USS Pensacola (CA-24)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Pensacola.
USS Pensacola (CL/CA-24) was a cruiser of the United States Navy that was in service from 1929 to 1945. She was the lead ship of the Pensacola class, which the navy classified from 1931 as heavy cruisers. The third Navy ship to be named after the city of Pensacola, Florida, she was nicknamed the "Grey Ghost" by Tokyo Rose. She received 13 battle stars for her service.
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USS Pensacola (CA-24), underway at sea, September 1935. | |
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Name | Pensacola |
Namesake | City of Pensacola, Florida |
Ordered | 18 December 1924 |
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Builder | New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York |
Cost | $11,100,000 (limit of cost) |
Laid down | 27 October 1926 |
Launched | 25 April 1929 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Joseph L. Seligman |
Completed | 9 July 1929 |
Commissioned | 6 February 1930 |
Decommissioned | 26 August 1946 |
Reclassified | CA-24, 1 July 1931 |
Stricken | 28 November 1945 |
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Nickname(s) | "Grey Ghost" |
Honors and awards | 13 × Battle stars |
Fate | Sunk as a target, 10 November 1948 |
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Class and type | Pensacola-class cruiser |
Displacement | 9,100 long tons (9,246 t) (standard) |
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Beam | 65 ft 3 in (19.89 m) |
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Speed | 32.7 kn (37.6 mph; 60.6 km/h) |
Range | 10,000 nmi (12,000 mi; 19,000 km) at 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h) |
Capacity | 1,500 short tons (1,400 t) fuel oil |
Complement | 85 officers 445 enlisted |
Sensors and processing systems | CXAM radar from 1940 |
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Aircraft carried | 4 × floatplanes |
Aviation facilities | 2 × Amidship catapults |
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She was laid down by the New York Navy Yard on 27 October 1926, launched on 25 April 1929, sponsored by Mrs. Joseph L. Seligman, and commissioned on 6 February 1930.[3]