&sq=&lang=&file=File:USS_Louisville_(CA-28)_off_the_Mare_Island_Naval_Shipyard_on_17_December_1943_(19-N-57222)_(cropped).jpg) USS Louisville (CA-28), off Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, 17 December 1943. Camouflage is Measure 32, pattern 6d.
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| History | |
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| Name | Louisville |
| Namesake | City of Louisville, Kentucky |
| Ordered | 18 December 1924 |
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| Builder | Puget Sound Naval Yard, Bremerton, Washington |
| Laid down | 4 July 1928 |
| Launched | 1 September 1930 |
| Commissioned | 15 January 1931 |
| Decommissioned | 17 June 1946 |
| Reclassified | CA-28, 1 July 1931 |
| Stricken | 1 March 1959 |
| Identification |
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| Nickname(s) | "Lady Lou"[1] |
| Honors and awards | &sq=&lang=&file=File:Bronze-service-star-3d.png){kind=small} &sq=&lang=&file=File:Silver-service-star-3d.png){kind=small} 13 × battle stars |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 14 September 1959 |
| General characteristics (as built)[2][3] | |
| Class and type | Northampton-class cruiser |
| Displacement | 9,050 long tons (9,200 t) (standard) |
| Length | 600 ft 3 in (182.96 m) (oa) |
| Beam | 66 ft 1 in (20.14 m) |
| Draft | 23 ft (7.0 m) (deep load) |
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| Propulsion | 4 × screws, 4 × steam turbines |
| Speed | 32.7 knots (60.6 km/h; 37.6 mph) |
| Range | 10,000 nmi (19,000 km; 12,000 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
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| Armor |
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| Aircraft carried | 4 × floatplanes |
| Aviation facilities | 2 × Amidship catapults and hangar |
| General characteristics (1945)[3][4] | |
| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 × Curtiss SC Seahawk floatplanes |
| Aviation facilities | 1 × catapult and hangar |
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USS Louisville (CL/CA-28), a Northampton-class cruiser, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the city of Louisville, Kentucky. She was active throughout the Pacific War. USS Louisville was the first large warship to be built in a drydock.
Louisville was launched on 1 September 1930 at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington,[5] sponsored by Miss Jane Brown Kennedy, and commissioned on 15 January 1931, Captain Edward John Marquart in command.[6] Louisville since commissioning day has carried, on the prominent bulkhead, a shoe of the great stallion, Man o' War, as a talisman against evil.[7]
She was originally classified as a light cruiser, CL-28, because of her thin armor. Effective 1 July 1931, Louisville was redesignated a heavy cruiser, CA-28, because of her 8-inch guns in accordance with the provisions of the London Naval Treaty of 1930.[6]
- ^ "U.S.S. Louisville Reunion Association Records, 1939–2005 — UofL Libraries". louisville.edu. 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
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- ^ "Ships' Data, U. S. Naval Vessels". US Naval Department. 1 July 1935. pp. 16–23. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
- ^ a b "US Cruisers List: Light/Heavy/Antiaircraft Cruisers, Part 1". Hazegray.org. 22 January 2000. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
- ^ Rickard, J (26 February 2014). "Northampton Class Heavy Cruisers". Historyofwar.org. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
- ^ Pacific American Steamship Association; Shipowners Association of the Pacific Coast (1929). "Progress of Construction: U.S. Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington". Pacific Marine Review. 26 (July). San Francisco: J.S. Hines: 305. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b "Louisville III (CL-28)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 29 July 2015. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
- ^ Anon 1946.