USS Montpelier (CL-57)

	USS Montpelier (CL-57) in Dec 1942
History
United States
Name	Montpelier
Namesake	City of Montpelier, Vermont
Builder	New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey
Laid down	2 December 1940
Launched	12 February 1942
Sponsored by	Mrs. William F. Carry
Commissioned	9 September 1942
Decommissioned	24 January 1947
Stricken	1 March 1959
Identification	Hull symbol:CL-57; Code letters:NCFV; ;
Motto	"Mighty Monty"; "Legend of the Solomons";
Honors and; awards	13 × Battle stars
Fate	Scrapped in 1960
General characteristics
Class and type	Cleveland-class Light cruiser
Displacement	11,744 long tons (11,932 t) (standard); 14,131 long tons (14,358 t) (max);
Length	610 ft 1 in (185.95 m) oa; 608 ft (185 m)pp;
Beam	66 ft 4 in (20.22 m)
Draft	25 ft 6 in (7.77 m) (mean); 25 ft (7.6 m) (max);
Installed power	4 × 634 psi 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)
Range	11,000 nmi (20,000 km) @ 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h)
Complement	1,255 officers and enlisted
Armament	4 × triple 6 in (150 mm)/47 caliber Mark 16 guns; 6 × dual 5 in (130 mm)/38 caliber anti-aircraft guns ; 4 × quad 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors anti-aircraft guns; 4 × dual 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors anti-aircraft guns; 17 × single 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft cannons;
Armor	Belt: 3+1⁄2–5 in (89–127 mm); Deck: 2 in (51 mm); Barbettes: 6 in (150 mm); Turrets: 1+1⁄2–6 in (38–152 mm); Conning Tower: 2+1⁄4–5 in (57–127 mm);
Aircraft carried	4 × floatplanes
Aviation facilities	2 × stern catapults
Service record
Operations:	World War II
Awards:	13 × Battle stars

USS Montpelier (CL-57) was one of 27 United States Navy Cleveland-class light cruisers completed during or shortly after World War II. She was the second US Navy ship to be named for the city of Montpelier, Vermont. Montpelier was commissioned in September 1942 and saw service in several campaigns in the Pacific. Like almost all her sister ships, she was decommissioned shortly after the end of the war, and never saw active service again. Montpelier was scrapped in the early 1960s.