USS Newport News (CA-148)
Des Moines-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Newport News.
USS Newport News (CA–148) was the third and last ship of the Des Moines-class of heavy cruisers in the United States Navy. She was the first fully air-conditioned surface ship and the last active all-gun heavy cruiser in the United States Navy.[1]
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USS Newport News underway in the Mediterranean Sea on 9 September 1957 | |
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Name | Newport News |
Namesake | Newport News |
Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company |
Laid down | 1 November 1945 |
Launched | 6 March 1948 |
Sponsored by | Eliza S. Ferguson |
Commissioned | 29 January 1949 |
Decommissioned | 27 June 1975 |
Stricken | 31 July 1978 |
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Honours and awards | See Awards |
Fate | Scrapped, 25 February 1993 |
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Class and type | Des Moines-class heavy cruiser |
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Beam | 76 ft 6 in (23.32 m) |
Draft | 22 ft (6.7 m) |
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Speed | 33 kn (61 km/h) |
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Boats & landing craft carried | 2–4 × lifeboats |
Complement | 1,799 officers and enlisted |
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