Historically, she and her sister Helena differed from the first seven Brooklyn-class light cruisers in having four 127 mm twin turreted mounts instead of eight 127 mm single open pedestal mounts and having their engines and boilers arranged alternately for increased survival. She served from Pearl Harbor to Okinawa before she was sold off to Brazil in 1951 and renamed Almirante Tamandaré, seeing further service until 1976.
