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USS San Diego (CL 53)

Anti-aircraft cruiser of the Atlanta class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeAnti-aircraft cruiser
ClassAtlanta 
PennantCL 53 
Built byBethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. (Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down27 Mar, 1940 
Launched26 Jul, 1941 
Commissioned10 Jan, 1942 
End service4 Nov, 1946 
Loss position
 
HistoryDecommissioned 4 November 1946.
Stricken 1 March 1959.
Sold 3 February 1960 and scrapped at Seattle in December 1960. 

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