| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Light cruiser |
| Class | Omaha |
| Pennant | CL 8 |
| Built by | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. (Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 10 Nov 1920 |
| Launched | 20 Jun 1922 |
| Commissioned | 31 Jul 1923 |
| End service | 11 Jan 1946 |
| History | Decommissioned 11 January 1946. |
Commands listed for USS Detroit (CL 8)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Capt. George Lester Weyler, USN | 31 May 1939 | 15 Jul 1940 |
| 2 | Adolf von Scheven Dickhart, USN | 15 Jul 1940 | 25 Dec 1940 (1) |
| 3 | Lloyd Jerome Wiltsie, USN | 25 Dec 1940 | 5 Apr 1942 |
| 4 | Ellis Hugh Gieselman, USN | 5 Apr 1942 | 19 Oct 1943 |
| 5 | T/Capt. Horatio Gates Sickel, 4th, USN | 19 Oct 1943 | 22 Jul 1944 |
| 6 | T/Capt. Duncan Curry, Jr., USN | 22 Jul 1944 | 20 Jul 1945 |
| 7 | T/Capt. Edwin Darius Graves, Jr., USN | 20 Jul 1945 | 11 Jun 1946 |
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