U.S.S. Memphis (1924)
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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.
Service
Captains
- Captain Henry E. Lackey, 4 February, 1925
- Captain Ralph E. Pope, 29 June, 1927[8]
- Captain George J. Meyers, before 1 January, 1930[9]
- Captain Lawrence F. Reifsnider, c. 1937[10]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 451.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 451.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 451.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 451.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 451.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 451.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 451.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1928. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1930. pp. 14, 15.
- ↑ "ADMIRAL REIFSNIDER, 37 YEARS IN THE NAVY." The New York Times, May 16, 1956 p. 35.
Bibliography
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