USS Honolulu (CL-48)

USS Honolulu (February 1939)
History
United States
Name	Honolulu
Namesake	City of Honolulu, Hawaii
Ordered	13 February 1929
Awarded	22 August 1934 (date assigned to yard) 1 September 1934 (start of construction period)
Builder	New York Naval Yard, Brooklyn, New York
Laid down	9 December 1935
Launched	26 August 1937
Sponsored by	Miss Helen Poindexter
Commissioned	15 June 1938
Decommissioned	3 February 1947
Stricken	1 March 1959
Identification	Hull symbol:CL-48 Code letters:NEKJ
Honors and awards	8 × battle stars
Fate	Sold as scrap on 12 October 1959
General characteristics (as built)[1]
Class and type	Brooklyn-class cruiser
Displacement	10,000 long tons (10,000 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 (5x3) 8 × 5 in (127 mm)/25 caliber anti-aircraft guns (8×1) 8 × caliber 0.50 in (12.7 mm) machine guns
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 × SOC Seagull floatplanes
Aviation facilities	2 × stern catapults
General characteristics (1945)[2][3]
Armament	15 × 6 in/47 caliber guns (5x3) 8 × 5 in/38 caliber dual purpose guns (4x2) 4 × quad 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors anti-aircraft guns 2 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors anti-aircraft guns 18 × single 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft cannons

USS Honolulu (CL-48) of the United States Navy was a Brooklyn-class light cruiser active in the Pacific War (World War II). Honolulu was launched in 1937 and commissioned in 1938. She was the only cruiser to survive the Battle of Tassafaronga undamaged. Honolulu later served in the Battle of Kula Gulf, where she wrecked the destroyer Nagatsuki and helped to sink the destroyer Niizuki, and the Battle of Kolombangara where she helped to sink the light cruiser Jintsū but was crippled by a torpedo which blew off her bow. She then bombarded shores during the Battle of Peleliu. She was taken out of action by serious torpedo damage just before the Battle of Leyte Gulf. She was repaired, but not in time to rejoin the war. She was decommissioned in 1947 and was held in reserve until she was scrapped in 1959.