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| rdfs:comment | - The USS San Diego was a light anti-aircraft cruiser that was active during World War II. She ended the war the second most decorated ship after USS Enterprise (CV-6), with 18 battle stars.
- The second USS San Diego (CL-53) was an Atlanta-class light cruiser of the United States Navy, commissioned just after the US entry into World War II, and active throughout the Pacific theater. Armed with 16 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal DP anti-aircraft guns and 16 Bofors 40 mm AA guns, the Atlanta-class cruisers had the heaviest anti-aircraft broadside of any warship of World War II.
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| Fate | - Sold for scrap, December 1960
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| Builder | - Bethlehem Steel, Quincy MA
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| machinery | - geared turbines, 75,000 shp
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| present for | - Guadalcanal,
Operation "Galvanic",
Operation "Flintlock",
Operation "Catchpole",
Invasion of Guam,
Task Force 38 Okinawa
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| abstract | - The USS San Diego was a light anti-aircraft cruiser that was active during World War II. She ended the war the second most decorated ship after USS Enterprise (CV-6), with 18 battle stars.
- The second USS San Diego (CL-53) was an Atlanta-class light cruiser of the United States Navy, commissioned just after the US entry into World War II, and active throughout the Pacific theater. Armed with 16 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal DP anti-aircraft guns and 16 Bofors 40 mm AA guns, the Atlanta-class cruisers had the heaviest anti-aircraft broadside of any warship of World War II. San Diego was the second most decorated US ship of World War II, being awarded 18 battle stars, and was the first major Allied warship to enter Tokyo Bay after the surrender of Japan. Decommissioned in 1946, the ship was sold for scrapping in December 1960.
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