USS Portland (CA?33), the lead ship of her class of heavy cruiser, was the first ship of the United States Navy named after the city of Portland, Maine.
Portland was authorized 13 February 1929; laid down by Bethlehem Steel Co., Shipbuilding Div., Quincy, Massachusetts on 17 February 1930; launched 21 May 1932; sponsored by Mrs. Ralph D. Brooks of Portland; and commissioned 23 February 1933, Captain H. F. Leary in command.
Ordered: 13 February 1929
Laid down: 17 February 1930
Launched: 21 May 1932
Commissioned: 23 February 1933
Decommissioned: 12 July 1946
Struck: 1 March 1959
Nickname: Sweet "P"
Fate: Sold for scrap,
6 October 1959
General characteristics
Displacement: 9,950 tons
Length: 610 ft 3 in (186.0 m)
Beam: 66 ft 1 in (20.1 m)
Draft: 17 ft 1 in (5.2 m)
Propulsion: 4 shaft; parsons turbines; 8 boilers; 107,000 shp
Speed: 32.7 knots (61 km/h)
Range: 10,000 nmi. at 15 knots
(18,000 km at 28 km/h)
Complement: 848 officers and enlisted
Armament: ? 9 ? 8 in (203 mm) guns,
? 8 ? 5 in (127 mm) guns,[1]
? 8 ? .50 caliber machine guns
Aircraft carried: 4
