USS Wilmington (CL-111)

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

History


Name:	USS Wilmington
Namesake:	Wilmington, Delaware
Builder:	William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Laid down:	5 March 1945
Fate:	Construction halted on 12 August 1945. Hulk eventually scrapped.
General characteristics
Type:	Fargo-class cruiser
Displacement:	10,000 long tons (10,160 t)
Length:	611 ft 2 in (186.28 m)
Beam:	66 ft 6 in (20.27 m)
Draft:	20 ft (6.1 m)
Speed:	33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Complement:	992 officers and enlisted
Armament:	12 × 6"/47 caliber guns (4×3) 12 × 5"/38 caliber guns (6×2) 32 × Bofors 40 mm AA guns (8×4)

USS Wilmington (CL-111) was a planned ship which was scrapped prior to completion. She was the third ship to be scheduled to be named for Wilmington, Delaware.

Wilmington was to be a United States Navy Fargo-class light cruiser. She was laid down 5 March 1945 by William Cramp and Sons, but with the end of World War II, construction was suspended 12 August 1945 and the hulk subsequently scrapped.

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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