U.S.S. Marblehead (1923)

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U.S.S. Marblehead (1923)
Hull Number: CL-12
Builder: William Cramp & Sons[1]
Laid down: 4 Aug, 1920[2]
Launched: 9 Oct, 1923[3]
Commissioned: 8 Sep, 1924[4]
Decommissioned: 1 Nov, 1945[5]
Stricken: 28 Nov, 1945[6]
Broken up: 27 Feb, 1946[7]

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

She commissioned on 8 September, 1924 with Captain Chauncey Shackford in command.

Service

Captains

See Also

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.

Bibliography


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