USS Macon (CA-132)
USS Macon underway on 6 October 1951 | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Macon |
| Namesake | City of Macon, Georgia |
| Builder | New York Shipbuilding |
| Laid down | 14 June 1943 |
| Launched | 15 October 1944 |
| Commissioned | 26 August 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 12 April 1950 |
| Recommissioned | 16 October 1950 |
| Decommissioned | 10 March 1961 |
| Stricken | 1 November 1969 |
| Identification |
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| Motto | Constitution, Justice, Wisdom, Moderation |
| Fate | Scrapped, 5 July 1973 |
| Badge | |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Baltimore-class cruiser |
| Displacement | 13,600 long tons (13,818 t) |
| Length | 674 ft 11 in (205.71 m) |
| Beam | 70 ft 10 in (21.59 m) |
| Draft | 20 ft 6 in (6.25 m) |
| Speed | 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph) |
| Complement | 1,142 officers and enlisted |
| Armament |
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USS Macon (CA-132), a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy, was laid down on 14 June 1943 by the New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, New Jersey; launched on 15 October 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Charles F. Bowden, wife of the mayor of Macon, Georgia; and commissioned on 26 August 1945 at Philadelphia, Captain Edward Everett Pare in command.