Editing Brooklyn-class cruiser (section)

=== 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}}