USS Augusta (CA-31)

	USS Augusta (CA-31), steaming off Portland, Maine, on 9 May 1945.
History
United States
Name	Augusta
Namesake	City of Augusta, Georgia
Ordered	18 December 1924
Awarded	13 June 1927
Builder	Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia
Cost	$10,567,000 (contract price)
Laid down	2 July 1928
Launched	1 February 1930
Sponsored by	Miss Evelyn McDaniel
Commissioned	30 January 1931
Decommissioned	16 July 1946
Reclassified	CA-31, 1 July 1931
Stricken	1 March 1959
Identification	Hull symbol: CL-31; Hull symbol: CA-31; Code letters: NIDF; ;
Honours and; awards	3 × battle stars ; Presidential flagship;
Fate	Sold for scrap, 9 November 1959
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Northampton-class cruiser
Displacement	9,050 long tons (9,195 t) (standard)
Length	600 ft 3 in (182.96 m) oa; 569 ft (173 m) pp;
Beam	66 ft 1 in (20.14 m)
Draft	16 ft 4 in (4.98 m) (mean); 23 ft (7.0 m) (max);
Installed power	8 × White-Forster boilers ; 107,000 shp (80,000 kW);
Propulsion	4 × Parsons reduction steam turbines, Curtis cruising gears; 4 × screws;
Speed	32.7 kn (37.6 mph; 60.6 km/h)
Range	10,000 nmi (12,000 mi; 19,000 km) at 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h)
Capacity	1,500 short tons (1,400 t) fuel oil
Complement	116 officers 679 enlisted
Armament	9 × 8 in (203 mm)/55 caliber guns (3x3); 4 × 5 in (127 mm)/25 caliber anti-aircraft guns; 2 × 3-pounder 47 mm (1.9 in) saluting guns; 6 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes;
Armor	Belt: 3–3+3⁄4 in (76–95 mm); Deck: 1–2 in (25–51 mm); Barbettes: 1+1⁄2 in (38 mm); Turrets: 3⁄4–2+1⁄2 in (19–64 mm); Conning Tower: 1+1⁄4 in (32 mm);
Aircraft carried	4 × Curtiss SOC Seagull scout-observation floatplanes
Aviation facilities	2 × Amidship catapults
General characteristics (1945)
Armament	9 × 8 in (203 mm)/55 caliber guns (3x3); 8 × 5 in (127 mm)/25 caliber anti-aircraft guns[citation needed]; 2 × 3-pounder 47 mm (1.9 in) saluting guns; 6 × quad 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors guns; 20 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons;

USS Augusta (CL/CA-31) was a Northampton-class cruiser of the United States Navy, notable for service as a headquarters ship during Operation Torch, Operation Overlord, and Operation Dragoon, and for her occasional use as a presidential flagship carrying both Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman under wartime conditions (including at the Atlantic Charter). She was named after Augusta, Georgia,^[1] and was sponsored by Miss Evelyn McDaniel of that city.

^ ^a ^b "Ships' Data, U. S. Naval Vessels". US Naval Department. 1 July 1935. pp. 16–23, 338. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
^ Terzibashitsch, Stefan (1984). Cruisers of the US Navy 1922–1962. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-974-X.
^ "US Cruisers List: Light/Heavy/Antiaircraft Cruisers, Part 1". Hazegray.org. 22 January 2000. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
^ "5"/25 (12.7 cm) Marks 10, 11, 13 and 17". Navweaps.com. Retrieved 29 October 2016.

[ships-1] "Ships' Data, U. S. Naval Vessels". US Naval Department. 1 July 1935. pp. 16–23, 338. Retrieved 4 October 2015.

[2] Terzibashitsch, Stefan (1984). Cruisers of the US Navy 1922–1962. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-974-X.

[haze-3] "US Cruisers List: Light/Heavy/Antiaircraft Cruisers, Part 1". Hazegray.org. 22 January 2000. Retrieved 4 October 2015.

[4] "5"/25 (12.7 cm) Marks 10, 11, 13 and 17". Navweaps.com. Retrieved 29 October 2016.

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History
USS Augusta (CA-31), steaming off Portland, Maine, on 9 May 1945.
United States
Name	Augusta
Namesake	City of Augusta, Georgia
Ordered	18 December 1924
Awarded	13 June 1927
Builder	Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia
Cost	$10,567,000 (contract price)
Laid down	2 July 1928
Launched	1 February 1930
Sponsored by	Miss Evelyn McDaniel
Commissioned	30 January 1931
Decommissioned	16 July 1946
Reclassified	CA-31, 1 July 1931
Stricken	1 March 1959
Identification	Hull symbol: CL-31 Hull symbol: CA-31 Code letters: NIDF
Honours and awards	3 × battle stars Presidential flagship
Fate	Sold for scrap, 9 November 1959
General characteristics (as built)^[1]
Class and type	Northampton-class cruiser
Displacement	9,050 long tons (9,195 t) (standard)
Length	600 ft 3 in (182.96 m) oa 569 ft (173 m) pp
Beam	66 ft 1 in (20.14 m)
Draft	16 ft 4 in (4.98 m) (mean) 23 ft (7.0 m) (max)
Installed power	8 × White-Forster boilers 107,000 shp (80,000 kW)
Propulsion	4 × Parsons reduction steam turbines, Curtis cruising gears 4 × screws
Speed	32.7 kn (37.6 mph; 60.6 km/h)
Range	10,000 nmi (12,000 mi; 19,000 km) at 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h)
Capacity	1,500 short tons (1,400 t) fuel oil
Complement	116 officers 679 enlisted
Armament	9 × 8 in (203 mm)/55 caliber guns (3x3) 4 × 5 in (127 mm)/25 caliber anti-aircraft guns 2 × 3-pounder 47 mm (1.9 in) saluting guns 6 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
Armor	Belt: 3–3+3⁄4 in (76–95 mm) Deck: 1–2 in (25–51 mm) Barbettes: 1+1⁄2 in (38 mm) Turrets: 3⁄4–2+1⁄2 in (19–64 mm) Conning Tower: 1+1⁄4 in (32 mm)
Aircraft carried	4 × Curtiss SOC Seagull scout-observation floatplanes
Aviation facilities	2 × Amidship catapults
General characteristics (1945)^[2]^[3]
Armament	9 × 8 in (203 mm)/55 caliber guns (3x3) 8 × 5 in (127 mm)/25 caliber anti-aircraft guns^[4]^{[citation needed]} 2 × 3-pounder 47 mm (1.9 in) saluting guns 6 × quad 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors guns 20 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons