| 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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