USS Milwaukee (CL-5)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Milwaukee and Soviet cruiser Murmansk.

USS Milwaukee in New York, 1943
History
United States
NameMilwaukee
NamesakeCity of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Awarded27 August 1917
BuilderTodd Dry Dock and Construction Company
Laid down13 December 1918
Launched24 March 1921
Sponsored byMrs. Rudolph Pfeil
Commissioned20 June 1923
IdentificationHull number: CL-5
FateLoaned to the Soviet Union, 20 April 1944
Soviet Union
NameMurmansk
NamesakeMurmansk
OperatorSoviet Navy
Acquired20 April 1944
Renamed20 April 1944
FateReturned to the United States, 16 March 1949
United States
NameMilwaukee
Acquired16 March 1949
FateSold for scrap, 10 December 1949
General characteristics (as built)
Class and typeOmaha-class light cruiser
Displacement7,050 long tons (7,163 t) (standard)
Length555 ft 6 in (169.32 m)
Beam55 ft 4 in (16.87 m)
Draft13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed35 kn (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement458 officers and enlisted men
Armament
Armor
Aircraft carried2 × floatplanes
Aviation facilities2 × catapults

USS Milwaukee (CL-5) was an Omaha-class light cruiser built for the United States Navy during the 1920s. The ship spent most of her early career assigned to the Asiatic and Battle Fleets. In 1941, she was assigned to the Neutrality Patrol until she was refitted in New York in late 1941. She escorted a troop convoy to the Pacific in early 1942 before returning to the South Atlantic where she patrolled for German commerce raiders and blockade runners. In November, she intercepted one of the latter, but it scuttled itself before it could be captured. In 1944, she was temporarily transferred to the Soviet Navy and commissioned as Murmansk. The ship was returned by the Soviets in 1949 and sold for scrap in December.