USS Concord ( CL - 10 ) USS " Concord " ( CL - 10 ) was an " Omaha " - class light cruiser of the United States Navy . She was the fourth Navy ship named for the town of Concord , Massachusetts , the site of the first battle of the American Revolution . " Concord " was launched on 15 December 1921 by William Cramp and Sons , Philadelphia , Pa . ; sponsored by Miss H . Butterick ; and commissioned on 3 November 1923 , Captain O . G . Murfin in command . Service history . Inter - war period . On her maiden cruise , from 23 November 1923 – 9 April 1924 , " Concord " called at Mediterranean ports , passed through the Suez Canal to round the Cape of Good Hope , and exercised with the fleet in the Caribbean before returning to Philadelphia . As flagship of Commander , Destroyer Squadrons , Scouting Fleet , she cruised the Caribbean and sailed through the Panama Canal to exercise in the Hawaiian Islands in 1924 – 1925 . Continuing to operate in the $ 3 , she joined in the Presidential Fleet Review taken by Calvin Coolidge on 4 June 1927 . Serving as flagship of Commander , Cruiser Division 3 ( CruDiv 3 ) , Battle Force , " Concord " cruised the $ 3 from her base at San Diego after early 1932 , exercising in the Canal Zone and the Caribbean in 1934 . She took part in Presidential Fleet Reviews taken by Franklin D . Roosevelt on 30 September 1935 and 12 July 1938 , and joined in fleet exercises in the Hawaiian area , in the Canal Zone , and off Alaska . After operating on the east coast in the winter of 1938 - 39 , she returned to Pacific operations , and from 1 April 1940 was based at Pearl Harbor for a training schedule which intensified as war came closer . World War II . When the U . S . entered the war , " Concord " was at San Diego preparing for a shipyard overhaul which she completed early in February 1942 . Assigned to the Southeast Pacific Force , she escorted convoys to Bora Bora in the Society Islands , exercised in the Canal Zone , and cruised along the coast of South America and to the islands of the southeast Pacific , serving from time to time as flagship of her force . From 5 September – 24 November 1943 , she carried Rear Admiral Richard E . Byrd on a tour to survey the potential use of a number of southeast Pacific islands in national defense and commercial aviation . During this cruise , she suffered a gasoline explosion which killed 24 men including her executive officer , and caused considerable damage , which was repaired at Balboa , Panama . With repairs completed in March 1944 , " Concord " set sail northward to join the Northern Pacific Force at Adak on 2 April . Serving as flagship of Task Force 94 ( TF 94 ) at the beginning of this duty , she joined in bombardments of the Kuriles which continued at intervals until the close of the war , preventing effective use by the Japanese of their bases there . Harassing the northern shipping lanes of Japan , her force sank several small craft , and on 25 August 1944 , the destroyers of the force made an attack on a Japanese convoy . On 31 August 1945 , " Concord " stood out from Adak , covered the occupation landings at Ominato , Japan from 8 – 14 September , and sailed on to Pearl Harbor , the Canal Zone , Boston , and Philadelphia , where she was decommissioned on 12 December and sold for scrap on 21 January 1947 . Before she was scrapped her aft turret that fired the last shot of the War was removed . And is planned to be preserved but as of 2013 if has not happened yet . Awards . " Concord " received one battle star for World War II . On 12 August 1945 , the Concord fired the last navy salvo of World War II .