USS Amsterdam (CL-101)
_at_Astoria,_14_October_1945.jpg) USS Amsterdam, Astoria, Oregon, October 1945
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Amsterdam |
| Namesake | City of Amsterdam, New York |
| Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia |
| Laid down | 3 March 1943 |
| Launched | 25 April 1944 |
| Commissioned | 8 January 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 30 June 1947 |
| Stricken | 2 January 1971 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap 11 February 1972 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Cleveland-class light cruiser |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 610 ft 1 in (185.95 m) |
| Beam | 66 ft 4 in (20.22 m) |
| Draft | 24 ft 6 in (7.47 m) |
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| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 32.5 knots (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph) |
| Range | 11,000 nmi (20,000 km; 13,000 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 1,285 officers and enlisted |
| Armament |
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| Armor |
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| Aircraft carried | 4 × floatplanes |
| Aviation facilities | 2 × stern catapults |
USS Amsterdam was a
5 in (127 mm) dual-purpose guns. They had a top speed of 32.5 knots
(60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph).
The ship was laid down on 3 March 1943 at
Norfolk Navy Yard Portsmouth, Virginia, on 8 January 1945, Captain
Andrew P. Lawton in command.
Design
The Cleveland-class
US Navy quickly followed. Though still neutral, the United States recognized that war was likely and the urgent need for additional ships ruled out an entirely new design, so the Clevelands were a close development of the earlier Brooklyn-class cruisers, the chief difference being the substitution of a two-gun 5 in (127 mm) dual-purpose gun mount for one of the main battery 6 in (152 mm) gun turrets.[1]
Amsterdam was 610 feet 1 inch (186 m)
kW), the turbines were intended to give a top speed of 32.5 knots (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph). Her crew numbered 1285 officers and enlisted men.[2]
The ship was armed with a main battery of twelve
Bofors 40 mm (1.6 in) guns in four quadruple and six double mounts and ten Oerlikon 20 mm (0.79 in) guns in single mounts.[2]
The ship's
amidships where it protected the ammunition magazines and propulsion machinery spaces. Her deck armor was 2 in (51 mm) thick. The main battery turrets were protected with 6.5 in (170 mm) faces and 3 in (76 mm) sides and tops, and they were supported by barbettes 6 inches thick. Amsterdam's conning tower had 5-inch sides.[2]
Service history
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Amsterdam was built at the
Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. From there, she got underway to join the US fleet in the Pacific, passing through the Panama Canal on 5 May and arriving in Pearl Harbor on the 18th. She participated in further combat training there.[4]
The ship left Pearl Harbor on 9 June to join the fleet at
battle star during her short wartime career.[4]
On 5 September, Amsterdam moved to
Terminal Island, California, on 11 February 1972 and dismantled.[4]
Footnotes
Notes
Citations
References
- "Amsterdam (CL-101)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
- Friedman, Norman (1980). "United States of America". In Gardiner, Robert & Chesneau, Roger (eds.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. pp. 86–166. ISBN 978-0-87021-913-9.
- Friedman, Norman (1984). U.S. Cruisers: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-0-87021-739-5.
- ISBN 978-1-59114-119-8.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to USS Amsterdam (CL-101).
- Photo gallery of USS Amsterdam (CL-101) at NavSource Naval History