USS Bremerton (CA-130)
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USS Bremerton (CA-130) off San Francisco in 1955
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 United States
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| Name: | Bremerton |
| Namesake: | Bremerton, Washington |
| Laid down: | 1 February 1943 |
| Launched: | 2 July 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 29 April 1945 |
| Decommissioned: | 9 April 1948 |
| Recommissioned: | 23 November 1951 |
| Decommissioned: | 29 July 1960 |
| Struck: | 1 October 1973 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap to Zidell Explorations Corp., Portland Oregon on October 1973 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Baltimore-class heavy cruiser |
| Displacement: | 13,600 tons |
| Length: | 673 ft 5 in |
| Beam: | 70 ft 10 in |
| Draft: | 26 ft 10 in |
| Speed: | 33 knots |
| Complement: | 1042 officers and enlisted |
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USS Bremerton (CA-130), named for the city of Bremerton in Washington state, was a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser laid down by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation at Camden in New Jersey on 1 February 1943, launched on 2 July 1944 by Miss Elizabeth K. McGowan and commissioned on 29 April 1945, Captain John Boyd Mallard in command.
Aboard Bremerton was a complete butcher shop, shoe shop, photo lab, two barber shops, a galley, a tailor shop, a library, a laundry plant and a fresh water distillery. The ship's fuel tanks were able to carry her from the United States to Japan and back, non-stop; and depending upon her load, she displaced up to 17,500 tons.
Over 1,000 men lived and worked aboard Bremerton. Included was a Marine Detachment of 45 men commanded by two Marine officers. The men aboard Bremerton represented almost all of the then 48 states, plus the then territories of Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippine Islands.
Bremerton left Norfolk for her shakedown cruise in the waters off Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 29 May 1945. Toward the end of the shakedown period she served as flagship for Admiral Jonas Ingram, Commander-in-Chief of the Atlantic Fleet, during his South American tour of inspection. She returned to the United States and engaged in experimental work at Casco Bay, Maine, from 22 July to 2 October 1945.
On 7 November 1945 she sailed to Guantanamo Bay for further training. She then proceeded to Pearl Harbor en route for duty in the 7th Fleet. Bremerton arrived at Pearl Harbor 15 December 1945 and Inchon, Korea, 4 January 1946. She operated in the Far East until 20 November 1946, when she arrived at San Pedro, Calif. She participated in type training and made one reserve training cruise off the west coast before placed out of commission in reserve at San Francisco 9 April 1948.
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