Editing Brooklyn-class cruiser (section)

== Service history ==
=== War service ===
Several ''Brooklyn''s were seriously damaged during World War II, although all but one of the cruisers survived. {{USS|Boise|CL-47|2}} was severely damaged by a shell that hit her forward turret [[Magazine (artillery)#Naval magazines|magazine]] during the [[Battle of Cape Esperance]] on 11 October 1942, suffering many casualties, but the magazine (being partially flooded as a result of shell hits in her hull) did not explode. {{USS|Nashville|CL-43|2}} was hit by a ''[[kamikaze]]'' attack on 13 December 1944, off [[Mindoro]], which killed or wounded 310 crewmen. {{USS|Honolulu|CL-48|2}} was torpedoed at the [[Battle of Kolombangara]] on 12–13 July 1943, as was her near-sister {{USS|St. Louis|CL-49|2}}. After being repaired in the United States, ''Honolulu'' returned to service only to be torpedoed by a Japanese aircraft on 20 October 1944, during the [[Battle of Leyte|invasion of Leyte]].<ref>Ewing pp. 81–88</ref> On 11 September 1943, {{USS|Savannah|CL-42|2}} was hit by a German [[Fritz X]] radio guided bomb which penetrated her #3 turret and blew out the bottom of the ship. Skillful damage control by her crew saved her from sinking. While under repair in the United States, ''Savannah'' and ''Honolulu'' were rebuilt with a bulged hull that increased their beam by nearly {{convert|8|ft}} and their 5-inch/{{wbr}}25 caliber guns were replaced by four twin 5-inch/38 caliber guns, although the repairs to ''Savannah'' were completed too late for her to see frontline action again.<ref>Whitley p. 249</ref>

''Helena'' was sunk in 1943 during the [[Battle of Kula Gulf]]. The remains of the ship were discovered below the surface of [[New Georgia Sound]] by [[Paul Allen]]'s research ship {{RV|Petrel||2}} in April 2018. ''St. Louis'' was seriously damaged twice, but survived the war.

=== Post-war ===
All ships of the class went into reserve in 1946-47. Six were sold to [[South America]]n countries in the early 1950s, and served for many more years: ''Brooklyn'' and ''Nashville'' to Chile, ''St. Louis'' and ''Philadelphia'' to Brazil, and ''Boise'' and ''Phoenix'' to Argentina. ''Savannah'' and ''Honolulu'' remained in reserve until struck in 1959. {{ship|ARA|General Belgrano}} (ex-''Phoenix'') was torpedoed and sunk by {{HMS|Conqueror|S48|6}} during the Falklands War,<ref>Ewing pp. 77–88</ref> while {{ship|Chilean cruiser|O'Higgins|02|2}} (ex-''Brooklyn'') remained in service with the Chilean Navy until 1992.<ref name="history">{{cite web |last= Rickard |first= John |url= http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_USS_Phoenix_CL46.html |title= USS ''Phoenix'' (CL-46) | website= HistoryOfWar.org | date=18 May 2015 | access-date=17 October 2015}}</ref> She sank under tow, on her way to the scrappers, in the mid-Pacific in 1992.{{fact|date=October 2024}}