Allied Warships

USS Cincinnati (CL 6)

Light cruiser of the Omaha class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeLight cruiser
ClassOmaha 
PennantCL 6 
Built byTodd Shipbuilding & DryDock Co. (Tacoma, Washington, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down15 May 1920 
Launched23 May 1921 
Commissioned1 Jan 1924 
End service1 Nov 1945 
History

Decommissioned 1 November 1945.
Stricken at an unknown date.
Sold 27 February 1946 to be broken up for scrap.

 

Commands listed for USS Cincinnati (CL 6)

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CommanderFromTo
1Capt. Spencer Steen Lewis, USN10 Jun 1939Jul 1941
2Cdr. Homer William Graf, USNJul 194122 May 1942 (1)
3T/Capt. Elliott Marchant Senn, USN22 May 194221 Oct 1943
4T/Capt. Daniel Fisher Worth, Jr., USN21 Oct 194311 Dec 1944
5T/Capt. Charles Lafayette Surran, USN11 Dec 19441 Nov 1945

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