USS Memphis (1925)
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United States | |
Name | Memphis |
Namesake | City of Memphis, Tennessee |
Ordered | 1 July 1918 |
Awarded | 24 January 1919 |
Builder | William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia |
Yard number | 503 |
Laid down | 14 October 1920 |
Launched | 17 April 1924 |
Sponsored by | Miss Elizabeth R. Paine |
Completed | 1 April 1922 |
Commissioned | 4 February 1925 |
Decommissioned | 17 December 1945 |
Stricken | 8 January 1946 |
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Fate | Scrapped at Baltimore, 1947 |
General characteristics (as built) | |
Class and type | Omaha-class light cruiser |
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Beam | 55 ft (17 m) |
Draft | 14 ft 3 in (4.34 m) (mean) |
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Crew | 29 officers 429 enlisted (peace time) |
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Aircraft carried | 2 × floatplanes |
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General characteristics (1945) | |
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USS Memphis (CL-13) was an Omaha-class light cruiser, originally classified as a scout cruiser, of the United States Navy. She was the fourth Navy ship named for the city of Memphis, Tennessee.