USS St. Louis (CL-49) after the Battle of Kolombangara, showing torpedo damage to her bow during WWII. The St. Louis, the lead ship of her class of light cruisers, was the fifth ship of the United States Navy named after the city of St. Louis, Missouri. Commissioned in 1939, she was very active in the Pacific during World War II, earning eleven battle stars. She was deactivated shortly after the war, but was recommissioned into the Brazilian Navy as Almirante Tamandaré in 1951.

USS St. Louis (CL-49) after the Battle of Kolombangara, showing torpedo damage to her bow during WWII. The St. Louis, the lead ship of her class of light cruisers, was the fifth ship of the United States Navy named after the city of St. Louis, Missouri. Commissioned in 1939, she was very active in the Pacific during World War II, earning eleven battle stars. She was deactivated shortly after the war, but was recommissioned into the Brazilian Navy as Almirante Tamandaré in 1951.