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Tuscaloosa

CountryUnited States
Ship ClassNew Orleans-class Heavy Cruiser
Builder NameNew York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey, United States
Laid Down3 Sep 1931
Launched15 Nov 1933
Commissioned17 Aug 1934
Decommissioned13 Feb 1946
Displacement9,950 tons standard
Length588 feet
Beam62 feet
Draft19 feet
Speed32 knots
Crew708
Armament9x8in, 8x5in, 8x12.7mm

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Tuscaloosa Operational Timeline

17 Aug 1934 Tuscaloosa was commissioned into service.
26 Mar 1942 US Navy warships Washington, Wasp, Wichita, Tuscaloosa, and eight destroyers sailed from Portland, Maine, United States for Britain to reinforce the Royal Navy Home Fleet.
13 Feb 1946 Tuscaloosa was decommissioned from service.

Photographs

Tuscaloosa steaming at high speed, probably during trials in 1934Tuscaloosa hoisting a SOC Seagull floatplane from the sea, while en route to Iceland, Sep 1941; note another SOC aircraft on starboard catapult
See all 7 photographs of Heavy Cruiser Tuscaloosa



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Tuscaloosa steaming at high speed, probably during trials in 1934Tuscaloosa hoisting a SOC Seagull floatplane from the sea, while en route to Iceland, Sep 1941; note another SOC aircraft on starboard catapult
See all 7 photographs of Heavy Cruiser Tuscaloosa


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