USS Juneau, a 6000-ton light cruiser, was built at Kearny, New Jersey and commissioned in February 1946. Following initial service in the Atlantic, she made three deployments to the Mediterranean sea during 1947-49. Juneau was reclassified as an antiaircraft light cruiser in March 1949 and redesignated CLAA-119. Late in that year, she transferred to the Pacific and deployed to the Far East in April 1950. With the outbreak of the Korean War the following June, Juneau became the first U.S. warship to enter combat against the invading North Korean forces. She was very active in operations off Korea and in the Formosa Straits area until the Spring of 1951 and made a second Korean War tour in 1952.

In April 1953, Juneau rejoined the Atlantic Fleet, serving in the Mediterranean during that year and again in 1954-55. She decommissioned in July 1956 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and remained there until sold for scrapping in 1962.