USS St. Louis (CL-49)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS St. Louis.
USS St. Louis, eighth of nine Brooklyn-class light cruisers, was the fifth ship of the United States Navy named after the city of St. Louis, Missouri. Commissioned in 1939, she was very active in the Pacific during World War II, earning eleven battle stars.
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USS St. Louis (October 1944) | |
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United States | |
Name | St. Louis |
Namesake | City of St. Louis, Missouri |
Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, Virginia |
Laid down | 10 December 1936 |
Launched | 15 April 1938 |
Commissioned | 19 May 1939 |
Decommissioned | 20 June 1946 |
Stricken | 22 January 1951 |
Fate | Sold to Brazil on 29 January 1951 |
Brazil | |
Name | Almirante Tamandaré |
Namesake | Joaquim Marques Lisboa, Marquis of Tamandaré |
Acquired | 22 January 1951 |
Commissioned | 29 January 1951 |
Decommissioned | 28 June 1976 |
Stricken | 1976 |
Fate | Sunk while under tow from Rio de Janeiro to the ship-breakers in Taiwan for scrapping, 24 August 1980, 38°48′S 01°24′W |
General characteristics (As built) | |
Class and type | Brooklyn-class light cruiser |
Displacement | |
Length | 608 ft 8 in (185.52 m) |
Beam | 61 ft 5 in (18.72 m) |
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Speed | 32.5 kn (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph) |
Complement | 888 officers and enlisted men |
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Aircraft carried | 4 × SOC Seagull floatplanes |
Aviation facilities | 2 × stern catapults |
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She was deactivated shortly after the war, but was recommissioned into the Brazilian Navy as Almirante Tamandaré in 1951. She served until 1976, and sank under tow to the scrappers in 1980.