USS Brooklyn (CL-40)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Brooklyn.
USS Brooklyn (CL-40) was a light cruiser, the lead ship of her class of nine, and the third United States Navy ship to bear its name. Commissioned in 1937, she served in the Atlantic during World War II, as a convoy escort and as fire support for amphibious landings.
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USS Brooklyn (1939) | |
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United States | |
Name | Brooklyn |
Namesake | Borough of Brooklyn, New York City, New York |
Ordered | 13 February 1929 |
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Builder | Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York |
Laid down | 12 March 1935 |
Launched | 30 November 1936 |
Sponsored by | Miss Kathryn Jane Lackey |
Commissioned | 30 September 1937 |
Decommissioned | 3 January 1947 |
Stricken | 22 January 1951 |
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Honors and awards | 4 × battle stars |
Fate | Sold to Chile in 1951 |
O'Higgins (CL-02) | |
Chile | |
Name | O'Higgins |
Namesake | Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme |
Commissioned | 9 January 1951 |
Decommissioned | 14 January 1992 |
Identification | CL-02 |
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General characteristics (as built)[1] | |
Class and type | Brooklyn-class cruiser |
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Length | |
Beam | 61 ft 7 in (18.77 m) |
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Speed | 32.5 kn (37.4 mph; 60.2 km/h) |
Complement | 868 officers and enlisted |
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Aircraft carried | 4 × floatplanes |
Aviation facilities | 2 × stern catapults |
General characteristics (1945)[2][3] | |
Beam | 69 ft (21 m) (with blisters) |
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Decommissioned in 1947, she was transferred to the Chilean Navy in 1951, where she served for another 40 years. She sank under tow to a scrapyard in 1992.