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U.S.S. WORCESTER

(CL-144)

THE WANDERING WO

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CL-144 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
JAN1945-Keel Date: 29 JAN 1945
at New York Shipbuilding Corporation of Camden NJ
FEB1947-Launch Date: 4 FEB 1947
JUN1948-Commissioned: 26 JUN 1948
APR1950-NOV1950Circumnavigation
JUL1950-NOV1950Korean War
MAR1952-SEP1952Mediterranean
JUL1953-FEB1954Mediterranean
SEP1953-OCT1953Operation Mariner- North Atlantic
JAN1955-JAN1958Mediterranean
MAY1955-SEP1955Mediterranean
FEB1956-SEP1956Middle Pacific
DEC1958-Decommissioned: 19 DEC 1958

CL-144 General Specifications

Class: Worcester-class light cruiser

Complement: 1401 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 14700 tons

Length: 680 feet

Beam: 71 feet

Draft: 26 feet

Range: 8 000 Nautical Miles

Final Disposition: Sold for scrap 5 July 1972