USS Buffalo (CL-99)
Service
- as Bataan17 November 1943 — 9 April 1954655 days of the war
- Name
- USS Buffalo
- Pennant / hull number
- CL-99
- Namesake
- Battle of Bataan
- Builder
- New York Shipbuilding Corporation
- Ordered
- 16 December 1940
- Laid down
- 31 August 1942
- Launched
- 1 August 1943
- Commissioned
- 17 November 1943
- Decommissioned
- 11 February 1947
- Recommissioned
- 13 May 1950
- Struck
- 1 September 1959
- Fate
- Sold for scrapping in 19 June 1961 (1961)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, full load
- 16,260 long tons (16,521 t)
- Length
- 189.74 m (622.5 ft) OA
- Beam
- 33.22 m (109 ft)
- Draught
- 7.92 m (26 ft)
- Speed
- 32 knots (59.3 km/h, 36.8 mph)
- Complement
- 1,528
- Main gun
- 40 mm (1.6 in)
USS Buffalo was a cruiser of the Independence-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy. She carried the pennant number CL-99. She was named for Battle of Bataan. Her keel was laid at New York Shipbuilding Corporation on 31 August 1942. She entered service on 17 November 1943, having been launched on 1 August 1943.
20 ships of the class were built. The Saipan-class aircraft carrier followed.
Displacement was 16,260 long tons. She measured 189.7 m (623 ft) long with a beam of 33.2 m (109 ft). Her designed speed was 32 knots, and she carried a complement of 1,528. Her main battery was of 40 mm (1.6 in) calibre.
She was in commission for 655 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 11 February 1947. She recommissioned on 13 May 1950. She was struck from the register on 1 September 1959.
She was broken up for scrap on 19 June 1961.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Armament
- 26 × Bofors 40 mm guns (2×4, 9×2)
- 18 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons (18×1)
Sister ships
- USS Amsterdam (CL-59)
- USS Bataan (CVL-29)
- USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24)
- USS Cabot (CVL-28)
- USS Cowpens (CVL-25)
- USS Dayton (CL-78)
- USS Fargo (CL-85)
- USS Huntington (CL-77)
- USS Independence (CVL-22)
- USS Langley (CVL-27)
- USS Monterey (CVL-26)
- USS New Haven (CL-76)
- USS Newark (CL-100)
- USS Princeton (CV-23)
- USS Princeton (CVL-23)
- USS Reprisal (CV-30)
- USS San Jacinto (CVL-30)
- USS Tallahassee (CL-61)
- USS Wilmington (CL-79)
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Buffalo (CL-99) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: USN — Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-633888 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons