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USS Louisville (CA-28)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Louisville.
USS Louisville (CA-28), off Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, 17 December 1943. Camouflage is Measure 32, pattern 6d.
History
United States
NameLouisville
NamesakeCity of Louisville, Kentucky
Ordered18 December 1924
Awarded
  • 19 April 1927
  • 13 June 1927 (supplementary contract)
BuilderPuget Sound Naval Yard, Bremerton, Washington
Laid down4 July 1928
Launched1 September 1930
Commissioned15 January 1931
Decommissioned17 June 1946
ReclassifiedCA-28, 1 July 1931
Stricken1 March 1959
Identification
Nickname(s)"Lady Lou"[1]
Honors and
awards		 13 × battle stars
FateSold for scrap, 14 September 1959
General characteristics (as built)[2][3]
Class and typeNorthampton-class cruiser
Displacement9,050 long tons (9,200 t) (standard)
Length600 ft 3 in (182.96 m) (oa)
Beam66 ft 1 in (20.14 m)
Draft23 ft (7.0 m) (deep load)
Installed power
Propulsion4 × screws, 4 × steam turbines
Speed32.7 knots (60.6 km/h; 37.6 mph)
Range10,000 nmi (19,000 km; 12,000 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement
  • 90 officers 601 enlisted
  • 1,100 officers and men
Armament
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 carried4 × floatplanes
Aviation facilities2 × Amidship catapults and hangar
General characteristics (1945)[3][4]
Armament
Aircraft carried2 × Curtiss SC Seahawk floatplanes
Aviation facilities1 × catapult and hangar

USS Louisville (CL/CA-28), a Northampton-class cruiser, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the city of Louisville, Kentucky. She was active throughout the Pacific War. USS Louisville was the first large warship to be built in a drydock.

Louisville was launched on 1 September 1930 at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington,[5] sponsored by Miss Jane Brown Kennedy, and commissioned on 15 January 1931, Captain Edward John Marquart in command.[6] Louisville since commissioning day has carried, on the prominent bulkhead, a shoe of the great stallion, Man o' War, as a talisman against evil.[7]

She was originally classified as a light cruiser, CL-28, because of her thin armor. Effective 1 July 1931, Louisville was redesignated a heavy cruiser, CA-28, because of her 8-inch guns in accordance with the provisions of the London Naval Treaty of 1930.[6]

  1. ^ "U.S.S. Louisville Reunion Association Records, 1939–2005 — UofL Libraries". louisville.edu. 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022. Lou
  2. ^ "Ships' Data, U. S. Naval Vessels". US Naval Department. 1 July 1935. pp. 16–23. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  3. ^ a b "US Cruisers List: Light/Heavy/Antiaircraft Cruisers, Part 1". Hazegray.org. 22 January 2000. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  4. ^ Rickard, J (26 February 2014). "Northampton Class Heavy Cruisers". Historyofwar.org. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  5. ^ Pacific American Steamship Association; Shipowners Association of the Pacific Coast (1929). "Progress of Construction: U.S. Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington". Pacific Marine Review. 26 (July). San Francisco: J.S. Hines: 305. Retrieved 22 April 2015.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ a b "Louisville III (CL-28)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 29 July 2015. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  7. ^ Anon 1946.

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