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CA-122 |
Launched: 9 June 1945
Commissioned 16 February
1946
Decommissioned 15 December 1947
Stricken: 1 November 1970,
sold for scrap on 17 August 1973
A throwaway line in one of Norman Freidman's U.S. Design histories notes: “she was apparently defective; she was the only one of the three modified Baltimores to be decommissioned virtually upon completion, and she was never rebuilt as a missile ship.”
She was twice considered for missile conversion, and in both examples, turned down.
Primary Source files I have located in search of any possible problems with CA-122 are below. All are PDF scanned images; and they are arranged chronologically.
PRIMARY SOURCE FILES
Press Release on Launching, 4 June 1945
Request to Commission Radiogram, 7 February 1946
Remarks at Commissioning, 16 February 1946
Acceptance Radiogram, 16 February 1946
Acceptance Letter, 18 February 1946
Deactivation Radiogram, December 1947
Letter notifying of Substitution of USS Albany for USS Oregon City in CG Program, 25 October 1957
Authorization to convert to CG-14, 8 May 1958
Authorization for Survey, 28 April 1970
Third Endorsement for Disposal, October 1970
Fourth Endorsement for Disposal, 28 October 1970
