USS Rochester (CA-124)
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USS Rochester (CA-124)
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 United States
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| Name: | Rochester |
| Namesake: | Rochester, New York |
| Builder: | Bethlehem Steel Corporation |
| Laid down: | 29 May 1944 |
| Launched: | 28 August 1945 |
| Commissioned: | 20 December 1946 |
| Decommissioned: | 15 August 1961 |
| Struck: | 1 October 1973 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap to sold to Zidell Explorations, Portland, Oregon on 24 SEP 1974 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Oregon City-class heavy cruiser |
| Displacement: | 13,700 tons |
| Length: | 674 ft 11 in (205.71 m) |
| Beam: | 70 ft 10 in (21.59 m) |
| Draft: | 20 ft 7 in (6.27 m) |
| Speed: | 33 kn (61 km/h) |
| Complement: | 1,142 officers and enlisted |
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| Aircraft carried: | 4 |
The third USS Rochester (CA-124), an Oregon City-class heavy cruiser, was laid down 29 May 1944 by Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, Mass.; launched 28 August 1945; sponsored by Mrs. M. Herbert Eisenhart, wife of the president of Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., Rochester, N.Y.; and commissioned 20 December 1946 at the Boston Navy Yard, Capt. Harry Aloysius Guthrie in command.
Rochester departed Provincetown, Mass., 22 February 1947 for shakedown out of Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. By the end of April, she was at Philadelphia, ready to commence nine extended naval reserve training cruises which took her north to Casco Bay and south to the Caribbean.
Upon completion of her ninth reserve training cruise in the second week of January 1948, Rochester prepared for Mediterranean service. Departing Philadelphia 20 February, she arrived at Gibraltar 1 March, and became flagship for Adm. Forrest Sherman, Commander, 6th Fleet. In addition to calling at several ports, the cruiser waited out the events of the Palestinian crisis, at Suda Bay on the northern coast of Crete. She completed her tour 14 June; Admiral Sherman shifted his flag to light cruiser Fargo (CL-106), and Rochester departed for Philadelphia the 15th, arriving 27 June. Rochester then resumed reserve training duty, making cruises to Bermuda, to New Brunswick, and to Jamaica.
After shore bombardment exercises at Bloodsworth Island in early October 1948, Rochester reported to the South Boston Naval Shipyard for her first overhaul which included removal of her catapults and conversion of her aviation section from seaplanes to helicopters. Her new aviation detachment consisted of four Sikorsky HO3S-1 utility helicopters. The helos replaced the seaplanes formerly carried aboard.
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