Name/Title
U.S.S. Oregon CityEntry/Object ID
2015.002.001Description
U.S.S. Oregon City, official Navy Photo. Original print given with the purchase of a War Bond.
Name: USS Oregon City
Namesake: Oregon City, Oregon
Builder: Bethlehem Steel Company
Laid down: 8 April 1944
Launched: 9 June 1945
Commissioned: 16 February 1946
Decommissioned: 15 December 1947
Struck: 1 November 1970
Fate: Scrapped in 1973
General characteristics
Class & type: Oregon City-class heavy cruiser
Displacement: 13,700 tons
Length: 673 ft 5 in (205.26 m)
Beam: 70 ft 10 in (21.59 m)
Draft: 26 ft 4 in (8.03 m)
Propulsion: GE turbines 120,000 horsepower
Speed: 32.4 kn (60.0 km/h)
Complement: 1,142 officers and enlisted
Armament: 9 x 8"/55 caliber guns
12 x 5"/38 caliber guns
48 x 40 mm guns
20 x 20 mm guns
Aircraft carried: Four amphibious scout planes