.S. Brooklyn C.A. 40 F1104-C-101."

National Archives
Brooklyn 83k

Caption from photo:

"Navy Yard N.Y. 3-30-37 U.S.S. Brooklyn C.L. 40, F1104-C-103."

National Archives
Brooklyn 109k

Caption from photo:

"Navy Yard N.Y. 12-11-36 U.S.S. Brooklyn C.L. 40 Turret No 5 F1104-C-104."

National Archives
Brooklyn 67k

Caption from photo:

"Navy Yard N.Y. 6-24-37 U.S.S. Brooklyn F1104-C-107."

National Archives
Brooklyn 75k

Caption from photo:

"Navy Yard N.Y. 10-4-37 U.S.S. Brooklyn F1104-C-112."

National Archives
Brooklyn 45k

Caption from photo:

"Navy Yard N.Y. 6-14-38 U.S.S. Brooklyn F1104-C-284."

National Archives
Brooklyn 21k Undated, pre-war image. USN
Brooklyn
0404051
241k

Undated aerial view of the USS Brooklyn (CL 40). The ship is painted in Measure 22 camouflage scheme.

United States National Archives, Photo #80-G-32418
Mike Green
Brooklyn
0404058
252k

Captain's stateroom, 18 January 1938.

NHHC Photo #NH 56619

NHHC
Brooklyn
0404057
238k

Crews berthing compartment, 18 January 1938.

NHHC Photo #NH 56620

NHHC
Brooklyn
0404061
189k

Enlisted crewman's storage locker in use, 18 January 1938. Note galvanized steel washing buckets hung on the bulkheads in the background.

NHHC Photo #NH 56616

NHHC
Brooklyn
0404059
473k

Crew's mess compartment, 18 January 1938.

NHHC Photo #NH 56618

NHHC
Brooklyn
0404064
200k

Galley on 18 January 1938.

NHHC Photo #NH 56610

NHHC
Brooklyn
0404062
160k

Officers' wardroom, 18 January 1938.

NHHC Photo #NH 56615

NHHC
Brooklyn
0404056
201k

Cleaning the wardroom, 18 January 1938.

NHHC Photo #NH 56621

NHHC
Brooklyn
0404063
182k

Scene in the Supply Officer's stateroom, 18 January 1938. The officer writing at the desk may be Lieutenant Commander Matthew T. Betton, USN(SC), who was Brooklyn's Supply Officer at the time. Note safe, with combination lock, installed as part of the desk; fan, electric heater, officer's sword and .45 caliber M1911 pistol on the bulkhead above the sofa.

NHHC Photo #NH 56614

NHHC
Brooklyn
0404065
215k Dental facilities on 18 January 1938. NHHC
Brooklyn
0404066
226k  Preparation of meat in the reefer room, 18 January 1938. NHHC
Brooklyn
0404060
232k

Helmsman at the wheel on the bridge, 18 January 1938.

NHHC Photo #NH 56617

NHHC
Brooklyn
0404038

Brooklyn
0404039

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This tobacco card was issued by John Player and Son's in the U.K. in 1939 and came from a series entitled "Modern Naval Craft" Tommy Trampp
Brooklyn
0404052
98k

USS Brooklyn (CL 40) anchored off Portsmouth, NH in May, 1939. The Brooklyn was part of the USS Squalus (SS 192) salvage fleet.

LIFE Magazine Archives - Carl Mydans Photographer, shared by Peter DeForest.

Mike Green
Brooklyn
0404053
98k USS Brooklyn (CL 40) anchored off Portsmouth, NH in May, 1939. The Brooklyn was part of the USS Squalus (SS 192) salvage fleet. The Brooklyn is seen here using her stern aircraft crane to transfer supplies to other vessels in the salvage fleet.

LIFE Magazine Archives - Carl Mydans Photographer, shared by Peter DeForest.

Mike Green
Brooklyn 128k

USS Brooklyn (CL 40) in the Hudson River, off New York City, 1939. The Palisade Amusement Park is in the center background.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives - 80-G-1023215.

National Archives/Fred Weiss
Brooklyn 63k

USS Brooklyn (CL 40) Anchored in the Hudson River, off New York City, 1939. Donation of Lieutenant Gustave J. Freret, USN (Retired), 1972.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph - NH 81189.

USNHC
Brooklyn 63k

USS Brooklyn (CL 40) Anchored in the Hudson River, off New York City, 1939. The Palisade Amusement Park is in the left background, beyond Brooklyn's aircraft crane. Donation of Lieutenant Gustave J. Freret, USN (Retired), 1972.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph - NH 81262.

USNHC
Brooklyn 87k Port side view, 1940 (caption updated by Robert Hurst). Jesse P. Mannix
Brooklyn 117k Port side view, 1942. Fabio Pe?a/USN
Brooklyn
0404055
141k

USS Brooklyn (CL 40) in an Atlantic Convoy in Early-Mid 1942, as seen from either the USS New York or USS Texas.

LIFE Magazine Archives - Frank Scherschel Photographer, shared by Peter DeForest.

Mike Green
Brooklyn
0404049
176k

USS Brooklyn (CL 40) and USS Suwannee (ACV 27) underway, with the amphibious convoy, en route to North Africa, early November 1942.

United States National Archives, Photo #80-G-30228

Mike Green
Brooklyn 117k

USS Brooklyn (CL 40) Underway at sea, 15 May 1943. Photographed from an aircraft based as Naval Air Station Weeksville, North Carolina.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives - 80-G-68106.

National Archives
Brooklyn 71k

USS Brooklyn (CL 40) Underway on 11 June 1943. Photographed by Fleet Air Wing Nine.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives - 80-G-383754.

National Archives
Brooklyn 109k

Invasion of Sicily, July 1943 - Empty shell cases litter the deck near the forward 6"/47 gun turrets of USS Brooklyn (CL 40), after she had bombarded Licata, Sicily, during the early hours of the invasion, 10 July 1943.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives - 80-G-42522.

National Archives/Scott Dyben
Brooklyn 109k

Anzio Campaign, 1944 - USS Brooklyn (CL 40) bombarding with her 6"/47 guns, during the landings at Anzio, Italy, 22 January 1944. Photographed from USS Frederick C. Davis (DE 136).

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives - 80-G-223500.

National Archives/Scott Dyben
Brooklyn
1020001401
162k

HM LCF(3)-14 is in the foreground as USS Brooklyn (CL 40) bombarding during the initial landing at Anzio, 22 January 1944. Photographed from USS Frederick C. Davis (DE 136).

US National Archives, Photo #80-G-223490, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command

Mike Green
Brooklyn
0404068
2.4m This appears to be a Divisional photo, probably taken for a cruise book, dated 25 October 1944, possibly one of the Anti-Aircraft Gun Divisions. More research is necessary for this photo Abbie Alexander
Brooklyn
0404048
84k

This photo shows some of the Mk11 5" guns on the mothballed USS Brooklyn (CL 40), along with various AA gun directors and other deck items which have been covered by way of a blown plastic process to protect the equipment. Also of interest, unrelated to the plastic process, is USS Brooklyn's wooden seaboat. After WWI, smallboats on the “Red Lead Row” ships were just covered in canvas. This sagged after a while, pooling up rainwater which eventually leaked through damaging the boat. After WWII, smallboats on inactivating ships were painted, topped with tarpaper, then covered with a steepled roof to run off rainwater.

Ron Reeves
Brooklyn
0404050
185k

View on the USS Brooklyn's (CL 40) forecastle, looking aft, showing seals over her 6"/47 guns and other equipment to sustain dehumidification while she is in "mothballs." Photographed at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, circa early 1947. In the right background are USS Richmond (CL 9) and another stricken Omaha class cruiser.

United States National Archives, Photo #80-G-702187

Mike Green
Chilean Navy O'Higgins (02)
(1951 - 1992)
Brooklyn
0404000a
30k Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme. Born near Chillán Viejo, Capitanía General de Chile, 20 August 1778; died in Lima, Peru, 24 October 1842. Chilean politician and military man. He is considered the Father of the Homeland in Chile and was one of the key military figures of the independence of his country and Latin America. He was the first Head of State of independent Chile under the title of Director Supremo (Dictator) between 1817 and 1823, when he resigned voluntarily to avoid a civil war, going into exile in Peru until his death. He was Captain General of the Chilean Army, Brigadier of the United Provinces of the River Plate, General of Great Colombia and expedition organizer. Francisco Javier Santos Vazquez
Brooklyn
0404035
33k Starboard bow view of ex USS Brooklyn at the Philadelphia Navy Yard before commissioning in Chilean Navy, 12 July 1951. Pedro Carrasco Bravo.
Brooklyn
0404046
109k Starboard bow view, date and location unknown. Eduardo Aracena Cuéllar
Brooklyn
0404047
187k

Chilean light cruiser O'Higgins (02) underway. Note her camouflage paint scheme.

Chilean Navy official photo.

Robert Hurst
Brooklyn
0404037
16k O'Higgins at anchor in 1953, location unknown. Robert Hurst
Brooklyn
0404036
15k O'Higgins (ex-USS Brooklyn), at anchor in 1954, Location unknown. Robert Hurst
Brooklyn 65k Starboard bow view of Brooklyn as O'Higgins while underway in 1962. Robert Hurst
Brooklyn 26k Seen here as O'Higgins, In service with the Chilean navy. Undated. Fernando Enrique Espinoza Diaz
Brooklyn 58k Seen here as O'Higgins, In service with the Chilean navy. Undated. Fernando Enrique Espinoza Diaz
Brooklyn
0404033
38k Starboard bow view while underway as O'Higgins, In service with the Chilean navy. Undated. Jorge Ramírez Zambrano
Brooklyn
0404034
75k Port side view while under way as O'Higgins, In service with the Chilean navy. Undated. Jorge Ramírez Zambrano
Nashville
0404345
233k Three cruisers of the Chilean Navy head a formation during the 1970s. From left to right: Capitan Prat (ex-USS Nashville), Almirante Latorre (ex-HSwMS Gota Lejon), and O'Higgins (ex-USS Brooklyn) Yu Chu
Brooklyn
0404031
228k CL O'Hìggins (ex USS Brooklyn CL 40) in service 40 years in the Chilean Navy, from June 30, 1951, until September 27, 1991) firing a broadside off the port side, date and location unknown. Patricio Villalobos
Captain (R)
Chilean Navy
Brooklyn
0404032
142k CL O'Hìggins (ex USS Brooklyn CL 40) in service 40 years in the Chilean Navy, from June 30, 1951, until September 27, 1991) Underway, half Dress-Ship, date and location unknown. Patricio Villalobos
Captain (R)
Chilean Navy
Brooklyn
0404067
91k CL O'Hìggins (ex USS Brooklyn CL 40) during 1982 location unknown. She appears to be preparing for Underway Replenishment or Highline Transfer. Richard Brito
Equipment Manuals
Brooklyn
0404045
142k Instructions GEI-9316 - Generator and Distribution Switchboards for United States Cruisers CL-40, CL-41 and CL-48. Ed Zajkowski
Brooklyn
0404040
504k Photos from booklet "Instructions GEI-9316 - Generator and Distribution Switchboards for United States Cruisers CL-40, CL-41 and CL-48". Ed Zajkowski
Brooklyn
0404041
503k Photos from booklet "Instructions GEI-9316 - Generator and Distribution Switchboards for United States Cruisers CL-40, CL-41 and CL-48". Ed Zajkowski
Brooklyn
0404042
531k Photos from booklet "Instructions GEI-9316 - Generator and Distribution Switchboards for United States Cruisers CL-40, CL-41 and CL-48". Ed Zajkowski
Brooklyn
0404043
528k Photos from booklet "Instructions GEI-9316 - Generator and Distribution Switchboards for United States Cruisers CL-40, CL-41 and CL-48". Ed Zajkowski
Brooklyn
0404044
570k Photos from booklet "Instructions GEI-9316 - Generator and Distribution Switchboards for United States Cruisers CL-40, CL-41 and CL-48". Ed Zajkowski

Commanding Officers
Name/Rank Class Final Rank Dates
Brereton Jr., William Denny, CAPT     09/30/1937 - 05/18/1939
Smith, William Ward, CAPT 1909 VADM 05/18/1939 - 02/03/1941
Stone, Ellis Spencer, CAPT 1911   02/03/1941 - 06/12/1942
Denebrink, Francis Compton, CAPT   VADM 06/12/1942 - 02/14/1943
Ziroli, Humbert William, CAPT   RADM 02/14/1943 - 10/11/1943
Cary, Jr., Robert Webster, CAPT 1914 RADM 10/11/1943 - 02/16/1944
Layne, Frank Chester, CAPT 1924   02/16/1944 - 04/12/1944
Dodge, Frank Riley, CAPT 1918 RADM 04/12/1944 - 01/14/1945
Eckberg, Herbert Frederic, CDR     01/14/1945 - 04/12/1945
Fitzgerald Jr., William Francis, CAPT   RADM 04/12/1945 - 09/26/1945
Whitehurst, Edson Hill, CDR (30)     09/26/1945 - 10/30/1945
Zimanski, Frank Anthony, LCDR (38)     10/30/1945 - 01/05/1946
Lank, Harold Clase, LCDR (39)     01/05/1946 - 09/20/1946
Jackson, Robert Linden, CDR     09/20/1946 - 02/03/1947

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


USS BROOKLYN (CL 40) History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry on the U.S. Navy Historical Center website.

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