USS Augusta (CA-31)

	USS Augusta (CA-31), steaming off Portland, Maine, on 9 May 1945.
History
United States
Name	Augusta
Namesake	City of Augusta, Georgia
Ordered	18 December 1924
Awarded	13 June 1927
Builder	Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia
Cost	$10,567,000 (contract price)
Laid down	2 July 1928
Launched	1 February 1930
Sponsored by	Miss Evelyn McDaniel
Commissioned	30 January 1931
Decommissioned	16 July 1946
Reclassified	CA-31, 1 July 1931
Stricken	1 March 1959
Identification	Hull symbol: CL-31; Hull symbol: CA-31; Code letters: NIDF; ;
Honours &; awards	3 × battle stars ; Presidential flagship;
Fate	Sold for scrap, 9 November 1959
General characteristics (as built)
Class & type	Northampton-class cruiser
Displacement	9,050 long tons (9,195 t) (standard)
Length	600 ft 3 in (182.96 m) oa; 569 ft (173 m) pp;
Beam	66 ft 1 in (20.14 m)
Draft	16 ft 4 in (4.98 m) (mean); 23 ft (7.0 m) (max);
Installed power	8 × White-Forster boilers; 107,000 shp (80,000 kW);
Propulsion	4 × Parsons reduction steam turbines, Curtis cruising gears; 4 × screws;
Speed	32.7 kn (37.6 mph; 60.6 km/h)
Range	10,000 nmi (12,000 mi; 19,000 km) at 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h)
Capacity	1,500 short tons (1,400 t) fuel oil
Complement	116 officers 679 enlisted
Armament	9 × 8 in (203 mm)/55 caliber guns (3x3); 4 × 5 in (127 mm)/25 caliber anti-aircraft guns; 2 × 3-pounder 47 mm (1.9 in) saluting guns; 6 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes;
Armor	Belt: 3–3+3⁄4 in (76–95 mm); Deck: 1–2 in (25–51 mm); Barbettes: 1+1⁄2 in (38 mm); Turrets: 3⁄4–2+1⁄2 in (19–64 mm); Conning Tower: 1+1⁄4 in (32 mm);
Aircraft carried	4 × Curtiss SOC Seagull scout-observation floatplanes
Aviation facilities	2 × Amidship catapults
General characteristics (1945)
Armament	9 × 8 in (203 mm)/55 caliber guns (3x3); 8 × 5 in (127 mm)/25 caliber anti-aircraft guns; 2 × 3-pounder 47 mm (1.9 in) saluting guns; 6 × quad 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors guns; 20 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons;

USS Augusta (CL/CA-31) was a Northampton-class cruiser of the United States Navy, notable for service as a headquarters ship during Operation Torch, Operation Overlord, and Operation Dragoon, and for her occasional use as a presidential flagship carrying both Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman under wartime conditions (including at the Atlantic Charter). She was named after Augusta, Georgia, and was sponsored by Miss Evelyn McDaniel of that city.

History
USS Augusta (CA-31), steaming off Portland, Maine, on 9 May 1945.
United States
Name	Augusta
Namesake	City of Augusta, Georgia
Ordered	18 December 1924
Awarded	13 June 1927
Builder	Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia
Cost	$10,567,000 (contract price)
Laid down	2 July 1928
Launched	1 February 1930
Sponsored by	Miss Evelyn McDaniel
Commissioned	30 January 1931
Decommissioned	16 July 1946
Reclassified	CA-31, 1 July 1931
Stricken	1 March 1959
Identification	Hull symbol: CL-31 Hull symbol: CA-31 Code letters: NIDF
Honours & awards	3 × battle stars Presidential flagship
Fate	Sold for scrap, 9 November 1959
General characteristics (as built)
Class & type	Northampton-class cruiser
Displacement	9,050 long tons (9,195 t) (standard)
Length	600 ft 3 in (182.96 m) oa 569 ft (173 m) pp
Beam	66 ft 1 in (20.14 m)
Draft	16 ft 4 in (4.98 m) (mean) 23 ft (7.0 m) (max)
Installed power	8 × White-Forster boilers 107,000 shp (80,000 kW)
Propulsion	4 × Parsons reduction steam turbines, Curtis cruising gears 4 × screws
Speed	32.7 kn (37.6 mph; 60.6 km/h)
Range	10,000 nmi (12,000 mi; 19,000 km) at 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h)
Capacity	1,500 short tons (1,400 t) fuel oil
Complement	116 officers 679 enlisted
Armament	9 × 8 in (203 mm)/55 caliber guns (3x3) 4 × 5 in (127 mm)/25 caliber anti-aircraft guns 2 × 3-pounder 47 mm (1.9 in) saluting guns 6 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
Armor	Belt: 3–3+3⁄4 in (76–95 mm) Deck: 1–2 in (25–51 mm) Barbettes: 1+1⁄2 in (38 mm) Turrets: 3⁄4–2+1⁄2 in (19–64 mm) Conning Tower: 1+1⁄4 in (32 mm)
Aircraft carried	4 × Curtiss SOC Seagull scout-observation floatplanes
Aviation facilities	2 × Amidship catapults
General characteristics (1945)
Armament	9 × 8 in (203 mm)/55 caliber guns (3x3) 8 × 5 in (127 mm)/25 caliber anti-aircraft guns 2 × 3-pounder 47 mm (1.9 in) saluting guns 6 × quad 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors guns 20 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons