USS Philadelphia (CL-41)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Philadelphia.
USS Philadelphia (CL-41) was a Brooklyn-class light cruiser of the United States Navy. She was the fifth ship named for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[5] In the 1950s, she was commissioned into the Brazilian Navy as Almirante Barroso.
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USS Philadelphia (April 1943) | |
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United States | |
Name | Philadelphia |
Namesake | City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Ordered | 16 June 1933 |
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Builder | Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Laid down | 28 May 1935 |
Launched | 17 November 1936 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. George H. Earle |
Commissioned | 23 September 1937 |
Decommissioned | 3 February 1947 |
Stricken | 9 January 1951 |
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Honors and awards | 5 × battle stars |
Fate | Sold to Brazil in 1951 |
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Brazil | |
Name | Barroso |
Namesake | Francisco Manuel Barroso, Baron of Amazonas |
Acquired | 9 January 1951 |
Decommissioned | 15 May 1973[1] |
Identification | C-11 |
Fate | Scrapped in 1974 |
General characteristics (as built)[2] | |
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)[3][4] | |
Beam | 69 ft (21 m) (with blisters) |
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