U.S.S. Raleigh (1922)

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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

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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.

Bibliography


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