USS Honolulu (CL-48)
Service
- as Honolulu15 June 1938 — 3 February 19472,193 days of the war
- Name
- USS Honolulu
- Pennant / hull number
- CL-48
- Namesake
- City of Honolulu, Hawaii
- Builder
- New York Naval Yard, Brooklyn, New York
- Ordered
- 13 February 1929
- Laid down
- 9 December 1935
- Launched
- 26 August 1937
- Commissioned
- 15 June 1938
- Decommissioned
- 3 February 1947
- Struck
- 1 March 1959
- Fate
- Sold as scrap on 12 October 1959 (1959)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications — As built
- Displacement, standard
- 10,000 long tons (10,160 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 12,207 long tons (12,403 t)
- Length
- 182.88 m (600 ft) OA
- Beam
- 18.59 m (61 ft)
- Draught
- 5.79 m (19 ft)
- Speed
- 32.5 knots (60.2 km/h, 37.4 mph)
- Complement
- 868
- Main gun
- 152 mm (6 in)
The second Honolulu (CL-48) was laid down on 10 September 1935 by the New York Navy Yard; launched on 26 August 1937; sponsored by Miss Helen Poindexter, daughter of the Governor of Hawaii; and commissioned on 15 June 1938, Captain Oscar Smith in command.
After a shakedown cruise to England Honolulu engaged in fleet problems and exercises in the Caribbean . She sailed from New York on 24 May 1939 to join the Pacific fleet, arriving San Pedro, Calif., on 14 June.
For the remainder of the year 1939 she engaged in exercises along the West Coast. During the first half of 1940, Honolulu continued operations out of Long Beach and after overhaul at Puget Sound, sailed 5 November for duty out of Pearl Harbor. She operated there through 1941 and was moored at the Naval Station when the Japanese launched their surprise attack on 7 December 1941. Honolulu suffered only minor hull damage from a near miss. Following repairs she sailed 12 January 1942 to escort a convoy to San Francisco, arriving 21 January. The cruiser continued convoy escort duty to Australia, Samoa, and the United States until late May.
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From the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, compiled by the Naval History and Heritage Command (Honolulu II (CL-48)). A work of the United States Government, in the public domain.
Armament and machinery
This vessel is recorded in 2 configurations. Wartime refits changed armament and complement substantially, so each is kept separately rather than averaged into one set of figures. The figures above are as built.
As built
- Propulsion
- 4 × geared turbines
- 4 × screws
- Power
- 8 × Steam boilers
- 100000 shp
- Armament
- 15 × 6 in/47 caliber guns (5x3)
- 8 × 5 in/25 caliber anti-aircraft guns (8×1)
- 8 × caliber 0.50 in machine guns
- Armour
- Belt: 3+1/4 - 5 in
- Deck: 2 in
- Barbettes: 6 in
- Turrets: 1+1/4 - 6 in
- Conning tower: 2+1/4 - 5 in
- Aircraft
- 4 × SOC Seagull floatplanes
1945
- Main gun
- 152 mm (6 in)
- Armament
- 15 × 6 in/47 caliber guns (5x3)
- 8 × 5 in/38 caliber dual purpose guns (4x2)
- 4 × quad 40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns
- 2 × twin 40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns
- 18 × single 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft cannons
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Honolulu (CL-48) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Service history reproduced verbatim from Honolulu II (CL-48) , Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships — public domain, a work of the United States Government.
- Photograph: Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo NH 53562 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons