USS Marblehead (CL-12)

USS Marblehead (1935)
History
United States
Name	Marblehead
Namesake	Town of Marblehead, Massachusetts
Ordered	1 July 1918
Awarded	24 January 1919
Builder	William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia
Yard number	502
Laid down	4 August 1920
Launched	9 October 1923
Sponsored by	Mrs. Joseph Evans
Completed	1 January 1924
Commissioned	8 September 1924
Decommissioned	1 November 1945
Stricken	28 November 1945
Identification	Hull symbol: CL-12 Code letters: NIRR
Honors and awards	2 × battle star
Fate	Sold for scrap 27 February 1946
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Omaha-class light cruiser
Displacement	7,050 long tons (7,163 t) (standard) 9,508 long tons (9,661 t) (loaded)
Length	555 ft 6 in (169.32 m) oa 550 ft (167.6 m) pp
Beam	55 ft 4 in (16.87 m)
Draft	14 ft 3 in (4.34 m) (mean)
Installed power	12 × White-Forster boilers 90,000 ihp (67,000 kW) (Estimated power produced on trials)
Propulsion	4 × Parsons steam turbines 4 × screws
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) 33.7 knots (62.4 km/h; 38.8 mph) (Estimated speed on Trial)
Crew	29 officers 429 enlisted (peace time)
Armament	2 × twin 6 in (150 mm)/53 caliber guns 8 × single 6 in/53 caliber guns 4 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber guns anti-aircraft 2 × triple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 2 × twin 21 in torpedo tubes 224 × mines (removed soon after completion)
Armor	Belt: 3 in (76 mm) Deck: 1+1⁄2 in (38 mm) Conning Tower: 1+1⁄2 in Bulkheads: 1+1⁄2-3 in
Aircraft carried	2 × floatplanes
Aviation facilities	2 × Amidship catapults crane
General characteristics (1941)
Armament	2 × twin 6 in/53 caliber 6 × single 6 in/53 caliber 7 × 3 in/50 caliber anti-aircraft guns 2 × triple 21 in torpedo tubes 8 × .50 caliber (12.7 mm) machine guns
General characteristics (1945)
Armament	2 × twin 6 in/53 caliber 6 × single 6 in/53 caliber 8 × 3/ in/50 caliber anti-aircraft guns 2 × triple 21 in torpedo tubes 3 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors guns 12 × single 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons

USS Marblehead (CL-12) was an Omaha-class light cruiser, originally classified as a scout cruiser, of the United States Navy. She was the third Navy ship named for the town of Marblehead, Massachusetts.