USS Milwaukee (CL-5)

USS Milwaukee in New York, 1943
History
United States
Name	Milwaukee
Namesake	City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Awarded	27 August 1917
Builder	Todd Dry Dock and Construction Company
Laid down	13 December 1918
Launched	24 March 1921
Sponsored by	Mrs. Rudolph Pfeil
Commissioned	20 June 1923
Identification	Hull number: CL-5
Fate	Loaned to the Soviet Union, 20 April 1944
Soviet Union
Name	Murmansk
Namesake	Murmansk
Operator	Soviet Navy
Acquired	20 April 1944
Renamed	20 April 1944
Fate	Returned to the United States, 16 March 1949
United States
Name	Milwaukee
Acquired	16 March 1949
Fate	Sold for scrap, 10 December 1949
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Omaha-class light cruiser
Displacement	7,050 long tons (7,163 t) (standard)
Length	555 ft 6 in (169.32 m)
Beam	55 ft 4 in (16.87 m)
Draft	13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
Installed power	90,000 shp (67,000 kW) 12 × Yarrow boilers
Propulsion	4 × shafts 4 × geared steam turbines
Speed	35 kn (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range	6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	458 officers and enlisted men
Armament	2 × twin, 8 × single 6 in (152 mm) guns 4 × single 3 in (76 mm) anti-aircraft guns 10 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 224 mines
Armor	Belt: 3 inches (76 mm) Deck: 1.5 inches (38 mm) Conning tower: 1.5 inches (38 mm) Bulkheads: 1.5–3 inches (38–76 mm)
Aircraft carried	2 × floatplanes
Aviation facilities	2 × catapults

USS Milwaukee (CL-5) was an Omaha-class light cruiser built for the United States Navy during the 1920s. The ship spent most of her early career assigned to the Asiatic and Battle Fleets. In 1941, she was assigned to the Neutrality Patrol until she was refitted in New York in late 1941. She escorted a troop convoy to the Pacific in early 1942 before returning to the South Atlantic where she patrolled for German commerce raiders and blockade runners. In November, she intercepted one of the latter, but it scuttled itself before it could be captured. In 1944, she was temporarily transferred to the Soviet Navy and commissioned as Murmansk. The ship was returned by the Soviets in 1949 and sold for scrap in December.