USS Los Angeles (CA-135)

33°44′18″N 118°16′44″W / 33.7383914°N 118.2789471°W / 33.7383914; -118.2789471

USS Los Angeles in the Far East on 13 October 1952
History
United States
Name	Los Angeles
Namesake	City of Los Angeles, California
Builder	Philadelphia Navy Yard
Laid down	28 July 1943
Launched	20 August 1944
Commissioned	22 July 1945
Decommissioned	9 April 1948
Recommissioned	27 January 1951
Decommissioned	15 November 1963
Stricken	1 January 1974
Identification	Callsign: NTMG Hull number: CA-135
Motto	Non Sibi Sed Patriae (Not for self, but for country)
Honors and awards	See Awards
Fate	Scrapped, 16 May 1975
General characteristics
Class and type	Baltimore-class heavy cruiser
Displacement	13,600 long tons (13,818 t)
Length	674 ft 11 in (205.71 m)
Beam	70 ft 10 in (21.59 m)
Draft	20 ft 6 in (6.25 m)
Speed	33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Complement	1,142 officers and enlisted
Armament	9 × 8"/55 caliber guns (3×3) 12 × 5"/38 caliber guns (6×2) 48 × Bofors 40 mm guns (12×4) 28 × single Oerlikon 20 mm cannons
Aircraft carried	Curtiss SC-1 Seahawk floatplane
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument
Official name	USS Los Angeles Naval Monument (John S. Gibson Jr. Park)
Designated	3 May 1978
Reference no.	188

The third USS Los Angeles (CA-135) was a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser, laid down by the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, on 28 July 1943 and launched on 20 August 1944. She was sponsored by Mrs. Fletcher Bowron and commissioned on 22 July 1945, with Captain John A. Snackenberg in command.