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|fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''Detroit''''' was one of ten [[Omaha Class Cruiser (1920)|Omaha class]] | |fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''Detroit''''' was one of ten [[Omaha Class Cruiser (1920)|''Omaha'' class light cruisers]] completed for the [[U.S. Navy]]. | ||
''Detroit'' was sponsored by Miss M. Couzens, daughter of James J. Couzens, the Mayor of Detroit, Michigan; and commissioned on 31 July 1923. | |||
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=John Halligan, Jr.|nick=John Halligan, Jr.|appt=31 July, 1923|precBy=New Command}} | |||
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| U.S.S. Detroit (1922) | |
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| Hull Number: | CL-8 |
| Builder: | Fore River[1] |
| Laid down: | 10 Nov, 1920[2] |
| Launched: | 20 Jun, 1922[3] |
| Commissioned: | 31 Jul, 1923[4] |
| Decommissioned: | 11 Jan, 1946[5] |
| Sold: | 27 Feb, 1946[6] |
U.S.S. Detroit was one of ten Omaha class light cruisers completed for the U.S. Navy.
Detroit was sponsored by Miss M. Couzens, daughter of James J. Couzens, the Mayor of Detroit, Michigan; and commissioned on 31 July 1923.
Service
Captains
- Captain John Halligan, Jr., 31 July, 1923
See Also
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Bibliography
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| <– | Chester Class | Minor Cruisers (US) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
