Post-war
All ships of the class were deactivated by early 1947. Except for Honolulu and Savannah, which were deemed unsuitable due to wartime damage and sold for scrap in 1949 and 1966, the rest were sold to South American countries in the early 1950s and served for many more years: Brooklyn and Nashville to Chile, Philadelphia to Brazil, and Boise and Phoenix to Argentina. ARA General Belgrano (ex-Phoenix), was torpedoed and sunk by HMS Conqueror during the Falklands War, while the O'Higgins (ex-Brooklyn) remained in service with the Chilean Navy until 1992. She sunk under tow (on her way to the scrappers) in the mid Pacific in 1994.
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