USS Macon (CA-132)

USS Macon underway on 6 October 1951
History
United States
Name	Macon
Namesake	City of Macon, Georgia
Builder	New York Shipbuilding
Laid down	14 June 1943
Launched	15 October 1944
Commissioned	26 August 1945
Decommissioned	12 April 1950
Recommissioned	16 October 1950
Decommissioned	10 March 1961
Stricken	1 November 1969
Identification	Callsign: NKEC Hull number:CA-132
Motto	Constitution, Justice, Wisdom, Moderation
Fate	Scrapped, 5 July 1973
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General characteristics
Class and type	Baltimore-class 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) 46 × Bofors 40 mm guns 28 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons

USS Macon (CA-132), a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy, was laid down on 14 June 1943 by the New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, New Jersey; launched on 15 October 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Charles F. Bowden, wife of the mayor of Macon, Georgia; and commissioned on 26 August 1945 at Philadelphia, Captain Edward Everett Pare in command.