USS Nashville (CL-43)

	USS Nashville (August 1943)
History
United States
Name	Nashville
Namesake	City of Nashville, Tennessee
Ordered	16 June 1933
Awarded	3 August 1933
Builder	New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey
Cost	$11,677,000 (contract price)
Laid down	24 January 1935
Launched	2 October 1937
Sponsored by	Misses Ann and Mildred Stahlman
Commissioned	6 June 1938
Decommissioned	24 June 1946
Stricken	9 January 1951
Identification	Hull symbol:CL-43; Code letters:NABG; ;
Honors and; awards	10 × battle stars
Fate	Sold to the Chilean Navy 9 January 1951.
History
Chile
Name	Capitan Prat (1951–1982); Chacabuco (1982–1984);
Namesake	Arturo Prat; Battle of Chacabuco;
Acquired	9 January 1951
Decommissioned	10 May 1982
Fate	Scrapped 1985 in Taiwan
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Brooklyn-class cruiser
Displacement	10,000 long tons (10,000 t) (estimated as design); 9,767 long tons (9,924 t) (standard); 12,207 long tons (12,403 t) (max);
Length	600 ft (180 m) oa; 608 ft 4 in (185.42 m) lwl;
Beam	61 ft 7 in (18.77 m)
Draft	19 ft 9 in (6.02 m) (mean); 24 ft (7.3 m) (max);
Installed power	8 × Steam boilers ; 100,000 shp (75,000 kW);
Propulsion	4 × geared turbines; 4 × screws;
Speed	32.5 kn (37.4 mph; 60.2 km/h)
Complement	868 officers and enlisted
Armament	15 × 6 in (150 mm)/47 caliber guns (5x3); 8 × 5 in (130 mm)/25 caliber anti-aircraft guns (8×1); 8 × caliber 0.50 in (13 mm) machine guns;
Armor	Belt: 3+1⁄4–5 in (83–127 mm); Deck: 2 in (51 mm); Barbettes: 6 in (150 mm); Turrets: 1+1⁄4–6 in (32–152 mm); Conning tower: 2+1⁄4–5 in (57–127 mm);
Aircraft carried	4 × SOC Seagull floatplanes
Aviation facilities	2 × stern catapults
General characteristics (1945)
Armament	15 × 6 in (150 mm)/47 caliber guns (5x3); 8 × 5 in (130 mm)/25 caliber anti-aircraft guns (8×1); 4 × quad 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors anti-aircraft guns; 2 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors anti-aircraft guns; 18 × single 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons;

USS Nashville (CL-43) was a Brooklyn-class cruiser. She was laid down on 24 January 1935 by New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey. She was launched on 2 October 1937, sponsored by Misses Ann and Mildred Stahlman and commissioned on 6 June 1938.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.