USS Macon (CA-132)
_underway_on_6_October_1951.jpg) USS Macon underway on 6 October 1951
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Macon |
| Namesake | City of Macon, Georgia |
| Builder | New York Shipbuilding |
| Laid down | 14 June 1943 |
| Launched | 15 October 1944 |
| Commissioned | 26 August 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 12 April 1950 |
| Recommissioned | 16 October 1950 |
| Decommissioned | 10 March 1961 |
| Stricken | 1 November 1969 |
| Identification |
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| Motto | Constitution, Justice, Wisdom, Moderation |
| Fate | Scrapped, 5 July 1973 |
| Badge | _insignia,_circa_in_1959.png) |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Baltimore-class cruiser |
| Displacement | 13,600 long tons (13,818 t) |
| Length | 674 ft 11 in (205.71 m) |
| Beam | 70 ft 10 in (21.59 m) |
| Draft | 20 ft 6 in (6.25 m) |
| Speed | 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph) |
| Complement | 1,142 officers and enlisted |
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USS Macon (CA-132), a
1946 – 1950
Macon's first fleet assignment was with the 8th Fleet, which she joined soon after her shakedown cruise. Sailing with the fleet for maneuvers in the Caribbean, she departed Norfolk on 19 April 1946, returning to New York City on 7 May. On 4 June Macon arrived at Norfolk for duty as a test ship for the operational development force.
Over the next four years the cruiser periodically received experimental equipment in the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, conducted tests of the new equipment while she served as an anti-aircraft gunnery schoolship, and training naval reservists off the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States. She also participated in a midshipmen summer cruise to Europe in 1948. Her experimental duties continued until 12 April 1950 when she decommissioned and went into reserve at Philadelphia.
1950 – 1961
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With the outbreak of the
Besides these duties, Macon continued to receive experimental equipment for testing throughout the period. Having also received missile equipment during January–March 1956, she launched the first
Macon participated in
The following January, Macon, carrying the
Macon was placed out of commission in reserve at Philadelphia on 10 March 1961. Stricken on 1 November 1969, and sold to the
References
- ^ "In Memoriam". www.navyband.navy.mil. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.
External links
- Photo gallery of USS Macon at NavSource Naval History