USS Philadelphia (CL-41)

	USS Philadelphia (April 1943)
History
United States
Name	Philadelphia
Namesake	City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ordered	16 June 1933
Awarded	3 August 1933 (date assigned to ship yard); 1 November 1933 (beginning of construction period);
Builder	Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Laid down	28 May 1935
Launched	17 November 1936
Sponsored by	Mrs. George H. Earle
Commissioned	23 September 1937
Decommissioned	3 February 1947
Stricken	9 January 1951
Identification	Hull symbol:CL-41; Code letters:NIJT; ;
Honors and; awards	5 × battle stars
Fate	Sold to Brazil in 1951
History
Brazil
Name	Barroso
Namesake	Francisco Manuel Barroso, Baron of Amazonas
Acquired	9 January 1951
Decommissioned	15 May 1973
Identification	C-11
Fate	Scrapped in 1974
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 Mark 16 guns (5x3); 8 × 5 in (130 mm)/25 caliber anti-aircraft guns; 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 × floatplanes
Aviation facilities	2 × stern catapults
General characteristics (1945)
Beam	69 ft (21 m) (with blisters)
Armament	15 × 6 in (150 mm)/47 caliber guns (5x3); 8 × 5 in (130 mm)/25 caliber anti-aircraft guns; 6 × 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 anti-aircraft cannons;

USS Philadelphia (CL-41) was a Brooklyn-class light cruiser of the United States Navy. She was the fifth ship named for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In the 1950s, she was commissioned into the Brazilian Navy as Almirante Barroso.

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