USS Rochester (CA-73)
Service
- as Saint Paul17 February 1945 — 30 April 1971197 days of the war
- Name
- USS Rochester
- Pennant / hull number
- CA-73
- Namesake
- City of Saint Paul, Minnesota
- Builder
- Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy, Massachusetts
- Laid down
- 3 February 1943
- Launched
- 16 September 1944
- Commissioned
- 17 February 1945
- Decommissioned
- 30 April 1971
- Struck
- 31 July 1978
- Fate
- Scrapped, 13 December 1979 (1979)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 14,500 long tons (14,733 t)
- Length
- 205.13 m (673 ft)
- Beam
- 21.34 m (70 ft)
- Draught
- 7.92 m (26 ft)
- Speed
- 32 knots (59.3 km/h, 36.8 mph)
- Complement
- 1,700
- Main gun
- 203 mm (8 in)
USS Rochester was a Baltimore-class cruiser, operated by the United States Navy. She carried the pennant number CA-73. She was named for City of Saint Paul. Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy, Massachusetts laid her keel on 3 February 1943. Launched on 16 September 1944, she entered service on 17 February 1945.
She was one of eight ships of her class. The class followed the USS Wichita (CA-45) and was succeeded by the Oregon City-class cruiser.
Displacement was 14,500 long tons. She measured 205.1 m (673 ft) long with a beam of 21.3 m (70 ft). Her designed speed was 32 knots, and she carried a complement of 1,700.
Her main battery was nine 203 mm (8 in) guns. She carried four aircraft.
She was in commission for 197 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 30 April 1971. She was struck from the register on 31 July 1978.
She was broken up for scrap on 13 December 1979.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Armament
- 9 × 8 in (203 mm)/55 cal guns
- 12 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal guns
- 48 × Bofors 40 mm guns
- 22 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons
- Aircraft
- 4
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Rochester (CA-73) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo 80-K-11868 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons