Monday, May 7, 2018

Other Ships named USS Cincinnati-- Part 2: A Light Cruiser and a Nuclear Submarine


3.  THE THIRD USS CINCINNATI--  Was a light cruiser (CL-6) commissioned in 1924.  Did Atlantic patrols in World War II and forced the scuttling of the German ship Annalies Essberger, taking 62 prisoners in November 1942.

Later service in the Mediterranean Sea and the invasion of France.  Scrapped 1946, but the ship's bell and other items saved by the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County.

4.  THE FOURTH USS CINCINNATI--  (SSN-693)  A Los Angeles-class nuclear attack submarine in service 1978-1996.  Pieces of it were saved.

--Cooter

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