The light cruiser USS Omaha (CL-4) and destroyer USS Jouett teamed up to sink the German blockade runner SS Rio Grande.
USS OMAHA (CL-4)
From Wikipedia.
The USS Omaha was the lead ship of the Omaha-class of light cruisers. She was originally classified as a scout cruiser and the second U.S. Navy ship to be named after Omaha, Nebraska. The first one was screw sloop launched in 1869.
Commissioned in 1923, she spent most of her career in the Pacific Ocean.
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
Length: 555.6 feet
Beam: 55 feet
Speed: 38.5 mph
Crew: 29 officers, 429 enlisted
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Armament:
four 6-inch guns in two turrets
eight single 6-inch guns
two 3-inch anti-aircraft guns
two triple 21-inch torpedo tubes
two twin 21-inch torpedo tubes
224 mines
--GreGen
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