Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Light cruiser |
Class | Cleveland |
Pennant | CL 55 |
Built by | New York Shipbuilding Corp. (Camden, New Jersey, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | 23 Mar 1940 |
Laid down | 1 Jul 1940 |
Launched | 6 Sep 1941 |
Commissioned | 15 Jun 1942 |
End service | 7 Feb 1947 |
History | Decommissioned 7 February 1947. |
Commands listed for USS Cleveland (CL 55)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Capt. Edmund Weidemann Burrough, USN | 15 Sep 1942 | 19 Jun 1943 |
2 | Capt. Andrew Gilbert Shepard, USN | 19 Jun 1943 | 14 Aug 1944 |
3 | T/Capt. Herbert Gladstone Hopwood, USN | 14 Aug 1944 | 3 Jul 1945 |
4 | T/Capt. Charles Joseph Maguire, USN | 3 Jul 1945 |
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