page_title: USS St. Louis (CL-49)
section_title: Transfer to Brazil
hierarchical_section_title: USS St. Louis (CL-49) / Transfer to Brazil
caption_attribution_description: English: Brazilian warships underway, heading northwards in formation, during the so-called "Lobster War" with France, in 1961. Visible are (top to bottom): destroyer Pernambuco (D30), ex-USS Hailey (DD-556); destroyer Paraná (D29), ex-USS Cushing (DD-797); light cruiser Tamandaré (C12), ex-USS St. Louis (CL-49); destroyer Pará (D27), ex-USS Guest (DD-472); destroyer Paraiba (D28), ex-USS Bennett (DD-473).
context_page_description: USS St. Louis (CL-49), eighth of nine Brooklyn-class 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. She served until 1976, and sank under tow to the scrappers in 1980.
context_section_description: In 1951, St. Louis was designated for transfer to the government of Brazil. Her name was struck from the US Naval Vessel Register on 22 January 1951, and on the 29th, she was commissioned in the Brazilian Navy as the Almirante Tamandaré (C-12) and served as the Fleet Flagship until 1976. She was deployed as part of the force in the Lobster War between Brazil and France. Decommissioned for the final time and placed into reserve, the Tamandare was eventually sold for scrap to Taiwan in 1980 and was under tow to the breakers yard (Taiwan) when she flooded and sank on 24 August 1980, near Cape of Good Hope, at 38°48′28″S 1°23′59″W.
caption: Squadron of the Brazilian Navy. In the center, the cruiser Almirante Tamandaré, surrounded by four Fletcher-class destroyers.
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