The tug Massasoit (YT-131) quickly took Steadfast under tow in attempt to beach her, but soon abandoned the effort. Neither ship suffered casualties, but Steadfast reported that she was sinking. Although she cut her engines, the cruiser struck the port side of the auxiliary schooner Steadfast (H-127), six feet aft of her stem. While leaving a demagnetizing station on the morning of 31 October 1942 at five knots in heavy fog, Montpelier’s lookouts spotted a ship crossing 50 yards dead ahead at 0830. On 28 October, she proceeded to the Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, Va., escorted by destroyer Davison (DD-618). Davidson, Commander, Cruiser Division (CruDiv) 8, to oversee training for Montpelier’s officers and mostly draftee crew in Chesapeake Bay instead of a traditional shakedown cruise.
Due to wartime urgency, Ingersoll assigned Rear Adm. Ingersoll, Commander in Chief, Atlantic Fleet (CinCLant) on 25 October 1942. When completed, she reported for duty by dispatch to Adm. Moored with her sisters Cleveland (CL-55) and Columbia (CL-56) in the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Montpelier awaited final installation of her 6-inch, 5-inch, and 20-millimeter Oerlikon batteries at the time of her commissioning. and commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 9 September 1942, Capt. Lesley Sayer Corry, wife of William F. Corry, Mayor of Montpelier, Vt. launched on 12 February 1942 sponsored by Mrs. The second Montpelier (CL‑57) was laid down on 2 December 1940 at Camden, N.Y., by the New York Shipbuilding Corp. complement 992 armament 12 6-inch, 12 5-inch, 16 40-millimeter, 19 20-millimeter, class Cleveland)
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