USS Oakland (CL-95)

USS Oakland (August 1943)
History
United States
Name	Oakland
Namesake	City of Oakland, California
Builder	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California
Laid down	15 July 1941
Launched	23 October 1942
Sponsored by	Dr. Aurelia Henry Reinhardt
Commissioned	17 June 1943
Decommissioned	1 July 1949
Reclassified	CLAA-95, 18 March 1949
Stricken	1 March 1959
Identification	Hull symbol:CL-95 Hull symbol:CLAA-95 Code letters:NBSM
Honors and awards	9 × battle stars
Fate	Sold for scrap, 1 December 1959
General characteristics (as built)[1][2][3]
Class and type	Atlanta-class light cruiser
Displacement	6,718 long tons (6,826 t) (standard) 8,340 long tons (8,470 t) (max)
Length	541 ft 6 in (165.05 m) oa
Beam	53 ft (16 m)
Draft	20 ft 6 in (6.25 m) (mean) 26 ft 6 in (8.08 m) (max)
Installed power	4 × Steam boilers 75,000 shp (56,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 × geared turbines 2 × screws
Speed	32.5 kn (37.4 mph; 60.2 km/h)
Complement	802 officers and enlisted
Armament	12 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 caliber Mark 12 guns (6×2) 8 × dual 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors anti-aircraft guns 14 × 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft cannons 8 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 6 × depth charge projectors 2 × depth charge tracks
Armor	Belt: 1.1–3+3⁄4 in (28–95 mm) Deck: 1+1⁄4 in (32 mm) Turrets: 1+1⁄4 in (32 mm) Conning Tower: 2+1⁄2 in (64 mm)
General characteristics (1945)[1][2][3]
Armament	12 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 caliber Mark 12 guns (6×2) 4 × quad 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors anti-aircraft guns 4 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors anti-aircraft guns 16 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft cannons 6 × depth charge projectors 2 × depth charge tracks

USS Oakland (CL-95), was a modified Atlanta-class light cruiser, the first of a group of four sometimes referred to as the "Oakland-class". She was laid down by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California, on 15 July 1940; launched on 23 October 1942; sponsored by Dr. Aurelia Henry Reinhardt, president of Mills College, Oakland, California; and commissioned on 17 July 1943.^[4] She was named for the city of Oakland, California. Like the Atlanta class, the Oakland class was designed as an anti-aircraft cruiser, with a main battery of dual-purpose guns, the principal difference between the two classes being that the Oakland-class did not have the Atlanta class's two-beam twin 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal gun turrets. They were removed for the sake of stability and the limited arcs of fire experienced by the wing turrets on the Atlantas. Oakland sustained three casualties during World War II.^{[citation needed]}