USS Salt Lake City (CA-25)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Salt Lake City.

USS Salt Lake City (CA-25), over head underway, 23 August 1935.
History
United States
NameSalt Lake City
NamesakeCity of Salt Lake City, Utah
Ordered18 December 1924
Awarded
  • 9 July 1926
  • 16 April 1927 (supplementary contract)
BuilderNew York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey
Cost$8,673,833 (limit of cost)
Laid down9 June 1927
Launched23 January 1929
Sponsored byMiss Helen Budge
Commissioned11 December 1929
Decommissioned29 August 1946
ReclassifiedCA-25, 1 July 1931
Stricken18 June 1948
Identification
Nickname(s)"Swayback Maru"
Honors and
awards
FateSunk as target on 25 May 1948, 130 miles off the Southern California coast
Notes
General characteristics (as built)[1]
Class and typePensacola-class cruiser
Displacement9,100 long tons (9,246 t) (standard)
Length
  • 585 ft 6 in (178.46 m) oa
  • 558 ft (170 m) pp
Beam65 ft 3 in (19.89 m)
Draft
  • 16 ft 2 in (4.93 m) (mean)
  • 22 ft (6.7 m) (max)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed32.7 kn (37.6 mph; 60.6 km/h)
Range10,000 nmi (12,000 mi; 19,000 km) at 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h)
Capacity1,500 short tons (1,400 t) fuel oil
Complement87 officers 576 enlisted
Sensors and
processing systems		CXAM radar from 1940[2]
Armament
Armor
  • Belt: 2+1⁄2–4 in (64–102 mm)
  • Deck: 1–1+3⁄4 in (25–44 mm)
  • Barbettes: 3⁄4 in (19 mm)
  • Turrets: 3⁄4–2+1⁄2 in (19–64 mm)
  • Conning Tower: 1+1⁄4 in (32 mm)
Aircraft carried4 × floatplanes
Aviation facilities2 × Amidship catapults
General characteristics (1942)[3]
Armament
General characteristics (1945)[3]
Armament
  • 10 × 8 in (203 mm)/55 caliber guns (2×3, 2×2)
  • 8 × 5 in (127 mm)/25 caliber anti-aircraft guns
  • 2 × 3-pounder 47 mm (1.9 in) saluting guns
  • 6 × quad 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors guns
  • 19 × single 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons

USS Salt Lake City (CL/CA-25) of the United States Navy was a Pensacola-class cruiser, later reclassified as a heavy cruiser, sometimes known as "Swayback Maru" or "Old Swayback". She had 11 battle stars for the eleven engagements she participated in. She was also the first ship to be named after Salt Lake City, Utah.

She was laid down on 9 June 1927, by the American Brown Boveri Electric Corporation, a subsidiary of the New York Shipbuilding Corporation,[4] at Camden, New Jersey; launched on 23 January 1929, sponsored by Helen Budge,[5][6] a granddaughter of leading Mormon missionary William Budge; and commissioned on 11 December 1929, at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Captain Frederick Lansing Oliver in command.[7]

  1. ^ "Ships' Data, U. S. Naval Vessels". US Naval Department. 1 July 1935. pp. 16–23. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  2. ^ Macintyre, Donald, CAPT RN (September 1967). "Shipborne Radar". United States Naval Institute Proceedings.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ a b Rickard, J (31 January 2014). "Pensacola Class Cruisers". Historyofwar.org. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  4. ^ "New York Shipbuilding, Camden NJ". Shipbuildinghistory.com. 17 March 2014. Archived from the original on 1 October 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  5. ^ US Cruiser "Salt Lake City" Launched, USS Salt Lake City Association web site, accessed 2009-10-17
  6. ^ William Budge (1828–1919) family tree, accessed 2009-10-17
  7. ^ "Salt Lake City". Naval History and Heritage Command. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.