USS Baltimore (CA-68)
Heavy cruiser of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Baltimore.
USS Baltimore (CA-68) was the lead ship of her class of heavy cruiser, the fifth ship of the United States Navy named after the city of Baltimore, Maryland.
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USS Baltimore off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 18 October 1944 | |
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Name | Baltimore |
Namesake | City of Baltimore, Maryland |
Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation's Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts |
Laid down | 26 May 1941 |
Launched | 28 July 1942 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Howard W. Jackson |
Commissioned | 15 April 1943 |
Decommissioned | 8 July 1946 |
Recommissioned | 28 November 1951 |
Decommissioned | 31 May 1956 |
Stricken | 15 February 1971 |
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Class and type | Baltimore-class heavy cruiser |
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Length | 673 ft 5 in (205.26 m) oa |
Beam | 70 ft 10 in (21.59 m) |
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Speed | 33 kn (38 mph; 61 km/h) |
Range | 10,000 nmi (19,000 km) at 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h) |
Complement | 1,142 officers and enlisted |
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Armor | |
Aircraft carried | 4 × floatplanes |
Aviation facilities | 2 × stern catapults |
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