&sq=&lang=&file=File:USS_Atlanta_(CL-104)_leaves_Seattle_on_27_June_1948_(NH_98878).jpg) USS Atlanta, Seattle, June 1948
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Atlanta |
| Namesake | City of Atlanta, Georgia |
| Builder | New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey |
| Laid down | 25 January 1943 |
| Launched | 6 February 1944 |
| Sponsored by | Margaret Mitchell |
| Commissioned | 3 December 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 1 July 1949 |
| Stricken | 1 October 1962 |
| Reinstated | 15 May 1964 |
| Stricken | 1 April 1970 |
| Fate | Sunk as a target ship, 1 October 1970 |
| 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 Atlanta 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).
The ship was laid down on 25 January 1943 at Camden, New Jersey, by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, launched on 6 February 1944, sponsored by Margaret Mitchell (author of Gone with the Wind, who also sponsored the previous USS Atlanta), and commissioned on 3 December 1944, Captain B. H. Colyear in command.