USS St. Louis (CL-49)
USS St. Louis (CL-49), the lead ship of her class of light cruiser, was the fifth ship of the United States Navy named after the city of St. Louis, Missouri. Commissioned in 1939, she was very active in the Pacific during World War II, earning eleven battle stars.
She was deactivated shortly after the war, but was recommissioned into the Brazilian Navy as Almirante Tamandaré in 1951. She served until 1976, and sank under tow to the scrappers in 1980.
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She was deactivated shortly after the war, but was recommissioned into the Brazilian Navy as Almirante Tamandaré in 1951. She served until 1976, and sank under tow to the scrappers in 1980.
| Name: | St. Louis |
| Namesake: | City of St. Louis, Missouri |
| Ordered: | 13 February 1929 |
| Awarded: | 16 October 1935 |
| Builder: | Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, Virginia |
| Cost: | $13,196,000 (contract price) |
| Laid down: | 10 December 1936 |
| Launched: | 15 April 1938 |
| Sponsored by: | Miss Nancy Lee Morrill |
| Commissioned: | 19 May 1939 |
| Decommissioned: | 20 June 1946 |
| Struck: | 22 January 1951 |
| Nickname(s): | "Lucky Lou" |
| Honors and awards: |
11 × battle stars |
| Fate: | Sold to Brazil on 29 January 1951 |
| General characteristics (as built)[1][2] | |
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| Class and type: | St. Louis-class light cruiser |
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| Length: | 608 ft 8 in (185.52 m) |
| Beam: | 61 ft 5 in (18.72 m) |
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| Speed: | 32.5 kn (37.4 mph; 60.2 km/h) |
| Complement: | 868 officers and enlisted |
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| Aircraft carried: | 4 × SOC Seagull floatplanes |
| Aviation facilities: | 2 × stern catapults |
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Notes:
- This project built using edited default texture to make the color more accurate
- Railings are not present because of inconsistency (e.g cannot put iron bars on slabs)
- Missing rangefinder on 2nd turret (All rendered images), already fixed on other picture
- Some details were missing due to lack of references
USS St. Louis (CL-49) Screenshots
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