O le Canberra na faʻamavaeina i le aso 7 Mati 1947 ma faʻapipiʻi i le Pasefika Reserve Fleet i le Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, i Bremerton, Uosigitone. O le Canberra ma le tuafafine o le vaa o le Boston na faʻailogaina mo le liua i ni taʻitaʻiga faʻataʻitaʻi o le missile (Canberra na toe faʻailogaina ma le numera o le tino CAG-2), ma i le aso 4 Ianuari 1952, na tosoina o ia i le New York Shipbuilding Corporation i Camden, New Jersey mo le liua i se Boston-class cruiser. Fesili: o afea na faʻamavaeina ai Canberra?
7 Mati 1947