| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Heavy cruiser |
| Class | New Orleans |
| Pennant | CA 37 |
| Built by | New York Shipbuilding Corp. (Camden, New Jersey, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 3 Sep, 1931 |
| Launched | 15 Nov, 1933 |
| Commissioned | 17 Aug, 1934 |
| End service | 13 Feb, 1946 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Decommissioned 13 February 1946.,/br>
Stricken 1 March 1959. Sold 25 June 1959 to be broken up for scrap. |
| Noteable events involving Tuscaloosa include: You can find a very helpful page on this vessel at http://www.geocities.com/usstuscaloosa |