| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Light cruiser |
| Class | Brooklyn |
| Pennant | CL 40 |
| Built by | New York Navy Yard (New York, New York, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 12 Mar 1935 |
| Launched | 30 Nov 1936 |
| Commissioned | 30 Sep 1937 |
| End service | 3 Jan 1947 |
| History | Decomissioned 3 January 1947.
Transferred to Chile on 9 January 1951 being renamed O'Higgins. |
Commands listed for USS Brooklyn (CL 40)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | William Denny Brereton, Jr., USN | 30 Sep 1937 | 18 May 1939 |
| 2 | Captain William Ward Smith, USN | 18 May 1939 | 5 Apr 1941 |
| 3 | Captain Ellis Spencer Stone, USN | 5 Apr 1941 | 12 Jun 1942 |
| 4 | Francis Compton Denebrink, USN | 12 Jun 1942 | 14 Feb 1943 (1) |
| 5 | Humbert William Ziroli, USN | 14 Feb 1943 | 11 Oct 1943 (1) |
| 6 | Robert Webster Cary, Jr., USN | 11 Oct 1943 | 16 Feb 1944 |
| 7 | Frank Chester Layne, USN | 16 Feb 1944 | 12 Mar 1944 |
| 8 | Frank Riley Dodge, USN | 12 Mar 1944 | 14 Jan 1945 (1) |
| 9 | Herbert Frederick Eckberg, USN | 14 Jan 1945 | 12 Apr 1945 |
| 10 | William Francis Fitzgerald, Jr,, USN | 12 Apr 1945 | 26 Sep 1945 |
| 11 | Edson Hill Whitehurst, USN | 26 Sep 1945 | 30 Oct 1945 |
| 12 | Frank Anthony Zimanski, USN | 30 Oct 1945 | 5 Jan 1946 |
| 13 | Harold Chase Lank, USN | 5 Jan 1946 | 30 Jan 1946 |
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