USS Augusta

USS Augusta (CL/CA-31) was a Northampton-class cruiser of the United States Navy, notable for service as a headquarters ship during Operation Torch, Operation Overlord, and Operation Dragoon, and for her occasional use as a presidential flagship carrying both Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman under wartime conditions. She was named after Augusta, Georgia, and was sponsored by Miss Evelyn McDaniel of that city.

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length 182.96 metre, beam 20.14 metre, beam 20.1 metre, draft 5.9 metre, length 183 metre, speed 32.5 knot, speed 32.7 knot, 
Northampton-class cruiser, heavy cruiser, United States Navy, Newport News Shipbuilding, 

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1946-07-16T00:00:00Z

1946-07-16T00:00:00Z

ship decommissioning

1930-02-01T00:00:00Z

1930-02-01T00:00:00Z

ship launching

1931-01-30T00:00:00Z

1931-01-30T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

1942-11-16T00:00:00Z

1942-11-16T00:00:00Z

Q194132

1928-07-02T00:00:00Z

1928-07-02T00:00:00Z

keel laying

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The Royal Navy during the Second World War A25228

NH 81240 USS AUGUSTA (CA-31)

USS Long Island (AVG-1) underway with cruisers and destroyers, in August 1941 (80-G-13074)

Zendmast van het Amerikaanse oorlogsschip Augusta, asset o2entqXSakRZKVWWZY4JNot5

Navy Day 1945 ships Hudson River NY

USS Augusta (CA-31) in drydock USS Dewey (YFD-1) at Olongapo, Philippine Islands, 29 January 1936 (80-CF-21338-3)

Photo panorama of "Man of War Row" in the Huangpu River, Shanghai in late May or early June 1939.

Smoke from burning cotton mills on Pootung, Shanghai with World War I victory memorial on left and bow of cruiser HMS DANAE at right

USS Augusta (CA-31), USS Boise (CL-47), USS Columbus (CA-74) and USS Monterey (CVL-26) anchored in the Hudson River, 27 October 1945 (80-G-K-16473)

USS Augusta (CA-31) steaming off Portland, Maine (USA), on 9 May 1945 (NH 97932)

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		The Royal Navy during the Second World War A25228		Commons
commons	image		NH 81240 USS AUGUSTA (CA-31)		Commons
commons	image		USS Long Island (AVG-1) underway with cruisers and destroyers, in August 1941 (80-G-13074)		Commons
commons	image		Zendmast van het Amerikaanse oorlogsschip Augusta, asset o2entqXSakRZKVWWZY4JNot5		Commons
commons	image		Navy Day 1945 ships Hudson River NY		Commons
commons	image		USS Augusta (CA-31) in drydock USS Dewey (YFD-1) at Olongapo, Philippine Islands, 29 January 1936 (80-CF-21338-3)		Commons
commons	image		Photo panorama of "Man of War Row" in the Huangpu River, Shanghai in late May or early June 1939.		Commons
commons	image		Smoke from burning cotton mills on Pootung, Shanghai with World War I victory memorial on left and bow of cruiser HMS DANAE at right		Commons
commons	image		USS Augusta (CA-31), USS Boise (CL-47), USS Columbus (CA-74) and USS Monterey (CVL-26) anchored in the Hudson River, 27 October 1945 (80-G-K-16473)		Commons
commons	image		USS Augusta (CA-31) steaming off Portland, Maine (USA), on 9 May 1945 (NH 97932)		Commons