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U.S.S. ROCHESTER
(CA-124)Click to view crew list
CA-124 Deployments - Major Events
Add a CA-124 Shellback Initiation | Add a CA-124 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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MAY | 1944 | - | Keel Date: 29 MAY 1944 at Bethlehem Steel Corporation | ||
AUG | 1945 | - | Launch Date: 28 AUG 1945 | ||
DEC | 1946 | - | Commissioned: 20 DEC 1946 | ||
JAN | 1947 | - | DEC | 1947 | Caribbean |
JAN | 1947 | - | DEC | 1947 | Commisioning |
JAN | 1947 | - | DEC | 1947 | reserve trianing deployment |
APR | 1950 | - | FEB | 1953 | Inchon Landing |
JUL | 1950 | - | DEC | 1950 | 1950 Korea pusan Korea |
FEB | 1954 | - | Shellback Initiation - 6 FEB 1954 - Pacific Ocean | ||
FEB | 1955 | - | AUG | 1955 | Western Pacific |
JAN | 1956 | - | JAN | 1960 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1956 | - | JAN | 1956 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JUL | 1956 | - | DEC | 1956 | West Pac |
SEP | 1957 | - | Shellback Initiation - 11 SEP 1957 - Pacific Ocean | ||
DEC | 1957 | - | Shellback Initiation - 20 DEC 1957 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JAN | 1959 | - | JUL | 1959 | West Pac |
APR | 1960 | - | OCT | 1960 | West Pac |
AUG | 1961 | - | Decommissioned: 15 AUG 1961 |
CA-124 General Specifications
Class: Oregon City-class heavy cruiser
Named for: Rochester
Complement: 1142 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 13700 tons
Length: 674 feet 11 inches
Beam: 70 feet 10 inches
Flank Speed: 33 kn
Final Disposition: Scrapped in 1974