Allied Warships

USS Duluth (CL 87)

Light cruiser of the Cleveland class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeLight cruiser
ClassCleveland 
PennantCL 87 
Built byNewport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. (Newport News, Virginia, U.S.A.) 
Ordered9 Sep 1940 
Laid down9 Nov 1942 
Launched13 Jan 1944 
Commissioned18 Sep 1944 
End service25 Jun 1949 
History

Decommissioned 25 June 1949.
Stricken 1 January 1960.
Sold 14 November 1960 to be broken up for scrap.

 

Commands listed for USS Duluth (CL 87)

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1T/Capt. Donald Roderick Osborn, Jr., USN18 Sep 1944

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