USS Nashville (CL-43)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Nashville.
USS Nashville (August 1943)
History
United States
NameNashville
NamesakeCity of Nashville, Tennessee
Ordered16 June 1933
Awarded3 August 1933
BuilderNew York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey
Cost$11,677,000 (contract price)
Laid down24 January 1935
Launched2 October 1937
Sponsored byMisses Ann and Mildred Stahlman
Commissioned6 June 1938
Decommissioned24 June 1946
Stricken9 January 1951
Identification
Honors and
awards		 10 × battle stars
FateSold to the Chilean Navy 9 January 1951.
History
Chile
Name
  • Capitan Prat (1951–1982)
  • Chacabuco (1982–1984)
Namesake
Acquired9 January 1951
Decommissioned10 May 1982
FateScrapped 1985 in Taiwan
General characteristics (as built)[1]
Class and typeBrooklyn-class cruiser
Displacement
  • 10,000 long tons (10,160 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
Beam61 ft 7 in (18.77 m)
Draft
  • 19 ft 9 in (6.02 m) (mean)
  • 24 ft (7.3 m) (max)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed32.5 kn (37.4 mph; 60.2 km/h)
Complement868 officers and enlisted
Armament
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 carried4 × SOC Seagull floatplanes
Aviation facilities2 × stern catapults
General characteristics (1945)[2][3]
Armament

USS Nashville (CL-43) was a Brooklyn-class cruiser. She was laid down on 24 January 1935 by New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey. She was launched on 2 October 1937, sponsored by Misses Ann and Mildred Stahlman and commissioned on 6 June 1938.[4]

  1. ^ "Ships' Data, U. S. Naval Vessels". US Naval Department. 1 July 1935. pp. 24–31. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  2. ^ Rickard, J (11 May 2015). "USS Nashville (CL-43)". Historyofwar.org. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  3. ^ "US Cruisers List: Light/Heavy/Antiaircraft Cruisers, Part 1". Hazegray.org. 22 January 2000. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Nashville II (CL-43)". Naval History and Heritage Command. 12 August 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.