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Santa Fe

USS Santa Fe

Survived

United States Navy

TypeLight cruiser
ClassCleveland
WarSecond World War
Main guns12 × 6″ guns

With Mobile, Wichita and New Orleans she finished off Chiyoda and sank Hatsuzuki at Cape Engaño.

The US cruiser Santa Fe off the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, 9 January 1943. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Photo: Unknown, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 12 × 6 in (152 mm) Mark 16 guns
  • 12 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 caliber guns
  • 24 × 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors anti-aircraft guns
  • 21 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns

Armour

  • Belt: 3.5–5 in (89–127 mm)
  • Deck: 2 in (51 mm)
  • Barbettes: 6 in (152 mm)
  • Turrets: 6 in (152 mm)
  • Conning Tower: 5 in (127 mm)
BuilderNew York Shipbuilding Corporation
Laid down7 June 1941
Launched10 June 1942
Commissioned24 November 1942
DisplacementStandard: 11,744 long tons (11,932 t) Full load: 14,131 long tons (14,358 t)
Length610 ft 1 in (185.95 m)
Speed32.5 knots (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph)
Complement1,285 officers and enlisted

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

Career

Launched

10 June 1942

25–26 October 1944