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U.S.S. VICKSBURG
(CL-86)EVER TO EXCEL
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CL-86 Deployments - Major Events
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Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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OCT | 1942 | - | Keel Date: 26 OCT 1942 at Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Newport News VA | ||
DEC | 1943 | - | Launch Date: 14 DEC 1943 | ||
JUN | 1944 | - | Commissioned: 12 JUN 1944 | ||
JAN | 1945 | - | JAN | 1946 | Middle Pacific |
JUN | 1947 | - | Decommissioned: 30 JUN 1947 | ||
SEP | 1964 | - | MAY | 1965 | 1963/1964 bomb testing from Hunters point Naval shipyard CA |
CL-86 General Specifications
Class: Cleveland-class cruiser
Complement: 992 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 10000 tons
Length: 610 feet 1 inches
Beam: 66 feet 4 inches
Draft: 25 feet
Final Disposition: Scrapped 1964