USS Galveston (CL-93)

USS Galveston (CL-93)

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

USS Galveston (CLG-3) underway in 1967
Career (United States)
Name:	USS Galveston (CL-93/CLG-3)
Launched:	22 April 1945
Commissioned:	28 May 1958
Decommissioned:	May 1970
Struck:	21 December 1973
Fate:	Sold for scrap May 1975
General characteristics
Class & type:	Galveston class guided missile cruiser
Displacement:	10,000 tons
Length:	608 ft 4 in
Beam:	63 ft 7 in
Draught:	25 ft
Speed:	Over 30 knots
Complement:	1,276 officers and enlisted
Armament:	6 × 6 in, 6 × 5 in guns 1 x Mk 7 GMLS for 46 Talos missiles

The USS Galveston (CL-93/CLG-3) was a Cleveland class light cruiser of the United States Navy that was later converted to a Galveston class guided missile cruiser. She was launched by William Cramp and Sons Shipbuilding Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania., 22 April 1945: and sponsored by Mrs. Clark Wallace Thompson. The cruiser's construction was suspended when nearly complete on 24 June 1946; and the hull assigned to the Philadelphia Group of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. She was reclassified CL-93 on 4 February 1956; then reclassified to CLG-3 on 23 May 1957; and commissioned at Philadelphia 28 May 1958, Captain J. B. Colwell in command.