Allied Warships

USS Hawaii (CB 3)

Large Cruiser of the Alaska class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeLarge Cruiser
ClassAlaska 
PennantCB 3 
Built byNew York Shipbuilding Corp. (Camden, New Jersey, U.S.A.) 
Ordered9 Sep 1940 
Laid down20 Dec 1943 
Launched11 Mar 1945 
Commissioned 
End service 
History

In September 1947 she was about 84% completed and then it was planned to convert her into the first guided missile ship. She was designated a large command ship CBC-1 on 26 Feb, 1952 when another conversion was planned.

Cancelled and struck from the navy list on 9 June, 1958. Sold for scrap in 1959.

 

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