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Raleigh

USS Raleigh

Survived

United States Navy

TypeLight cruiser
ClassOmaha
WarSecond World War
Main guns2 × twin 6 in (152 mm)/53 caliber guns

Old light cruiser, torpedoed at Pearl Harbor and kept afloat only by lashing a barge alongside.

The U.S. Navy light cruiser USS Raleigh (CL-7) off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California (USA), 6 July 1942, following repair of combat damage and an overhaul. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 2 × twin 6 in (152 mm)/53 caliber guns
  • 8 × single 6 in/53 caliber guns
  • 2 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber anti-aircraft guns
  • 2 × triple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 2 × twin 21 in torpedo tubes
  • 224 × mines

Armour

  • Belt: 3 in (76 mm)
  • Deck: 1+1⁄2 in (38 mm)
  • Conning Tower: 1+1⁄2 in
  • Bulkheads: 1+1⁄2-3 in
BuilderBethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation's Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts
Laid down16 August 1920
Launched25 October 1922
Commissioned6 February 1924
Displacement7,500 long tons (7,620 t) (standard) 9,508 long tons (9,661 t) (full load)
Length555 ft 6 in (169.32 m) oa 550 ft (170 m) pp
Speed35 kn (65 km/h; 40 mph) (designed speed) 33.7 kn (62.4 km/h; 38.8 mph) (Estimated speed on Trial)

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

Career

Launched

25 October 1922

7 December 1941

Torpedoed

Fate

Survived

Sold for scrap, 27 February 1946