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For other ships with the same name, see USS Montpelier.

History
United States

Name:
Montpelier

Namesake:
City of Montpelier, Vermont

Builder:
New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey

Laid down:
2 December 1940

Launched:
12 February 1942

Sponsored by:
Mrs. William F. Carry

Commissioned:
9 September 1942

Decommissioned:
24 January 1947

Struck:
1 March 1959

Identification:

• Hull symbol:CL-57
• Code letters:NCFV

Motto:

• "Mighty Monty"
• "Legend of the Solomons"

Honors and awards:
13 × Battle stars

Fate:
Scrapped in 1960

General characteristics

Class and type:
Cleveland-class Light cruiser

Displacement:

• 11,744 long tons (11,932 t) (standard)
• 14,131 long tons (14,358 t) (max)

Length:

• 610 ft 1 in (185.95 m) oa
• 608 ft (185 m)pp

Beam:
66 ft 4 in (20.22 m)

Draft:

• 25 ft 6 in (7.77 m) (mean)
• 25 ft (7.6 m) (max)

Installed power:

• 4 × 634 psi 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)

Range:
11,000 nmi (20,000 km) @ 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h)

Complement:
1,255 officers and enlisted

Armament:

• 4 × triple 6 in (150 mm)/47 caliber Mark 16 guns
• 6 × dual 5 in (130 mm)/38 caliber anti-aircraft guns
• 4 × quad 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors anti-aircraft guns
• 4 × dual 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors anti-aircraft guns
• 17 × single 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft cannons

Armor:

• Belt: 3 1⁄2–5 in (89–127 mm)
• Deck: 2 in (51 mm)
• Barbettes: 6 in (150 mm)
• Turrets: 1 1⁄2–6 in (38–152 mm)
• Conning Tower: 2 1⁄4–5 in (57–127 mm)

Aircraft carried:
4 × floatplanes

Aviation facilities:
2 × stern catapults

Service record

Operations:
World War II

Awards:
13 × Battle stars

USS Montpelier (CL-57) was one of 26 United States Navy Cleveland-class light cruisers completed during or shortly after World War II. She was the second US Navy ship to be named for the city of Montpelier, Vermont. Montpelier was commissioned in September 1942 and saw service in several campaigns in the Pacific. Like almost all her sister ships, she was decommissioned shortly after the end of the war, and never saw active service again. Montpelier was scrapped in the early 1960s