USS Portland

Survived

Type	Heavy cruiser
Class	Portland
War	Second World War
Main guns	9 × 8″ guns in 3 triple turrets

Fought at Coral Sea, Midway, the Eastern Solomons and Santa Cruz. Torpedoed in the stern on 13 November 1942, she steamed in circles and still sank the crippled Yūdachi at dawn.

The U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS Portland (CA-33) at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (USA), 14 June 1942, with her crew paraded on deck in "Whites". Note the external degaussing cable fitted to the hull side of this ship. Photo: USN, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

9 × 8 in (203 mm)/55 caliber guns (3x3)
8 × 5 in (127 mm)/25 caliber anti-aircraft guns
2 × 3-pounder 47 mm (1.9 in) saluting guns
8 × caliber 0.50 in (12.7 mm) machine guns

Armour

Belt: 3+1⁄4–5 in (83–127 mm)
Deck: 2+1⁄2 in (64 mm)
Barbettes: 1+1⁄2 in (38 mm)
Turrets: 1+1⁄2–2+1⁄2 in (38–64 mm)
Conning Tower: 1+1⁄4 in (32 mm)

Builder	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation's Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts
Laid down	17 February 1930
Launched	21 May 1932
Commissioned	23 February 1933
Displacement	9,800 long tons (9,957 t) (standard)
Length	610 ft 3 in (186.00 m) oa 582 ft (177 m) wl
Speed	32.7 kn (60.6 km/h; 37.6 mph)
Complement	91 officers 757 enlisted men