USS Fall River (CA-131)
Heavy cruiser of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see USS Fall River.
41.7049606°N 71.1624407°W / 41.7049606; -71.1624407
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USS Fall River on 12 August 1945 | |
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Name | Fall River |
Namesake | City of Fall River, Massachusetts |
Ordered | 9 July 1942 |
Builder | New York Shipbuilding |
Laid down | 12 April 1943 |
Launched | 13 August 1944 |
Commissioned | 1 July 1945 |
Decommissioned | 31 October 1947 |
Stricken | 19 February 1971 |
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Honors and awards | See Awards |
Fate | Scrapped, 28 August 1972 |
Notes | Bow resides at Battleship Cove |
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Class and type | Baltimore-class cruiser |
Displacement | 13,600 long tons (13,818 t) |
Length | 674 ft 11 in (205.71 m) |
Beam | 70 ft 10 in (21.59 m) |
Draft | 20 ft 6 in (6.25 m) |
Propulsion | General Electric geared turbines, 120,000 shp (89 MW), 4 screws |
Speed | 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph) |
Complement | 1,142 officers and enlisted |
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USS Fall River (CA-131) was a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy. Launched on 13 August 1944 by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation of Camden, New Jersey, sponsored by Mrs. Alexander C. Murray, wife of Fall River mayor Alexander C. Murray; and commissioned on 1 July 1945, Captain David Stolz Crawford in command.