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Contact Info
Home Town Gotebo, OK
Last Address Los Angeles County, CA
Date of Passing Mar 09, 1991
Location of Interment Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Cypress) - Cypress, California
Wall/Plot Coordinates Eternal Peace, Map 5, Lot 2795, Grave 2
Launched: 27 May 1939
Commissioned: 25 April 1940
Decommissioned: 15 June 1982
Struck: 15 June 1982
Honors and
awards: 5 battle stars for Korean War service
Fate: sold for scrapping
General characteristics
Displacement: 9,450 tons
Length: 530 ft 6 in (161.70 m)
Beam: 73 ft 3 in (22.33 m)
Draught: 24 ft 5 in (7.44 m)
Propulsion: Steam
Speed: 18 kts
Complement: 1262
Armament: 4 x 5"/38 calHull number AD-14