U S NAVY 4th FLEET AT RECIFE - SHIP INDEX CL CG CP CVE

Displacement 7,050 Tons.

Dimensions, 555' 6" (oa) x 55' 4" x 20' (Max)

Armament 12 x 6"/53, 2 x 3"/50AA, 10 x 21" tt.

Armor, 3" Belt, 1 1/2" Deck, 1 1/2 Conning Tower.

Machinery, 90,000 SHP; Geared Turbines, 4 screws.

Speed, 35 Knots.

Crew 458.

Operational and Building Data.

Keel laid on 13 DEC 1918 at Seattle Construction & Dry Dock Co., Seattle WA

Launched on 23 MAY 1921. Commissioned 01 JAN 1924. Decommissioned 01 NOV 1945.

Fate: Sold for scrap 27 FEB 1946.

Overhauled at New York early in 1944, Cincinnati served as escort flagship for the crossing of three convoys from New York to Belfast between March and July 1944, guarding the passage of men and equipment essential to the invasion of Europe.

On 28 July, she sailed from Norfolk to patrol the Western Mediterranean during the time of the assault on Southern France, and returned to New York 9 September. After overhaul, she joined the 4th Fleet at Recife, Brazil, 17 November, and patrolled South Atlantic shipping lanes until the close of the European phase of the war.

Photo. www.navsource.org. USS Cincinnati seen in company of another ship from her class.

DANFS  DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN NAVAL FIGHTING SHIPS