&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:USS_Vicksburg_(CL-86)_off_San_Francisco,_circa_in_October_1945_(NH_66437).jpg) USS Vicksburg soon after the end of World War II
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Vicksburg |
| Namesake | City of Vicksburg, Mississippi |
| Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia |
| Laid down | 26 October 1942 |
| Launched | 14 December 1943 |
| Commissioned | 12 June 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 30 June 1947 |
| Stricken | 1 October 1962 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap on 25 August 1964 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Cleveland-class light cruiser |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 610 ft 1 in (185.95 m) |
| Beam | 66 ft 4 in (20.22 m) |
| Draft | 24 ft 6 in (7.47 m) |
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| Speed | 32.5 knots (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph) |
| Range | 11,000 nmi (20,000 km; 13,000 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 1,285 officers and enlisted |
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| Aircraft carried | 4 × floatplanes |
| Aviation facilities | 2 × stern catapults |
USS Vicksburg was a Cleveland-class light cruiser of the United States Navy, which were built during World War II. The class was designed as a development of the earlier Brooklyn-class cruisers, the size of which had been limited by the First London Naval Treaty. The start of the war led to the dissolution of the treaty system, but the dramatic need for new vessels precluded a new design, so the Clevelands used the same hull as their predecessors, but were significantly heavier. The Clevelands carried a main battery of twelve 6-inch (152 mm) guns in four three-gun turrets, along with a secondary armament of twelve 5 in (127 mm) dual-purpose guns. They had a top speed of 32.5 knots (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph).
Vicksburg was first laid down as Cheyenne on 26 October 1942 at Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia, but, exactly one month later, was renamed Vicksburg. The light cruiser was launched on 14 December 1943; sponsored by Miss Muriel Hamilton, the daughter of Mayor J. C. Hamilton, of Vicksburg, Mississippi; and commissioned at the Norfolk Navy Yard on 12 June 1944, with Captain William C. Vose in command. Vicksburg received two battle stars for her World War II service.