USS Boise (CL-47)

USS Boise (July 1938)
History
United States
Name	Boise
Namesake	City of Boise, Idaho
Ordered	13 February 1929
Awarded	22 August 1934
Builder	Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, Virginia
Cost	$11,650,000 (contract price)
Laid down	1 April 1935
Launched	3 December 1936
Sponsored by	Miss Salome Clark
Commissioned	12 August 1938
Decommissioned	1 July 1946
Stricken	25 January 1951
Identification	Hull symbol:CL-47 Code letters:NAQG
Honors and awards	11 × battle stars
Fate	Sold to Argentina, 11 January 1951
Argentina
Name	Nueve de Julio
Namesake	Independence of Argentina
Acquired	11 January 1951
Commissioned	11 March 1952
Decommissioned	1979
Identification	Hull symbol:C-5
Fate	Sold for scrap August 1981 Scrapped 1983 at Brownsville, Texas
General characteristics (as built)[1]
Class and type	Brooklyn-class cruiser
Displacement	10,000 long tons (10,160 t) (estimated as design) 9,767 long tons (9,924 t) (standard) 12,207 long tons (12,403 t) (max)
Length	600 ft (180 m) oa 608 ft 4 in (185.42 m) lwl
Beam	61 ft 7 in (18.77 m)
Draft	19 ft 9 in (6.02 m) (mean) 24 ft (7.3 m) (max)
Installed power	8 × Steam boilers 100,000 shp (75,000 kW)
Propulsion	4 × geared turbines 4 × screws
Speed	32.5 kn (37.4 mph; 60.2 km/h)
Complement	868 officers and enlisted
Armament	15 × 6 in (152 mm)/47 caliber Mark 16 guns (5x3) 8 × 5 in (127 mm)/25 caliber anti-aircraft guns (8×1) 8 × caliber 0.50 in (12.7 mm) machine guns
Armor	Belt: 3+1⁄4–5 in (83–127 mm) Deck: 2 in (51 mm) Barbettes: 6 in (150 mm) Turrets: 1+1⁄4–6 in (32–152 mm) Conning tower: 2+1⁄4–5 in (57–127 mm)
Aircraft carried	4 × SOC Seagull floatplanes
Aviation facilities	2 × stern catapults
General characteristics (1945)[2][3]
Armament	15 × 6 in (152 mm)/47 caliber Mark 16 guns (5x3) 8 × 5 in (127 mm)/25 caliber anti-aircraft guns (8×1) 4 × quad 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors anti-aircraft guns 2 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors anti-aircraft guns 18 × single 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft cannons

USS Boise (CL-47) was a light cruiser of the Brooklyn class in the United States Navy. The cruiser was named for Boise, the capital city of the state of Idaho. Commissioned in 1938, she saw extensive service during World War II, taking part in fighting in the Mediterranean and Pacific theaters. Following the war the ship was decommissioned in 1946 and lay idle until sold to Argentina in 1951. Renamed ARA Nueve de Julio, the ship remained in service with the Argentinian Navy until 1978, after which she was taken to Brownsville, Texas and scrapped in 1983.