When visiting Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1965
Ron Kroon/Anefo 1965. Beeldbank Nationaal Archief. CC Attribution-ShareAlike.. Original link
Laid down as a Cleveland-class light cruiser at the shipyard of Cramp Shipbuilding Company, Philadelphia, USA on 6 March 1943, launched whiles sponsored by Mrs. Sam Wassell on 27 August 1944, commissioned on 17 June 1945, reclassified CLG-4 on 23 May 1957, converted into a Galveston-class guided missile cruiser 1957-1960, classified as G-4 on 1 July 1975, decommissioned and stricken on 22 November 1976 and then as a museum ship given to the Buffalo and Erie County Naval&Military Park, Buffalo, New York, USA.
With a displacement of 10.670 (standard)-15.205 (full load) tons were her dimensions 185,95 x 20,22 x 7,6 metres or 610’1’ x 66’4” x 25’. The four steam turbines and 4 Babcock&Wilcox boilers supplied 100.000 shp allowing a speed of 33 knots. Her crew numbered 1.395 men and her armament consisted of 1x3-15,2cm/6” guns, 2x1-“12,7cm/5”guns and 1xtwin rail Mark 7 Talos SAM launcher for which she could carry 46 missiles with her.
