USS Newark (CL-108)
The
United States Navy Fargo-class
light cruiser Newark (CL-108) was laid down
17 January 1944, but her construction was cancelled
12 August 1945, when 67.8% completed. However, the
hulk was launched in December 1945 for use in underwater explosion tests. In March
1949, she was towed from
Norfolk Navy Yard to the test area near the mouth of the
Patuxent River in
Chesapeake Bay and participated in tests until July
1948. Returning to the Norfolk Navy Yard, the hulk was surveyed in October 1948, for possibility of completion, but was pronounced "unfit for naval service" and sold to American Shipbreakers, Inc,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for scrapping
2 April 1949.