USS Fresno (CL-121)
| Career (United States of America) | |
|---|---|
| Operator: | United States Navy |
| Laid down: | 12 February 1945 |
| Launched: | 5 March 1946 |
| Commissioned: | 27 November 1946 |
| Decommissioned: | 17 May 1949 |
| Struck: | April 1965 |
| Fate: | Scrapped in 1966 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Juneau-class cruiser |
| Displacement: | 6,000 tons |
| Length: | 541 ft 6 in (165 m) |
| Beam: | 53 ft 3 in (16 m) |
| Draft: | 20.7 ft (6 m) |
| Speed: | 33 kn (38 mph; 61 km/h) |
| Complement: | 623 |
| Armament: | 12 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal guns (6 × 2) |
The second USS Fresno (CL-121) was a United States Navy Juneau-class light cruiser launched on 5 March 1946 by Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company of Kearny, New Jersey, sponsored by Mrs. Ruth R. Martin; and commissioned on 27 November 1946, with Captain Elliott Bowman Strauss in command. She was reclassified CLAA-121 on 18 March 1949.
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