&sq=&lang=&file=File:USS_Flint_(CL-97)_at_anchor_in_March_1945_(80-G-K-3813).jpg) USS Flint (March 1945)
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| Name | Flint |
| Namesake | City of Flint, Michigan |
| Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California |
| Laid down | 1 August 1941 |
| Launched | 25 January 1944 |
| Commissioned | 31 August 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 6 May 1947 |
| Reclassified | CLAA-97 18 March 1949 |
| Stricken | 1 June 1965 |
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| Honors and awards | &sq=&lang=&file=File:Bronze-service-star-3d.png){kind=small} 4 × battle stars |
| Fate | Sold for scrap on 6 October 1966 |
| General characteristics (as built)[1][2][3] | |
| Class and type | Atlanta-class light cruiser |
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| Length | 541 ft 6 in (165.05 m) oa |
| Beam | 53 ft (16 m) |
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| Speed | 32.5 kn (37.4 mph; 60.2 km/h) |
| Complement | 688 officers and enlisted |
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USS Flint (CL-97) was a modified Atlanta-class light cruiser, sometimes referred to as an "Oakland-class". She was named after the city of Flint, Michigan. She was launched on 25 January 1944 by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation of San Francisco, California, sponsored by Mrs. R. A. Pitcher. She was and commissioned on 31 August 1944. She was reclassified CLAA-97 on 18 March 1949.[4]
- ^ Rickard, J (13 January 2015). "Atlanta Class Cruisers". Historyofwar.org. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
- ^ "US Cruisers List: US Light/Heavy/AntiAircraft Cruisers, Part 2". Hazegray.org. 24 April 2000. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
- ^ Terzibashitsch, Stefan (1984). Cruisers of the US Navy 1922–1962. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-974-X.
- ^ "Flint". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.