| Career (United States) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Newark |
| Namesake: | Newark, New Jersey |
| Builder: | New York Shipbuilding Corporation Camden, New Jersey[1] |
| Laid down: | 17 January 1944 |
| Launched: | December 1945 |
| Fate: | Sold on 2 April 1949 for scrapping |
| Notes: | Construction canceled on 12 August 1945 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Fargo-class light cruiser |
| Displacement: | 10,000 long tons (10,160 t) |
| Length: | 611 ft 2 in (186.28 m) |
| Beam: | 66 ft 6 in (20.27 m) |
| Draft: | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
| Speed: | 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph) |
| Complement: | 992 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | • 12 × 6"/47 caliber guns (4×3) • 12 × 5"/38 caliber guns (6×2) • 32 × Bofors 40 mm AA guns (8×4) |
USS Newark (CL-108) was a Fargo-class light cruiser of the United States Navy that was scrapped prior to completion.
Newark was laid down on 17 January 1944, but her construction was canceled on 12 August 1945, when 67.8% completed. The hulk was subsequently launched in December 1945 for use in underwater explosion tests. In March 1948, she was towed from Norfolk Navy Yard to the test area near the mouth of the Patuxent River in Chesapeake Bay and participated in tests until July 1948.
The hulk was returned to the Norfolk Navy Yard and surveyed in October 1948 for possibility of completion, but was pronounced "unfit for naval service". Newark was then sold to American Shipbreakers, Inc. of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 2 April 1949 for scrapping.[2]
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