


Tuscaloosa
Country | United States |
Ship Class | New Orleans-class Heavy Cruiser |
Builder | New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey, United States |
Laid Down | 3 Sep 1931 |
Launched | 15 Nov 1933 |
Commissioned | 17 Aug 1934 |
Decommissioned | 13 Feb 1946 |
Displacement | 9,950 tons standard |
Length | 588 feet |
Beam | 62 feet |
Draft | 19 feet |
Speed | 32 knots |
Crew | 708 |
Armament | 9x8in, 8x5in, 8x12.7mm |
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Tuscaloosa Operational Timeline
17 Aug 1934 | Tuscaloosa was commissioned into service. |
29 May 1941 | Task Group 3, comprised of aircraft carrier USS Ranger, heavy cruiser USS Tuscaloosa, and destroyers USS McDougal and Eberle, sailed from Bermuda on a 4,355-mile Neutrality Patrol in the Atlantic. |
8 Jun 1941 | USS Ranger, USS Tuscaloosa, and their task group returned to Bermuda and conclude their ten-day Neutrality Patrol. |
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. |
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