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Revision as of 14:38, 8 June 2020

U.S.S. Memphis (1924)
Hull Number: CL-13
Builder: William Cramp & Sons[1]
Laid down: 14 Oct, 1920[2]
Launched: 17 Apr, 1924[3]
Commissioned: 4 Feb, 1925[4]
Decommissioned: 17 Dec, 1945[5]
Stricken: 8 Jan, 1946[6]
Sold: 18 Dec, 1946[7]

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

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, 1928. p. 14.
  9. Register of Officers, 1930. pp. 14, 15.

Bibliography


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