USS Biloxi
Light cruiser of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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USS Biloxi was a Cleveland-class light cruiser of the United States Navy, which were built during World War II. The class was designed as a development of the earlier Brooklyn-class cruisers, the size of which had been limited by the First London Naval Treaty. The start of the war led to the dissolution of the treaty system, but the dramatic need for new vessels precluded a new design, so the Clevelands used the same hull as their predecessors, but were significantly heavier. The Clevelands carried a main battery of twelve 6-inch (152 mm) guns in four three-gun turrets, along with a secondary armament of twelve 5 in (127 mm) dual-purpose guns. They had a top speed of 32.5 knots (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph).
USS Biloxi in 1943 | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Biloxi |
Namesake | City of Biloxi, Mississippi |
Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia |
Laid down | 9 July 1941 |
Launched | 23 February 1943 |
Commissioned | 31 August 1943 |
Decommissioned | 29 August 1946 |
Stricken | 1 December 1961 |
Fate | Sold for scrap on 5 March 1962 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Cleveland-class light cruiser |
Displacement | |
Length | 610 ft 1 in (185.95 m) |
Beam | 66 ft 4 in (20.22 m) |
Draft | 24 ft 6 in (7.47 m) |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 32.5 knots (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph) |
Range | 11,000 nmi (20,000 km; 13,000 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 1,285 officers and enlisted |
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Aircraft carried | 4 × floatplanes |
Aviation facilities | 2 × stern catapults |
The ship was laid down on 9 July 1941 at Newport News, Virginia, by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. and launched on 23 February 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Katharine G. Braun, wife of the Mayor of Biloxi. She was commissioned at the Norfolk Navy Yard on 31 August 1943, with Captain Daniel M. McGurl in command.