USS Phoenix (CL-46)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Phoenix. For this ship's service in the Argentine Navy, see ARA General Belgrano.

USS Phoenix
USS Phoenix (1944)
History
United States
NamePhoenix
NamesakeCity of Phoenix, Arizona
Ordered13 February 1929
Awarded22 August 1934
BuilderNew York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey
Cost$11,975,000 (contract price)
Laid down15 April 1935
Launched12 March 1938
Sponsored byMrs. Dorothea Kays Moonan
Commissioned3 October 1938
Decommissioned3 July 1946
Stricken27 January 1951
Identification
Honors and
awards		 11 × battle stars
FateSold to Argentina, 9 April 1951, as ARA 17 de Octubre [1]
History
Argentina
Name17 de Octubre
Namesake17 October 1945, the day popular demonstrations forced the release of Juan Perón
Acquired9 April 1951
RenamedARA General Belgrano (C-4)
NamesakeManuel Belgrano
FateTorpedoed and sunk on 2 May 1982, during the Falklands War by HMS Conqueror
General characteristics (as built)[2]
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)[3][4]
Armament
  • 15 × 6 in (150 mm)/47 caliber guns (5x3)
  • 8 × 5 in (130 mm)/25 caliber anti-aircraft guns (8×1)
  • 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 Phoenix (CL-46), was a light cruiser of the Brooklyn-class cruiser family. She was the third Phoenix of the United States Navy. After World War II the ship was transferred to Argentina in 1951 and was named General Belgrano in 1956.[1] General Belgrano was sunk during the Falklands War in 1982 by the British submarine HMS Conqueror.

She was laid down on 15 April 1935 by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey; launched on 13 March 1938; sponsored by Mrs. Dorothea Kays Moonan; and commissioned at Philadelphia Navy Yard on 3 October 1938. Her name was in honor of the capital city of the state of Arizona.[1]

  1. ^ a b c DANFS: Phoenix.
  2. ^ "Ships' Data, US Naval Vessels". US Naval Department. 1 July 1935. pp. 24–31. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  3. ^ Rickard, J (18 May 2015). "USS Phoenix (CL-46)". Historyofwar.org. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  4. ^ "US Cruisers List: Light/Heavy/Antiaircraft Cruisers, Part 1". Hazegray.org. 22 January 2000. Retrieved 17 October 2015.