Awarded: August 1, 1939
Keel laid: December 16, 1939
Launched: December 14, 1940
Commissioned: June 14, 1941
Decommissioned: September 30, 1991
Builder: New York Shipbuilding, Camden, NJ.
Propulsion system: four boilers, two steam turbines, two propeller shafts, 11,000 shaft horsepower
Propellers: two
Length: 529.5 feet (161.4 meters)
Beam: 73.2 feet (22.3 meters)
Draft: 23.3 feet (7.1 meters)
Displacement: approx. 16,200 tons full load
Speed: 19.2 knots
Aircraft: none
Armament: four 20mm guns
Crew: approx. 1000