Northampton-class
An item reported that the American heavy cruiser USS Augusta visited the Dutch East Indies harbour Sanoer between 4-7 December 1936 and Makassar between 8-12 December 1936.
Note
1. Part of the Northampton-class heavy cruisers consisting of the Northampton, Chicago, Houston, Augusta, Louisville and Chester, preceded by the Pensacola-class and succeeded by the Portland-class. Building ordered on 18 December 1924, building awarded on 13 June 1927, laid down by Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia, USA on 2 July 1928, launched by Miss Evelyn McDaniel on 1 February 1930, commissioned on 30 January 1931, reclassified from CL-31 into CA-31 on 1 July 1931, stricken on 1 March 1959 and sold to Robert Benjamin, Panama City, Florida, USA be broken up on 9 November 1959. She was however not earlier removed from the custody of the US Navy as by 2 March 1960.
Source
Jaarboek van de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Zeemacht 1936-1937.
