Heavy cruiser DES MOINES (CA-134)
Ordered:25 September 1943
Builder:Bethlehem Steel Company
Laid down:28 May 1945
Launched:27 September 1946
Commissioned:16 November 1948
Decommissioned:6 July 1961
Stricken:9 July 1991
Identification:Hull symbol: CA-134
Fate:Scrapping completed by ESCO Marine, Inc., Brownsville, TX on 16 August 2007.