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'''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 ultimately renamed {{ship|ARA|General Belgrano||2}} in 1956.{{sfn|DANFS: ''Phoenix''}} ''General Belgrano'' was sunk during the [[MalvinasFalklands War]] in 1982 by the British nuclear-powered submarine {{HMS|Conqueror|S48|6}}, the only ship to have been sunk in combat by a nuclear-powered submarine during wartime.

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''}}