Allied Warships

USS Fall River (CA 131)

Heavy cruiser of the Baltimore class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeHeavy cruiser
ClassBaltimore 
PennantCA 131 
Built byNew York Shipbuilding Corp. (Camden, New Jersey, U.S.A.) 
Ordered7 Aug 1942 
Laid down12 Apr 1943 
Launched13 Aug 1944 
Commissioned1 Jul 1945 
End service31 Oct 1947 
History

Decommissioned 31 October 1947.
Stricken 19 February 1971.
Sold 28 August 1972 to be broken up for scrap.

 

Commands listed for USS Fall River (CA 131)

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1T/Capt. David Stolz Crawford, USN1 Jul 1945

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