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Return to Naval Historical Center homepagePuerto Rico
An island in the West Indies east of Hispanola.
Puerto Rico (CB–5) was authorized 19 July 1940, and was to be built by New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J.; but construction was cancelled 24 June 1943.