USS Toledo (CA-133)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Toledo.
USS Toledo (CA-133) was a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy active during the Korean War.
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Name | Toledo |
Namesake | City of Toledo, Ohio |
Builder | New York Shipbuilding Corporation |
Laid down | 13 September 1943 |
Launched | 6 May 1945 |
Commissioned | 27 October 1946 |
Decommissioned | 21 May 1960 |
Stricken | 1 January 1974 |
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Honors and awards | See Awards |
Fate | Scrapped, 30 October 1974 |
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Class and type | Baltimore-class cruiser |
Displacement | 13,600 long tons (13,818 t) |
Length | 674 ft 11 in (205.71 m) |
Beam | 70 ft 10 in (21.59 m) |
Draft | 20 ft 6 in (6.25 m) |
Speed | 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph) |
Complement | 1,142 officers and enlisted |
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Toledo was laid down on 13 September 1943 at Camden, New Jersey, by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, launched on 6 May 1945, sponsored by Mrs Edward J. Moan, and commissioned at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard on 27 October 1946, Captain August J. Detzer, Jr., in command.