USS Memphis (CL-13)

	USS Memphis (1925)
History
United States
Name	Memphis
Namesake	City of Memphis, Tennessee
Ordered	1 July 1918
Awarded	24 January 1919
Builder	William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia
Yard number	503
Laid down	14 October 1920
Launched	17 April 1924
Sponsored by	Miss Elizabeth R. Paine
Completed	1 April 1922
Commissioned	4 February 1925
Decommissioned	17 December 1945
Stricken	8 January 1946
Identification	Hull symbol: CL-13; Code letters: NISS; ;
Fate	Scrapped at Baltimore, 1947
General characteristics (as built)
Class & type	Omaha-class light cruiser
Displacement	7,050 long tons (7,163 t) (standard); 9,508 long tons (9,661 t) (loaded);
Length	555 ft 6 in (169.32 m) oa; 550 ft (170 m) pp;
Beam	55 ft (17 m)
Draft	14 ft 3 in (4.34 m) (mean)
Installed power	12 × White-Forster boilers; 90,000 ihp (67,000 kW) (Estimated power produced on trials);
Propulsion	4 × Parsons steam turbines ; 4 × screws;
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph); 33.7 knots (62.4 km/h; 38.8 mph) (Estimated speed on Trial);
Crew	29 officers 429 enlisted (peace time)
Armament	2 × twin 6 in (150 mm)/53 caliber guns ; 8 × single 6 in/53 caliber guns; 4 × 3 in (76 mm) caliber anti-aircraft guns; 2 × triple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes; 2 × twin 21 in torpedo tubes ; 224 × mines (removed soon after completion);
Armor	Belt: 3 in (76 mm); Deck: 1+1⁄2 in (38 mm); Conning Tower: 1+1⁄2 in; Bulkheads: 1+1⁄2-3 in;
Aircraft carried	2 × floatplanes
Aviation facilities	2 × Amidship catapults; crane;
General characteristics (1945)
Armament	2 × twin 6 in/53 caliber; 6 × single 6 in/53 caliber; 7 × 3 in/50 caliber anti-aircraft guns ; 2 × triple 21 in torpedo tubes; 2 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors guns ; 12 × single 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons;

USS Memphis (CL-13) was an Omaha-class light cruiser, originally classified as a scout cruiser, of the United States Navy. She was the fourth Navy ship named for the city of Memphis, Tennessee.

One of the noted events of the ship was to do VIP transport, including Charles Lindbergh in 1927 to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross from President Calvin Coolidge, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt from the Casablanca conference in 1943, taking him to a flying boat for a transatlantic flight.

History
USS Memphis (1925)
United States
Name	Memphis
Namesake	City of Memphis, Tennessee
Ordered	1 July 1918
Awarded	24 January 1919
Builder	William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia
Yard number	503
Laid down	14 October 1920
Launched	17 April 1924
Sponsored by	Miss Elizabeth R. Paine
Completed	1 April 1922
Commissioned	4 February 1925
Decommissioned	17 December 1945
Stricken	8 January 1946
Identification	Hull symbol: CL-13 Code letters: NISS
Fate	Scrapped at Baltimore, 1947
General characteristics (as built)
Class & type	Omaha-class light cruiser
Displacement	7,050 long tons (7,163 t) (standard) 9,508 long tons (9,661 t) (loaded)
Length	555 ft 6 in (169.32 m) oa 550 ft (170 m) pp
Beam	55 ft (17 m)
Draft	14 ft 3 in (4.34 m) (mean)
Installed power	12 × White-Forster boilers 90,000 ihp (67,000 kW) (Estimated power produced on trials)
Propulsion	4 × Parsons steam turbines 4 × screws
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) 33.7 knots (62.4 km/h; 38.8 mph) (Estimated speed on Trial)
Crew	29 officers 429 enlisted (peace time)
Armament	2 × twin 6 in (150 mm)/53 caliber guns 8 × single 6 in/53 caliber guns 4 × 3 in (76 mm) caliber anti-aircraft guns 2 × triple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 2 × twin 21 in torpedo tubes 224 × mines (removed soon after completion)
Armor	Belt: 3 in (76 mm) Deck: 1+1⁄2 in (38 mm) Conning Tower: 1+1⁄2 in Bulkheads: 1+1⁄2-3 in
Aircraft carried	2 × floatplanes
Aviation facilities	2 × Amidship catapults crane
General characteristics (1945)
Armament	2 × twin 6 in/53 caliber 6 × single 6 in/53 caliber 7 × 3 in/50 caliber anti-aircraft guns 2 × triple 21 in torpedo tubes 2 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors guns 12 × single 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons