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Revision as of 14:32, 2 November 2015

U.S.S. Raleigh (1922)
Hull Number: CL-7
Builder: Fore River[1]
Laid down: 16 Aug, 1920[2]
Launched: 25 Oct, 1922[3]
Commissioned: 6 Feb, 1924[4]
Decommissioned: 2 Nov, 1945[5]
Stricken: 28 Nov, 1945[6]
Sold: 27 Feb, 1946[7]

U.S.S. Raleigh was one of ten Omaha class light cruisers completed for the U.S. Navy.

Raleigh commissioned in the Boston Navy Yard on 6 February, 1924 under Captain William Carleton Watts.

Service

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 451.
  2. Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 451.
  3. Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 451.
  4. Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 451.
  5. Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 451.
  6. Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 451.
  7. Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 451.
  8. Register of Officers, 1925. pp. 14-15.

Bibliography


Omaha Class Light Cruiser
Omaha Milwaukee Cincinnati Raleigh Detroit
Richmond Concord Trenton Marblehead Memphis
<– Chester Class Minor Cruisers (US)