USS Brooklyn (CL-40)

USS Brooklyn (1939)
History
United States
Name	Brooklyn
Namesake	Borough of Brooklyn, New York City, New York
Ordered	13 February 1929
Awarded	3 August 1933 (date assigned to ship yard) 1 November 1933 (beginning of construction period)
Builder	Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York
Laid down	12 March 1935
Launched	30 November 1936
Sponsored by	Miss Kathryn Jane Lackey
Commissioned	30 September 1937
Decommissioned	3 January 1947
Stricken	22 January 1951
Identification	Hull symbol:CL-40 Code letters:NAKT
Honors and awards	4 × battle stars
Fate	Sold to Chile in 1951
O'Higgins (CL-02)
Chile
Name	O'Higgins
Namesake	Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme
Commissioned	9 January 1951
Decommissioned	14 January 1992
Identification	CL-02
Fate	Sold for scrap in 1992 Sunk 3 November 1992, under tow to breakers in India
General characteristics (as built)[1]
Class and type	Brooklyn-class cruiser
Displacement	10,000 long tons (10,160 t) (estimated as design) 9,767 long tons (9,924 t) (standard) 12,207 long tons (12,403 t) (max)
Length	600 ft (180 m) oa 608 ft 4 in (185.42 m) lwl
Beam	61 ft 7 in (18.77 m)
Draft	19 ft 9 in (6.02 m) (mean) 24 ft (7.3 m) (max)
Installed power	8 × Steam boilers 100,000 shp (75,000 kW)
Propulsion	4 × geared turbines 4 × screws
Speed	32.5 kn (37.4 mph; 60.2 km/h)
Complement	868 officers and enlisted
Armament	15 × 6 in (152 mm)/47 caliber guns (5 × 3) 8 × 5 in (127 mm)/25 caliber guns (8 × 1) 8 × .50 caliber machine guns (8 × 1)
Armor	Belt: 3+1⁄4–5 in (83–127 mm) Deck: 2 in (51 mm) Barbettes: 6 in (150 mm) Turrets: 1+1⁄4–6 in (32–152 mm) Conning tower: 2+1⁄4–5 in (57–127 mm)
Aircraft carried	4 × floatplanes
Aviation facilities	2 × stern catapults
General characteristics (1945)[2][3]
Beam	69 ft (21 m) (with blisters)
Armament	15 × 6 in (152 mm)/47 caliber guns (5 × 3) 8 × 5 in (127 mm)/25 caliber guns (8 × 1) 6 × quad 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors anti-aircraft guns 2 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors guns 18 × single 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft cannons

USS Brooklyn (CL-40) was a light cruiser, the lead ship of her class of nine, and the third United States Navy ship to bear its name. Commissioned in 1937, she served in the Atlantic during World War II, as a convoy escort and as fire support for amphibious landings.

Decommissioned in 1947, she was transferred to the Chilean Navy in 1951, where she served for another 40 years. She sank under tow to a scrapyard in 1992.