USS Buffalo (CL-110)

For other ships of the same name, see USS Buffalo.

History

Name:	USS Buffalo
Namesake:	Buffalo, New York
Builder:	New York Shipbuilding Corp. Camden, New Jersey
Laid down:	2 April 1944
Status:	Construction cancelled 12 August 1944
Class & type:	Fargo-class light cruiser

USS Buffalo (CL-110) was scheduled to be a ship in the United States Navy. She was never completed.

Buffalo was laid down as a Fargo-class light cruiser, 3 April 1944, by New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey. With the end of World War II imminent, construction was cancelled on 12 August 1945.

References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

Fargo-class cruisers

Completed	Fargo Huntington

Cancelled	Newark New Haven Buffalo Wilmington Vallejo Helena Roanoke Tallahassee Cheyenne Chattanooga

Preceded by: Baltimore class Followed by: Juneau class

List of cruisers of the United States Navy

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