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Thursday, 17 December 2015

American light cruiser USS Omaha (1920) in 1923


Omaha-design. Launched in 1920, to be completed in 1923-1924, displacement 8.500 tons, horsepower 90.000 hp, oil-fired turbine geared machinery and an armament of 12-6” guns, 6 smaller guns, 2x2-21” and 2x3-21” torpedo tubes.

Source
Archive Dutch Naval Staff 1886-1942 (National Archive at the Hague, Netherlands)  inventory number 155. Fleets (the British Empire and foreign countries) on 1 February 1923.