USS Salt Lake City

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USS Salt Lake City was a U.S. Navy Pensacola-class heavy cruiser that saw extensive combat service in the Pacific during World War II.

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USS Salt Lake City canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Navy ship
heavy cruiser
warship
aircraftFacilities 2 catapults
armamentMain 10 × 8-inch/55 caliber guns
armamentSecondary 4 × 5-inch/25 caliber guns
armamentTorpedoes 2 × triple 21-inch torpedo tubes
awarded 11 battle stars
battle Aleutian Islands campaign
surface form: Battle of the Aleutian Islands

Battle of the Komandorski Islands
Battle of the Philippine Sea
Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands
Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign
Solomon Islands campaign
surface form: Guadalcanal campaign

Battle of Iwo Jima
surface form: Iwo Jima operation

Marianas campaign
Battle of Okinawa
surface form: Okinawa campaign
beam 65 feet
class Pensacola class
surface form: Pensacola-class cruiser
commissionedDate 1929-12-11
conflict World War II
country United States of America
surface form: United States
crewComplementWartime approximately 830
decommissionedDate 1946-08-18
designTreaty Washington Naval Conference
surface form: Washington Naval Treaty
displacementFullLoad 12050 long tons
displacementStandard 9100 long tons
draft 19 feet
fate sunk as target
hullNumber CA-25
laidDownAt Camden
surface form: Camden, New Jersey

New York Shipbuilding Corporation
laidDownDate 1927-06-09
launchDate 1929-01-23
length 585 feet
namedAfter Salt Lake City
surface form: Salt Lake City, Utah
nickname Swayback Maru
notableEvent engaged superior Japanese forces at the Battle of the Komandorski Islands
operator United States Navy
propulsion geared turbines
oil-fired boilers
steam turbines
serviceEntryEra interwar period
shaftCount 4
sponsor Mrs. Frederick J. Horne
sunkDate 1948-05-25
sunkLocation off the coast of California
theater Pacific Theater of Operations
surface form: Pacific Theater
topSpeed 32.5 knots

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Battle of Cape Esperance shipInvolved USS Salt Lake City
Second Battle of Savo Island involvesShip USS Salt Lake City