USS Reno (CL-96)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Reno.
USS Reno (CL-96) was an updated Atlanta-class light cruiser - sometimes referred to as an "Oakland-class" - designed and built to specialize in antiaircraft warfare. She was the first warship to be named for the city of Reno, Nevada. Reno (DD-303) was a destroyer named for Lt. Commander Walter E. Reno.
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USS Reno, November 1944, down by the stern two days after being torpedoed | |
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Name | Reno |
Namesake | City of Reno, Nevada |
Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California |
Laid down | 1 August 1941 |
Launched | 23 December 1942 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. August C. Frohlich |
Commissioned | 28 December 1943 |
Decommissioned | 4 November 1946 |
Reclassified | CLAA-96 18 March 1949 |
Stricken | 1 March 1959 |
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Honors and awards | 3 × battle stars |
Fate | Scrapped in 1962 |
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Class and type | Atlanta-class light cruiser |
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Length | 541 ft 6 in (165.05 m) oa |
Beam | 53 ft (16 m) |
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Speed | 32.5 kn (37.4 mph; 60.2 km/h) |
Complement | 688 officers and enlisted |
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Reno was laid down by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, at San Francisco, California, on 1 August 1941. She was launched on 23 December 1942; sponsored by Mrs. August C. Frohlich; and commissioned on 28 December 1943.[4] The USS Reno spent her entire service life in the Pacific War, and its immediate aftermath, during 1944 through 1946.