High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Tucson (CL-98) was a modified Atlanta-class light cruiser, sometimes referred to as "Oakland-class". She was laid down on 23 December 1942 in San Francisco, California by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation; launched on 3 September 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Emmett S. Claunch, Sr.; and commissioned on 3 February 1945, Captain Arthur D. Ayrault in command. She was named after Tucson, Arizona.