![]() ![]() ![]() Her standard displacement was 7,050 long tons (7,160 t) and 9,508 long tons (9,661 t) at full load. Marblehead was 550 feet (167.6 metres) long at the waterline with an overall length of 555 feet 6 inches (169.32 metres), her beam was 55 feet 4 inches (16.87 metres) and a mean draft of 13 feet 6 inches (4.11 metres). Marblehead was commissioned on 3 November 1923, with Captain Chauncey Shackford in command. She was laid down on 4 August 1920, and launched on 9 October 1923, sponsored by Mrs. Marblehead was authorized on 1 July 1918, and assigned to William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia on 24 January 1919. She was the third Navy ship named for the town of Marblehead, Massachusetts.īuilt in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USS Marblehead (CL-12) was an Omaha-class light cruiser, originally classified as a scout cruiser, of the United States Navy. 12 × single 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons.8 × 3/ in/50 caliber anti-aircraft guns.224 × mines (removed soon after completion).2 × triple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes.4 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber guns anti-aircraft.90,000 ihp (67,000 kW) (Estimated power produced on trials). ![]()
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