330-PS-1006 (USN 708053):   Two Light Cruisers Sold to Argentina Under MDAP.  A memorandum of understanding between the Argentine government and the U.S. Navy for the transfer of two light cruisers in connection within Hemisphere Defense Plans was signed today in the Office of the Under Secretary of the Navy, Dan A. Kimbell, (right).   Admiral Carlos J. Martinez, Chief of Naval Operations for the Argentine Navy (left), signed for the purchase of the light cruisers USS Phoenix (CL 46) and USS Boise (CL 47).  Under Secretary Kimball signed for the U.S. Navy.   The formal offer of sale of these vessels, under terms of the Mutual Defense Assistance Program, was made last week in a diplomatic note to the ambassador of Argentina by the Department of State.  The cruisers, first commissioned in October 1938, are both of the Brooklyn class, displacing 9,700 tons and are 608 feet in length.  They are being reactivated by the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.   Phoenix was renamed Diecisiete de Octubre, later General Belgrano.  General Belgrano was sunk during the Falklands War in 1982 by the Royal Navy submarine HMS Conqueror.  Boise was renamed Nueve de Julio (C 5) and served until 1978.      Photographed by January 11, 1951.  (6/30/2015).
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