USS St. Louis (C-20) - Decommissioning and Fate

Decommissioning and Fate

On 11 November St. Louis arrived at Philadelphia where, on completion of pre-inactivation overhaul, she was decommissioned on 3 March 1922. In reserve until struck from the Navy List on 20 March 1930, St. Louis' hulk was sold for scrapping on 13 August in accordance with the provisions of the London Naval Treaty and Second London Naval Treaty for the limitation and reduction of naval armament.

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