La Motte-Picquet
| Country | France |
| Ship Class | Duguay-Trouin-class Light Cruiser |
| Builder | Arsenal de Lorient, France |
| Laid Down | 17 Jan 1923 |
| Launched | 21 Mar 1924 |
| Commissioned | 5 Mar 1927 |
| Sunk | 12 Jan 1945 |
| Displacement | 7,249 tons standard; 9,350 tons full |
| Length | 595 feet |
| Beam | 57 feet |
| Draft | 17 feet |
| Machinery | Parsons single-reduction geared turbines, eight Guyot boilers, four shafts |
| Power Output | 102,000 shaft horsepower |
| Speed | 33 knots |
| Range | 3,000nm at 15 knots |
| Crew | 578 |
| Armament | 4x2x155mm guns, 4x75mm AA guns, 4x3x550 torpedo tubes |
| Armor | 20mm deck, 30mm magazine box, 30mm turrets, 30mm tower |
| Aircraft | Two GL-812 or GL-832 aircraft |
| Catapult | 1 |
Contributor: C. Peter Chen
ww2dbaseCommissioned into service in early 1927, light cruiser La Motte-Picquet was based at Brest, France until 1933 as the flagship the 3rd Light Division. In 1935, she visited several ports in South American and Africa. In Jan 1936, she was transferred to French Indochina, remaining there through the start of the European War in Sep 1939. During the Franco-Thai War, in Jan 1941, she became the flagship of the recently formed naval squadron Groupe Occasionnel; capitaine de vaisseau RĂ©gis BĂ©renger was her commanding officer at this time. She participated in the Battle of Koh Chang which saw the destruction of a Thai naval squadron. In Sep 1941, she visited Osaka, Japan, receiving maintenance work at the Japanese Navy base. Starting in Oct 1941, one month prior to being completely disarmed, she served as a training ship. She was attacked and sunk in harbor at Saigon, French Indochina by carrier aircraft of Task Force 38 of the United States. Her sunken hull was scrapped after the war.
ww2dbaseSource: Wikipedia
Last Major Revision: Oct 2012
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| 17 Jan 1923 | The keel of light cruiser La Motte-Picquet was laid down by the Arsenal de Lorient in France. |
| 21 Mar 1924 | La Motte-Picquet was launched at Lorient, France. |
| 5 Mar 1927 | La Motte-Picquet was commissioned into service under the command of capitaine de vaisseau Jean Cras. |
| 12 Jan 1945 | La Motte-Picquet was sunk at Saigon, French Indochina by US carrier aircraft of Task Force 38. |
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