One of the early British ships refitted in the US under the Lend-Lease agreement.
From Wiki:
From May to December, 1941 Delhi was refitted as an anti-aircraft cruiser at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. This refit included 5"/38 calibre gun barrels originally intended for USS Edison, and were hand-picked by Edison's commanding officer, but were ordered transferred to Delhi by President Roosevelt himself. With her new dual purpose main armament, she took part in a number of allied landings in the Mediterranean, (Sicily, Salerno and Algiers). On 20 November, 1942 Delhi was damaged by enemy action in Algiers Bay when her stern was blown off by Italian aircraft, whilst she was making smoke to protect the fleet. She returned to Britain and was under repair until April 1943.
During Operation Shingle, the Allied landings at Anzio, she collided with another Royal Navy ship whilst avoiding an air attack at night and suffered damage to her bow. Several ships were sent to relieve her, including HMS Spartan, but all were sunk. She was repaired at sea and remained in service for the rest of the war, taking part in fleet activity prior to D-Day to create uncertainty as to the actual landing zones.
On 12 February 1945 she was attacked and damaged by six German explosive motorboats in the harbour at Split, Croatia. The attack missed the Delhi and struck a nearby landing craft. The force of the resulting explosion caused the Delhi's rudder to jam and she had to be towed to Malta.
She returned to Britain and was laid up after the war. She was not fully repaired, and was instead sold on 22 January 1948 to be broken up. She arrived at the yards of Cashmore, of Newport in April 1948 to be scrapped.
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