Saturday, 12 July 2025

American light cruiser USS Boise CL-47 1935-1951 (Nueve de Julio C-5 1951-1979)

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Part of Brooklyn-class Brooklyn-subclass preceded by Omaha-class succeeded by Atlanta-class. Penannt CL-47. Ordered on 13 February 1929, laid down by Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, Virginia, USA on 1 April 1935, launched on 3 December 1936, commissioned on 12 August 1938, decommissioned on 1 July 1946, sold to Argentina on 11 January 1951 and stricken on 25 January 1951, commissioned on 11 March 1951, decommissioned in 1979, sold to be broken up in August 1981 and broken up at Brownsville, Texas, USA in 1983. 

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