USS Cincinnati (CL-6)

USS Cincinnati (CL-6), at anchor in New York Harbor, 22 March 1944.
History
United States
Name:	Cincinnati
Namesake:	City of Cincinnati, Ohio
Ordered:	29 August 1916
Awarded:	27 August 1917 21 February 1919 (supplementary contract)
Builder:	Todd Dry Dock & Construction Co., Tacoma, Washington
Cost:	$1,238,833 (cost of hull & machinery)
Laid down:	15 May 1920
Launched:	23 May 1921
Sponsored by:	Mrs. C. E. Tudor
Completed:	1 July 1922
Commissioned:	1 January 1924
Decommissioned:	1 November 1945
Identification:	Hull symbol: CL-6 Code letters: NISN
Honors and awards:	1 × battle star
Fate:	scrapped for salvage by 27 February 1946
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type:	Omaha-class light cruiser
Displacement:	7,500 long tons (7,620 t) (standard)
Length:	555 ft 6 in (169.32 m) oa 550 ft (170 m) pp
Beam:	55 ft (17 m)
Draft:	14 ft 3 in (4.34 m) (mean)
Installed power:	12 × Yarrow boiler 90,000 ihp (67,000 kW) (designed horse power)
Propulsion:	4 × Parsons steam turbines 4 × screws
Speed:	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) (designed speed)
Crew:	29 officers 429 enlisted (peace time)
Armament:	2 × twin 6 in (150 mm)/53 caliber guns 8 × single 6 in/53 caliber guns 4 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber guns anti-aircraft 2 × triple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 2 × twin 21 in torpedo tubes 224 × mines (removed soon after completion)
Armor:	Belt: 3 in (7.6 cm) Deck: 1 1⁄2–4 in (38–102 mm) Conning Tower: 1 1⁄2 in (38 mm) Bulkheads: 1 1⁄2–3 in (38–76 mm)
Aircraft carried:	2 × floatplanes
Aviation facilities:	2 × Amidship catapults crane
General characteristics (1945)
Armament:	2 × twin 6 in/53 caliber 6 × single 6 in/53 caliber 8 × 3 in/50 caliber anti-aircraft guns 2 × triple 21 in torpedo tubes 3 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors guns 14 × single 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons

USS Cincinnati (CL-6), was the third Omaha-class light cruiser, originally classified as a scout cruiser, built for the United States Navy. She was also the third Navy ship named for the city of Cincinnati, Ohio. She split her pre-war career between the Atlantic and the Pacific Fleets. She served in the Scouting Fleet, based in the Atlantic, in 1924–1927, serving in the Pacific for a brief time in 1925 for fleet maneuvers. Cincinnati joined the Asiatic Fleet in 1927, and returned to the Atlantic from 1928–1932. She continued to go back and forth between oceans until March 1941, when she was assigned to Neutrality Patrol in the western Atlantic. When the United States entered World War II she was assigned to TF41, based at Recife, and used on convoy escort duties and patrols in the South Atlantic. She eventually helped in Operation Dragoon before resuming patrol duty in the South Atlantic.

Cincinnati was ordered on 29 August 1916, and contracted to be built by Todd Dry Dock & Construction Co., Tacoma, Washington, 27 August 1917. Her keel was laid on 15 May 1920, and launched on 23 May 1921, the cruiser was christened by Mrs. Charles E. Tudor, wife of the Director of Safety of Cincinnati, having been designated by the Honorable John Galvin, Mayor of Cincinnati; and commissioned 1 January 1924, Captain Charles P. Nelson in command.

Cincinnati was 550 feet (170 metres) long at the waterline with an overall length of 555 feet 6 inches (169.32 metres), her beam was 55 feet 4 inches (16.87 metres) and a mean draft of 13 feet 6 inches (4.11 metres). Her standard displacement was 7,050 long tons (7,160 t) and 9,508 long tons (9,661 t) at full load. Her crew, during peace time, consisted of 29 officers and 429 enlisted men.