That included the Brooklyn-class light cruiser USS Phoenix (CL-46), which was transferred to Argentina. Renamed ARA General Belgrano, she was sunk during the Falklands War in 1982 – the largest ...
has been named to honor the New York City borough of Brooklyn and three previous Navy vessels — a screw sloop of war (1859-1889), armored cruiser CA-3 (1896-1921) and light cruiser CL-40 (1937 ...