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Line 1: {{Short description|1938 Brooklyn-class light cruiser of the US Navy}} {{For-multi|other ships with the same name|USS Phoenix{{!}}USS ''Phoenix''|this ship's service in the Argentine Navy|ARA General Belgrano{{!}}ARA ''General Belgrano''}}
{{merge to|ARA General Belgrano|discuss=Talk:ARA General Belgrano#Merge Proposal|date=August 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} Line 17 ⟶ 18: | Ship builder = [[New York Shipbuilding Corporation]], [[Camden, New Jersey]] | Ship original cost = $11,975,000 (contract price) | Ship laid down = | Ship launched = 12 March 1938 | Ship sponsor = Mrs. Dorothea Kays Moonan Line 32 ⟶ 33: | Ship nickname = | Ship honors = [[Image:Bronze-service-star-3d.png|18px]] [[Image:Silver-service-star-3d.png|20px]] 11 × [[Battle star#Navy warships|battle star]]s | Ship fate = Sold to [[Argentina]], 9 April 1951, as {{ship|ARA| | Ship notes = | Ship badge = }} {{Infobox ship career |Ship country=Argentina |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Argentina}} |Ship name=''17 de Octubre'' |Ship namesake=17 October 1945, [[Loyalty Day (Argentina)|the day popular demonstrations]] forced the release of [[Juan Perón]] |Ship acquired=9 April 1951 |Ship renamed=ARA ''General Belgrano'' (C-4) }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header=yes |Ship namesake=[[Manuel Belgrano]] |Ship fate=Torpedoed and sunk on 2 May 1982, during the [[Falklands War]] by {{ship|HMS|Conqueror|S48|6}} }} {{Infobox ship characteristics Line 40 ⟶ 54: | Header caption = (as built)<ref name="ships">{{cite web |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=rp-jAAAAMAAJ |title=Ships' Data, US Naval Vessels |publisher=US Naval Department |date=1 July 1935 |access-date=17 October 2015 |pages=24–31}}</ref> | Ship class = {{sclass|Brooklyn|cruiser}} | Ship displacement = *{{convert|10,000|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} (estimated as design) * {{convert|9,767|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} (standard) * {{convert|12,207|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} (max) | Ship length = *{{convert|600|ft|m|abbr=on}} [[Length overall|oa]] * {{convert|608|ft|4|in|m|abbr=on}} [[Waterline length|lwl]] Line 80 ⟶ 94: |} '''USS ''Phoenix'' (CL-46)''', was a [[light cruiser]] of the {{sclass|Brooklyn|cruiser|2}} family. She was the third ''Phoenix'' of the [[United States Navy]]. After [[World War II]] the ship was transferred to [[Argentina]] in 1951 and was She was [[Keel laying|laid down]] on 15 April 1935 by the [[New York Shipbuilding Corporation]], [[Camden, New Jersey]]; [[Ceremonial ship launching|launched]] on 13 March 1938; sponsored by Mrs. Dorothea Kays Moonan; and [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] at [[Philadelphia Navy Yard]] on 3 October 1938. Her name was in honor of the [[Phoenix, Arizona|capital city]] of the state of [[Arizona]].{{sfn|DANFS: ''Phoenix''}} Line 112 ⟶ 126: On 4 and 7 March, ''Phoenix'', ''Nashville'', and {{HMAS|Shropshire|1928|6}} bombarded Hauwei Island (just west of [[Los Negros Island]]) of the Admiralty Group. Enemy guns on this island had threatened [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] positions in the Admiralties, particularly on [[Manus Island]]; and, although return fire from the beach was heavy, enemy batteries ceased firing when shells from the cruisers burst in their vicinity.{{sfn|DANFS: ''Phoenix''}} In the [[Battle of Hollandia]], the start of the [[Western New Guinea campaign]], [[Jayapura|Hollandia]] was next to fall to the mounting amphibious offensive. This largest assault General Douglas MacArthur's troops next landed at Arare on 17 May to secure airfields to support further operations in the [[Netherlands New Guinea]] area. This beachhead was later extended to include [[Wakde Island]] by a shore to shore movement of troops. ''Phoenix'' bombarded the Toem area and escorted the troops to the landing beach.{{sfn|DANFS: ''Phoenix''}} Line 129 ⟶ 143: The long-awaited re-conquest of the [[Philippines]] began with the landing on [[Leyte (island)|Leyte]]. ''Phoenix'', attached to the Close Covering Group, heavily bombarded the beaches before the highly successful landing on 20 October. Her batteries silenced an enemy strong point holding up the advance of a battalion of the [[19th Infantry Regiment (United States)|19th Infantry Regiment]] and continued to furnish effective callfire.{{sfn|DANFS: ''Phoenix''}} In the [[Battle of Leyte Gulf]], ''Phoenix'' was a unit of Rear Admiral [[Jesse Oldendorf]]'s group which ''Phoenix'' then patrolled the mouth of [[Leyte Gulf]] to protect Allied positions on shore. On the morning of 1 November 1944, ten enemy torpedo-bombers attacked her and accompanying ships. At 0945, ''Phoenix'' opened fire and five minutes later, {{USS|Claxton|DD-571|2}} was hit by a ''[[kamikaze]]''. Almost at the same instant, hits from ''Phoenix''{{'}}s {{convert|5|in|mm|abbr=on}} guns set another plane afire but could not prevent it from diving into the starboard bow of {{USS|Ammen|DD-527|2}}. At 0957, a plane making a torpedo run on ''Phoenix'' was shot down by the ship's machine-gun fire, but in a few minutes a bomber hit {{USS|Killen|DD-593|2}}.{{sfn|DANFS: ''Phoenix''}} Line 150 ⟶ 164: {{main|ARA General Belgrano}} She was decommissioned on 3 July 1946, and remained at Philadelphia until sold to [[Argentina]] on 9 April 1951. She was commissioned in the [[Navy of the Argentine Republic|Argentine Navy]] as ==Awards== Line 177 ⟶ 191: * {{navsource|04/046/04046|USS Phoenix}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20071226015311/http://www.sherryfelix.com/Hechler/PearlHarbor_Hechler.html <!-- [http://www.sherryfelix.com/Hechler/PearlHarbor_Hechler.html --> Wayback Machine: ''Like Swatting Bees in a Telephone Booth'' by Commander Ted Hechler, Jr., U. S. Navy (Retired)] * [https://archive.org/details/sim_boston-phoenix_1982-05-18_11_20/page/n11/mode/1up Remembrance: The ''USS Phoenix'', 1937-'82] {{Portal bar|Argentina|Arizona
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