USS Louisville

Survived

Type	Heavy cruiser
Class	Northampton
War	Second World War
Main guns	3 × triple 8 in (203 mm)/55 guns

Took the torpedoed Chicago in tow off Rennell Island.

The U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS Louisville (CA-28) off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California (USA), on 17 December 1943. The ship's camouflage scheme is probably Measure 32, Design 6d. Note that no hull number was painted on the bow. Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

3 × triple 8 in (203 mm)/55 guns
4 × 5 in (127 mm)/25 DP guns
2 × triple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes

Armour

Belt: 3–3+3⁄4 in (76–95 mm)
Deck: 1–2 in (25–51 mm)
Barbettes: 1+1⁄2 in (38 mm)
Turrets: 3⁄4–2+1⁄2 in (19–64 mm)
Conning Tower: 1+1⁄4 in (32 mm)

Builder	Puget Sound Naval Yard, Bremerton, Washington
Laid down	4 July 1928
Launched	1 September 1930
Commissioned	15 January 1931
Displacement	9,050 long tons (9,200 t) (standard)
Length	600 ft 3 in (182.96 m) (oa)
Speed	32.7 knots (60.6 km/h; 37.6 mph)
Complement	90 officers 601 enlisted 1,100 officers and men

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

1 September 1930

Battle of Rennell Island

Survived

29–30 January 1943

Towed Chicago

Fate

Survived

Sold for scrap, 14 September 1959