USS Augusta (CA-31)

USS Augusta (CA-31), steaming off Portland, Maine, on 9 May 1945.
History
United States
NameAugusta
NamesakeCity of Augusta, Georgia
Ordered18 December 1924
Awarded13 June 1927
BuilderNewport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia
Cost$10,567,000 (contract price)
Laid down2 July 1928
Launched1 February 1930
Sponsored byMiss Evelyn McDaniel
Commissioned30 January 1931
Decommissioned16 July 1946
ReclassifiedCA-31, 1 July 1931
Stricken1 March 1959
Identification
Honours and
awards
FateSold for scrap, 9 November 1959
General characteristics (as built)[1]
Class and typeNorthampton-class cruiser
Displacement9,050 long tons (9,195 t) (standard)
Length
  • 600 ft 3 in (182.96 m) oa
  • 569 ft (173 m) pp
Beam66 ft 1 in (20.14 m)
Draft
  • 16 ft 4 in (4.98 m) (mean)
  • 23 ft (7.0 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
Complement116 officers 679 enlisted
Armament
Armor
  • Belt: 3–3+34 in (76–95 mm)
  • Deck: 1–2 in (25–51 mm)
  • Barbettes: 1+12 in (38 mm)
  • Turrets: 342+12 in (19–64 mm)
  • Conning Tower: 1+14 in (32 mm)
Aircraft carried4 × Curtiss SOC Seagull scout-observation floatplanes
Aviation facilities2 × Amidship catapults
General characteristics (1945)[2][3]
Armament

USS Augusta (CL/CA-31) was a Northampton-class cruiser of the United States Navy, notable for service as a headquarters ship during Operation Torch, Operation Overlord, and Operation Dragoon, and for her occasional use as a presidential flagship carrying both Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman under wartime conditions (including at the Atlantic Charter). She was named after Augusta, Georgia,[1] and was sponsored by Miss Evelyn McDaniel of that city.

  1. ^ a b "Ships' Data, U. S. Naval Vessels". US Naval Department. 1 July 1935. pp. 16–23, 338. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  2. ^ Terzibashitsch, Stefan (1984). Cruisers of the US Navy 1922–1962. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-974-X.
  3. ^ "US Cruisers List: Light/Heavy/Antiaircraft Cruisers, Part 1". Hazegray.org. 22 January 2000. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  4. ^ "5"/25 (12.7 cm) Marks 10, 11, 13 and 17". Navweaps.com. Retrieved 29 October 2016.