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USS SPOKANE CL-120, CLAA-120 SPECIFICATIONS |
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USS SPOKANE CL-120, CLAA-120 SPECIFICATIONS |
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| USS SPOKANE, CL-120, Juneau Class | |
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| Named for City of Spokane, Washington | |
| CONSTRUCTION | |
| Built: | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Kearny, N.J. |
| Keel Laid: | 15 November 1944 |
| Launched: | 22 September 1945 |
| Commissioned: | 17 May 1946 |
| Redesignated: | CLAA-120, 18 March 1948 |
| Decommissioned: | 27 February 1950 |
| DIMENSIONS | |
| Length: | 541 feet (180+ yards) |
| Beam (width): | 53 feet, 2 inches |
| Draft: | 25 feet, 11 inches |
| DISPLACEMENT | |
| Standard: | 6,000 tons |
| Full Load: | 8,870 tons |
| PROPULSION | |
| Boilers: | four General Electric |
| Turbines: | two geared steam turbines |
| Shafts: | two |
| Horsepower: | 75,000 |
| Maximum Speed: | 31.8 knots (36 mph) |
| ARMAMENT | |
| Main Guns: | six turrets, each mounting two 5-inch "38 caliber" guns with bore length of 190 in. (15.83 ft.), providing antiaircraft defense to 35,000 feet altitude |
| Medium Antiaircraft: | twenty-eight 40mm Bofors guns - defense to 15,000 feet altitude (with each gun firing 60 two-pound projectiles per minute, the 40mm battery could loft a ton of antiaircraft "flak" into the sky in 35 seconds) |
| Light Antiaircraft: | sixteen 20mm Oerlikon guns - close range defense |
| ARMOR | |
| Main Side Belt: | 1.1 to 3.5 inches (midship) |
| Deck Armor: | 1.2 inches (maximum) |
| Turrets: | 1.2 inches |
| COMMUNICATIONS | |
| Ship's Call Sign (radio & visual): | NTDU (-. - -.. ..-) |
| Ship's Newspaper: | "The Spoke" |
| COMPLEMENT | |
| Officers and Men: | 801 |
Last Updated 17 October 1998
If you have new information
or comments,
email Bob Fulkerson - bob@uss-spokane.com
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