&sq=&lang=&file=File:USS_Tucson_(CL-98)_underway,_circa_the_later_1940s_(NH_98518).jpg) USS Tucson (circa late 1940s)
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| Name | Tucson |
| Namesake | City of Tucson, Arizona |
| Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California |
| Laid down | 23 December 1942 |
| Launched | 3 September 1944 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Emmett S. Claunch, Sr. |
| Commissioned | 3 February 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 11 June 1949 |
| Reclassified | CLAA-98 18 March 1949 |
| Stricken | 1 June 1966 |
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| Honors and awards | &sq=&lang=&file=File:Bronze-service-star-3d.png){kind=small} 1 × battle stars |
| Fate | Sold for scrap on 24 February 1971 |
| General characteristics (as built)[1][2][3] | |
| Class and type | Atlanta-class light cruiser |
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| Length | 541 ft 6 in (165.05 m) oa |
| Beam | 53 ft (16 m) |
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| Speed | 32.5 kn (37.4 mph; 60.2 km/h) |
| Complement | 688 officers and enlisted |
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USS Tucson (CL-98/CLAA-98) was a modified Atlanta-class light cruiser, sometimes referred to as an "Oakland-class". She was laid down on 23 December 1942 in San Francisco, California, by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation; launched on 3 September 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Emmett S. Claunch, Sr.; and commissioned on 3 February 1945.[4] She was named after Tucson, Arizona. She, along with the surviving Atlanta-class, was reclassified a light antiaircraft cruiser (CLAA) on 18 March 1949, prior to her decommissioning on 18 June 1949.
- ^ Rickard, J (13 January 2015). "Atlanta Class Cruisers". Historyofwar.org. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
- ^ "US Cruisers List: US Light/Heavy/AntiAircraft Cruisers, Part 2". Hazegray.org. 24 April 2000. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
- ^ Terzibashitsch, Stefan (1984). Cruisers of the US Navy 1922-1962. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-974-X.
- ^ "Tucson". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. 9 April 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2015.