USS St. Louis (CL-49)

USS St. Louis (October 1944)
History
United States
Name	St. Louis
Namesake	City of St. Louis, Missouri
Builder	Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, Virginia
Laid down	10 December 1936
Launched	15 April 1938
Commissioned	19 May 1939
Decommissioned	20 June 1946
Stricken	22 January 1951
Fate	Sold to Brazil on 29 January 1951
Brazil
Name	Almirante Tamandaré
Namesake	Joaquim Marques Lisboa, Marquis of Tamandaré
Acquired	22 January 1951
Commissioned	29 January 1951
Decommissioned	28 June 1976
Stricken	1976
Fate	Sunk while under tow from Rio de Janeiro to the ship-breakers in Taiwan for scrapping, 24 August 1980, 38°48′S 01°24′W / 38.800°S 1.400°W / -38.800; -1.400
General characteristics (As built)
Class and type	Brooklyn-class light cruiser
Displacement	Standard: 10,000 long tons (10,160 t) Full load: 13,327 long tons (13,541 t)
Length	608 ft 8 in (185.52 m)
Beam	61 ft 5 in (18.72 m)
Draft	19 ft 10 in (6.05 m) (mean) 24 ft (7.3 m) (max)
Installed power	8 × Steam boilers 100,000 shp (75,000 kW)
Propulsion	4 × geared turbines 4 × screws
Speed	32.5 kn (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph)
Complement	888 officers and enlisted men
Armament	15 × 6 in (152 mm)/47 caliber Mark 16 guns 8 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 caliber anti-aircraft guns 8 × caliber 0.50 in (12.7 mm) machine guns
Armor	Belt: 3+1⁄4–5 in (83–127 mm) Deck: 2 in (51 mm) Barbettes: 6 in (150 mm) Turrets: 1+1⁄4–6 in (32–152 mm) Conning Tower: 2+1⁄4–5 in (57–127 mm)
Aircraft carried	4 × SOC Seagull floatplanes
Aviation facilities	2 × stern catapults
General characteristics (1945)
Armament	15 × 6-inch/47 caliber Mark 16 guns (5x3) 4 × twin 5-inch/38 caliber anti-aircraft guns 4 × quad 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors anti-aircraft guns 6 × twin 40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns 18 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft cannons

USS St. Louis, eighth of nine Brooklyn-class light cruisers, was the fifth ship of the United States Navy named after the city of St. Louis, Missouri. Commissioned in 1939, she was very active in the Pacific during World War II, earning eleven battle stars.

She was deactivated shortly after the war, but was recommissioned into the Brazilian Navy as Almirante Tamandaré in 1951. She served until 1976, and sank under tow to the scrappers in 1980.