| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Light cruiser |
| Class | Cleveland |
| Pennant | CL 89 |
| Built by | Cramp Shipbuilding Co. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 29 Oct 1940 |
| Laid down | 2 Aug 1941 |
| Launched | 8 Dec 1942 |
| Commissioned | 28 Dec 1943 |
| End service | 30 Jun 1947 |
| History | Decommissioned 30 June 1947. |
Commands listed for USS Miami (CL 89)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Capt. John Graybill Crawford, USN | 28 Dec 1943 | 1 Feb 1945 |
| 2 | T/Capt. Thomas Howell Binford, USN | 1 Feb 1945 |
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Notable events involving Miami include:
25 Oct 1944
USS Iowa (Capt. A.R. McCann, USN) fuelled the destroyers, USS Colahan (Cdr. D.T. Wilber, USN) and USS Tingey (Cdr. J.O. Miner, USN). Upon completion of the fuelling Iowa and other units of the Task Group formed Task Unit 34.5 and proceeded south at high speed (28 knots) towards San Bernardino Strait in the hope of intercepting the enemy force approaching that strait from the southward.
Task Unit 34.5 was made up of battleships USS Iowa (Capt. A.R. McCann, USN), USS New Jersey (Capt. C.F. Holden, USN), light cruisers USS Vincennes (Capt. A.D. Brown, USN), USS Biloxi (Capt. D.M. McGurl, USN), USS Miami (Capt. J.G. Crawford, USN), destroyers USS Miller (Lt.Cdr. D.L. Johnson, USN), USS Owen (Cdr. C.B.Jones, USN), USS Tingey (Cdr. J.O. Miner, USN), USS The Sullivans (Cdr. R.J. Baum, USN) and USS Lewis Hancock (Cdr. W.M. Searles, USN).
26 Oct 1944
USS Iowa (Capt. A.R. McCann, USN) and the Task Group she is part of continued on the south. At 0029 hours the destroyer USS Lewis Hancock (Cdr. W.M. Searles, USN) reported a surface contact. The three light cruisers closed this contact and opened fire on it. The contact turned out to be the Japanese destroyer Nowaki which was sunk by the light cruisers USS Vincennes (Capt. A.D. Brown, USN), USS Miami (Capt. J.G. Crawford, USN), USS Biloxi (Capt. D.M. McGurl, USN) and the destroyers USS Owen (Cdr. C.B.Jones, USN) and USS Miller (Lt.Cdr. D.L. Johnson, USN).