Allied Warships

USS Augusta (CA 31)

Heavy cruiser of the Northampton class


USS Augusta during the Second World War.

NavyThe US Navy
TypeHeavy cruiser
ClassNorthampton 
PennantCA 31 
Built byNewport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. (Newport News, Virginia, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down2 Jul 1928 
Launched1 Feb 1930 
Commissioned30 Jan 1931 
End service16 Jul 1946 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned 16 July 1946.
Stricken 1 March 1959.
Sold 9 november 1959 to be broken up for scrap.

 

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1Capt. James O. Richardson, USN30 Jan 1931???

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