Canberra yakabviswa basa musi wa 7 Kurume 1947 uye yakasungirirwa nePacific Reserve Fleet paPuget Sound Naval Shipyard, iri muBremerton, Washington. Canberra uye hanzvadzi yeBoston yakatarwa kuti ichinje kuva missile cruisers inorema (Canberra yakatumidzwazve nhamba ye CAG-2), uye musi wa 4 Ndira 1952, yakadhindwa kuNew York Shipbuilding Corporation kuCamden, New Jersey kuti ichinje kuva Boston-class cruiser. Mubvunzo: Canberra yakabviswa rini?
7 March 1947