| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Light cruiser |
| Class | Omaha |
| Pennant | CL 7 |
| Built by | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. (Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 16 Aug 1920 |
| Launched | 25 Aug 1922 |
| Commissioned | 6 Feb 1924 |
| End service | 2 Nov 1945 |
| History | Decommissioned 2 November 1945. |
Commands listed for USS Raleigh (CL 7)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Capt. Robert Bentham Simons, USN | 1941 | mid 1942 (1) |
| 2 | T/Capt. Ward Percival Davis, USN | mid 1942 | 14 Apr 1943 |
| 3 | T/Capt. Albert Tilden Sprague, USN | 14 Apr 1943 | 20 Jul 1944 (1) |
| 4 | T/Capt. Norman Oscar Schwien, USN | 20 Jul 1944 | 2 Jul 1945 |
| 5 | T/Capt. Robert Wallace Berry, USN | 2 Jul 1945 | Sep 1945 (1) |
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Notable events involving Raleigh include:
7 Dec 1941
During the attack on Pearl Harbor USS Raleigh (Captain Robert Bentham Simons, USN) is damaged by a Japanese aerial torpedo that hit her on the portside amidships. She was under repair at Pearl Harbor and Mare Island until July.