U.S.S. Memphis (1924)

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U.S.S. Memphis (1924)
Hull Number: CL-13
Builder: William Cramp & Sons[1]
Laid down: 14 Oct, 1920[2]
Launched: 17 Apr, 1924[3]
Commissioned: 4 Feb, 1925[4]
Decommissioned: 17 Dec, 1945[5]
Stricken: 8 Jan, 1946[6]
Sold: 18 Dec, 1946[7]

U.S.S. Memphis was one of ten Omaha class light cruisers completed for the U.S. Navy.

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Footnotes

  1. Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 451.
  2. Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 451.
  3. Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 451.
  4. Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 451.
  5. Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 451.
  6. Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 451.
  7. Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 451.
  8. Register of Officers, 1928. p. 14.
  9. Register of Officers, 1930. pp. 14, 15.
  10. "ADMIRAL REIFSNIDER, 37 YEARS IN THE NAVY." The New York Times, May 16, 1956 p. 35.

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Omaha Class Light Cruiser
Omaha Milwaukee Cincinnati Raleigh Detroit
Richmond Concord Trenton Marblehead Memphis
<– Chester Class Minor Cruisers (US)