40°26′41″N 79°57′22″W / 40.4446982°N 79.9561294°W
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| History | |
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| Name | Pittsburgh |
| Namesake | City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation's Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Laid down | 3 February 1943 |
| Launched | 22 February 1944 |
| Commissioned | 10 October 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 7 March 1947 |
| Recommissioned | 25 September 1951 |
| Decommissioned | 28 August 1956 |
| Stricken | 1 July 1973 |
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| Honors and awards | See Awards |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1 August 1974 |
| Notes | Bell is in Pittsburgh |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Baltimore-class cruiser |
| Displacement | 13,600 long tons (13,818 t) |
| Length | 673 ft 5 in (205.26 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 |
| Armament | |
| Aircraft carried | 4 |
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USS Pittsburgh (CA-72), originally named USS Albany (CA-72), was a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser of the US Navy and the third ship to bear the name. She was laid down on 3 February 1943 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation's Fore River Shipyard at Quincy, Massachusetts, launched on 22 February 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Cornelius D. Scully, wife of the Mayor of Pittsburgh and commissioned in Boston, Massachusetts on 10 October 1944, with Capt. John Edward Gingrich in command.