USS Pittsburgh (CA-72)
40°26′41″N 79°57′22″W / 40.4446982°N 79.9561294°W
USS Pittsburgh on 11 October 1955
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Pittsburgh |
Namesake | City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation's Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts |
Laid down | 3 February 1943 |
Launched | 22 February 1944 |
Commissioned | 10 October 1944 |
Decommissioned | 7 March 1947 |
Recommissioned | 25 September 1951 |
Decommissioned | 28 August 1956 |
Stricken | 1 July 1973 |
Identification |
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Honors and awards | See Awards |
Fate | Scrapped, 1 August 1974 |
Notes | Bell is in Pittsburgh |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Baltimore-class cruiser |
Displacement | 13,600 long tons (13,818 t) |
Length | 673 ft 5 in (205.26 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 |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 4 |
USS Pittsburgh (CA-72), originally named USS Albany (CA-72), was a
Service history
World War II, 1944–1945
Pittsburgh worked up along the
Iwo Jima
The force sailed on 10 February for the
The task force sailed from Ulithi on 14 March to shell airfields and other military installations on
Okinawa
Between 23 March and 27 April, Pittsburgh guarded the carriers as they first prepared, covered and supported the invasion of Okinawa. Enemy airfields were interdicted, and the troops given close air support by the carriers. Pittsburgh helped repel enemy air attacks and launched her scout planes to rescue downed pilots. After replenishing at Ulithi, the force sailed on 8 May to attack the Ryukyu Islands and Southern Japan.
Damaged by a typhoon
On 4 June, Pittsburgh was caught in
With a false bow, Pittsburgh left Guam on 24 June for
Atlantic and Mediterranean, 1951–1954
As the
During her second Mediterranean tour of duty, sailing on 1 December, she
Pacific, 1954–1956
On 21 October 1954, she passed through the Panama Canal to join the
Decommissioning and sale, 1956–1974
Pittsburgh went into reserve on 28 April 1956, and was decommissioned at
Awards
Pittsburgh received two
References
- ^ Barr, Roger (2015-10-01). "The Pittsburgh's Typhoon Battle". Retrieved 2021-06-23.
- 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 Pittsburgh at NavSource Naval History
- Pittsburgh Tribune-Review article[permanent dead link]
- A film clip Cruiser Bow Ripped Off By Typhoon, 1945/07/23 (1945) is available for viewing at the Internet Archive