USS St. Louis (CL 49)

USS St. Louis (CL-49). US Navy photo.

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Light cruiser
Class	St. Louis
Pennant	CL 49
Built by	Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. (Newport News, Virginia, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	10 Dec 1936
Launched	15 Apr 1938
Commissioned	19 May 1939
End service	20 Jun 1946
History	Decommissioned 20 June 1946. Transferred to Brazil 9 January 1951 being renamed Tamandare. Stricken by the U.S.N. on 22 January 1951. Tamandare was discarded by the Brzilian Navy on 28 June 1976. Sunk off Capetown, South Africa on 4 August 1980 under tow to Kaosiung for scrapping.

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	Commander	From	To
1	Capt. Charles Henry Morrison, USN	19 May 1939	27 May 1941
2	Capt. George Arthur Rood, USN	27 May 1941	16 Nov 1942
3	T/Capt. Colin Clyde Campbell, USN	16 Nov 1942	12 Oct 1943
4	T/Capt. Ralph Henry Roberts, USN	12 Oct 1943	3 Jan 1945
5	T/Capt. John Bradford Griggs, Jr., USN	3 Jan 1945	20 Jun 1946

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