USS Cleveland (CL-55)

History of USS Cleveland (CL-55)

The USS Cleveland (CL-55) was built on July 1, 1940 by the New York Shipbuilding Company in Camden, NJ. On the keel; launched November 1, 1941; sponsored by Mrs.

Selma Florence Smith Burton, wife of Senator Harold H. Burton, mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, for the first three years; and in Pennsylvania June 15, 1942 Served at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, under the command of Captain Edmund W. Burrough.

By September 15, 1942, USS Cleveland (CL-55) was equipped and reorganized in Chesapeake Bay. USS Cleveland (CL-55) undergoes "urgent and essential post-disassembly repairs (September 28 to October 2) at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia, prior to entering the fleet due to problems with the propulsion system.

USS Cleveland (CL-55), escorted by a task force under the command of Rear Admiral Robert C. Giffen, passed the Panama Canal on December 5, 1942, after work was completed. Head to the Pacific and stand out.

The arrival of USS Cleveland (CL-55) in the South Pacific coincides with the end of a long and costly campaign to retake Guadalcanal, the Solomon Islands, from Japanese control.

During the afternoon watch of July 11, 1943, USS Cleveland (CL-55) and her companions took off from Purvis Bay for the night's bombardment of the Army ground attack on Cape Monda. On July 13, 1943, en route to Espirito Santo for supplies, Merrill received orders from Halsey to change course and conduct night patrols off the coast of Rendova.

USS Cleveland (CL-55) spends most of August drilling at the Segond Strait anchorage on Espiritu Santo Island, or continues drilling offshore. Cleveland (CL-55) returned to Espirito Santo on October 3, 1943, and during her watch the following afternoon, escorted by Stereit (DD-407), set her course for Australia.

On June 17, 1944, the USS Cleveland (CL-55) mission changed suddenly. The U-boats warned that the Japanese 1st Mobile Fleet under the command of Lieutenant Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa was moving eastward from the Philippines, and Spruance decided to concentrate the available fast battleships for nighttime attacks on the surface. USS Cleveland (CL-55) returned to CruDiv 12 on August 12, 1944 in Eniwetok. USS Cleveland (CL-55) began its long-awaited overhaul in the United States on October 5, 1944.

She docked overnight at Pearl Harbor from October 14-15 and arrived at Terminal Island in San Pedro, California, on October 21. On January 3, 1945, USS Cleveland (CL-55) embarked on her second Pacific voyage with a handful of new officers and 200 enlisted crew members.

After completing the overhaul, USS Cleveland (CL-55) left Boston on March 27, 1946, for Newport, Rhode Island, and joined the rest of CruDiv 14 on March 28.

Specification

Basics

Year of Service

1942

Origins

United States

Status

stop service

Destroyed, scrapped.

supplement

1,255

staff

Class information

Class

Cleveland Class

Class Size

29

ships

Class

USS Cleveland (CL-55); USS Columbia (CL-56); USS Montpellier (CL-57); USS Denver (CL-58); USS Santa Fe (CL-60) ; USS Birmingham (CL-62); USS Mobile (CL-63); USS Vincennes (CL-64); USS Pasadena (CL-65); USS Springfield (CL-66) ; USS Topeka (CL-67); USS Biloxi (CL-80); USS Vicksburg (CL-81); USS Providence (CL-82); USS Manchester (CL-83) ); USS Vicksburg (CL-86); USS Duluth (CL-87); USS Miami (CL-89); USS Wilkes Barre (CL-90); USS Oklahoma City (CL-91); USS Little Rock (CL-92); USS Galveston (CL-93); USS Youngstown (CL-94); USS Amsterdam (CL-101); USS Portsmouth ( CL-102); USS Wilkes Barre (CL-103); USS Atlanta (CL-104); USS Dayton (CL-105)

Operators

United States

Characters

Sea Bombing

Maritime bombardment/attack of surface targets/areas primarily through ship-based ballistic weapons.

Land Assault

Littoral attacks against surface targets primarily through ship-based missiles/missile weapons.

Sea Patrol

Active patrolling of critical waterways and sea areas; also serves as a local deterrent against air and maritime threats.

Airspace Denial/Deterrence

Neutralization or deterrence of flying elements by airborne missile weapon ballistics.

Fleet Support

Provide support (fire or materiel) to major surface fleets in blue water environments.

Dimensions and Weight

Length

610. 0 feet

185.93m

Ray

66.5 feet

20.27m

Draft

20. 0 feet

6.10m

Shift

10,000

t

Power and Performance

Installed Power:

4 x boilers and 4 x GE turbines producing 100,000 hp on 4 x axles.

Surface Velocity

section 32.5

(37.4 km/h)

Area

11,001nm

(12,660 miles | 20,374 kilometers)

Weapon

12 x 6" (152 mm) /47 caliber main gun (four turrets and triple gun). 12 x 5" (127 mm) /38 caliber dual-purpose gun (DP) (six turrets, two guns). 32 x 40 mm Bofors Anti-Aircraft (AA) guns (eight quad turrets).

Aircraft

4 x Curtiss SOC Seagull reconnaissance aircraft.