Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945

Cruisers

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CB -- Large Cruisers

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Alaska Class:

Displacement: 27,500 tons
Length: 808'6"
Beam: 91'1"
Draft: 32'4"
Speed: 33 knots
Armament: 3x3 12"/50, 12 5"/38 DP, 14x4 40mm, 34 20mm, 4 planes
Complement: 2251
General Electric geared turbines, four screws, 150,000 h.p.

No. Name Comm. Notes (: Lost)

CB-1 Alaska 17 Jun 1944

CB-2 Guam 17 Sep 1944

CA -- Heavy Cruisers

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Pensacola Class:

Displacement: 9100 tons (normal) / 11,512 (full load)
Length: 585'8"
Beam: 65'3"
Draft: 22'5"
Speed: 32.5 knots
Armament: 2x3 8"/55, 2x2 8"/55, 4 5"/25, 6x4 40mm, 28x1 20mm; 2 planes
Complement:1113-1135
Propulsion: Steam turbines, 8 boilders, 4 shafts, 107,000 hp

No. Name Comm. Notes (: Lost)

CA-24 Pensacola 6 Feb 1930

CA-25 Salt Lake City 11 Dec 1929

Northampton Class:

Displacement: 9050-9300 tons (normal) / 11,826 (full load)
Length: 600'3"
Beam: 66'1"
Draft: 24'
Speed: 32.5 knots
Armament: 3x3 8"/55, 4x2 5"/25, 6x4 40mm, 28 20mm, 6 21" tt; 3 planes
Complement: 1020-1155
Propulsion: Steam tubines, 8 boilers, 4 shafts, 107,000 hp

No. Name Comm. Notes (: Lost)

CA-31 Augusta 30 Jan 1931

CA-27 Chester 24 Jun 1930

CA-29 Chicago 9 Mar 1931 30 Jan 1943; torpedo at Battle of Rennell Island

CA-30 Houston 17 Jun 1930 1 Mar 1942; torpedo & gunfire at Battle of Sunda Strait

CA-28 Louisville 15 Jan 1931

CA-26 Northampton 17 May 1930 30 Nov 1942; torpedo at Battle of Tassafaronga

Portland Class:

Displacement: 9800-9950 tons (normal) / 13,767 tons (full load)
Length: 610'3"-610'4"
Beam: 66'1"
Draft: 24'6"
Speed: 32.5 knots
Armament: 3x3 8"/55, 8x1 5"/25, 8x1 .50-caliber MG; 3 planes
Complement: 1229-1382
Propulsion: Steam turbines, 8 boilers, 4 shafts, 107,000 hp

No. Name Comm. Notes (: Lost)

CA-35 Indianapolis 15 Nov 1932 29 Jul 1945; torpedo in the Philippine Sea (after delivering Hiroshima Bomb to Tinian)

CA-33 Portland 23 Feb 1933

New Orleans Class:

Displacement: 9375-9973 tons (normal) / 12,411 tons (full load)
Length: 588'2"
Beam: 61'9"-61'10"
Draft: 24'4"
Speed: 32.5 knots
Armament: 3x3 8"/55, 8x1 5"/25, 8x1 .50-caliber MG; 3 planes
Complement: 1042-1121
Propulsion: Steam turbines, 8 boilers, 4 shafts, 107,000 hp

No. Name Comm. Notes (: Lost)

CA-34 Astoria 28 Apr 1934 9 Aug 1942; torpedo & gunfire at Battle of Savo Island

CA-36 Minneapolis 19 May 1934

CA-32 New Orleans 15 Feb 1934

CA-39 Quincy 9 Jun 1936 9 Aug 1942; torpedo & gunfire at Battle of Savo Island

CA-38 San Francisco 10 Feb 1934

CA-37 Tuscaloosa 17 Aug 1934

CA-44 Vincennes 24 Feb 1937 9 Aug 1942; torpedo & gunfire at Battle of Savo Island

Wichita Class:

Displacement: 10,000 tons (normal) / 13,015 (full load)
Length: 608'4"
Beam: 61'9"
Draft: 25'
Speed: 32.5 knots
Armament: 3x3 8"/55, 8x1 5"/38, 4x4 40mm, 4x2 40mm, 20x1 20mm, 8x1 .50-caliber MG; 2 planes
Complement: 1343

No. Name Comm. Notes (: Lost)

CA-45 Wichita 16 Feb 1939

Baltimore Class:

Displacement: 13,600 tons
Length: 673'5"
Beam: 70'10"
Draft: 26'10"
Speed: 33 knots
Armament: 9 8"/55, 12 5"/38 DP, 12x4 40mm, 28-28 20mm, 4 planes
Complement: 1648-1969
Geared turbine engines with 4 screws, 120,000 hp
Max cruising radius: 4,800 miles at 25 knots; 7,900 miles @ 15 knots

No. Name Comm. Notes (: Lost)

CA-123 Albany 1946

CA-68 Baltimore 15 Apr 1943

CA-69 Boston 30 Jun 1943

CA-130 Bremerton 20 Apr 1945

CA-70 Canberra 14 Oct 1943

CA-136 Chicago 10 Jan 1945

CA-74 Columbus 8 Jun 1945

CA-131 Fall River 1 Jul 1945

CA-75 Helena 4 Sep 1945

CA-135 Los Angeles 22 Jul 1945

CA-132 Macon 26 Aug 1945

CA-122 Oregon City 1945

CA-72 Pittsburgh 10 Oct 1944

CA-71 Quincy 15 Dec 1943

CA-124 Rochester 1946

CA-73 St. Paul 17 Feb 1945

CA-133 Toledo 1946

CL -- Light Cruisers

Click on "CL-##" for link to page with specifications, history, photographs (where available).

Omaha Class:

Displacement: 7050 tons (normal) / 9,507 tons (full load)
Length: 555'6"
Beam: 55'4"
Draft: 19'11"-20'10"
Speed: 35 knots
Armament: 2x2 6"/53, 6x1 6"/53, 4x1 3"/50, 6 21" torpedo tubes; 2 planes
Complement: 681-823
Propulsion: Steam turbines, 12 265 psi boilers, 4 shafts, 90,000 hp

No. Name Comm. Notes (: Lost)

CL-6 Cincinnati 1 Jan 1924

CL-10 Concord 3 Nov 1923

CL-8 Detroit 31 Jul 1923

CL-12 Marblehead 8 Sep 1924

CL-13 Memphis 4 Feb 1925

CL-5 Milwaukee 20 Jun 1923
1944
Lend-Lease to USSR

CL-4 Omaha 24 Feb 1923

CL-7 Raleigh 6 Feb 1924

CL-9 Richmond 2 Jul 1923

CL-11 Trenton 19 Apr 1924

Brooklyn Class:

Displacement: 9475-9700 tons (normal) / 12,242 tons (full load)
Length: 608'4"
Beam: 61'8"-69'6"
Draft: 24'4"-25'
Speed: 33 knots
Armament: 5x3 6"/46, 8x1 5"/25, 8x1 .50-caliber MG; 2 planes
Complement: 1140-1363
Propulsion: Steam turbines, 8 boilers, 4 shafts, 100,000 hp

No. Name Comm. Notes (: Lost)

CL-47 Boise 12 Aug 1938

CL-40 Brooklyn 30 Sep 1937

CL-48 Honolulu 15 Jun 1938

CL-43 Nashville 6 Jun 1938

CL-41 Philadelphia 23 Sep 1937

CL-46 Phoenix 3 Oct 1938

CL-42 Savannah 10 Mar 1938

St. Louis Class:

Displacement: 10,000 tons (normal) / 13,327 tons (full load)
Length: 608'4"
Beam: 61'8"
Draft: 25'10"
Speed: 32 knots
Armament: 5x3 6"/47, 4x2 5"/38, 8x1 .50-caliber MG; 2 planes
Complement: 1216

No. Name Comm. Notes (: Lost)

CL-50 Helena 18 Sep 1939 6 Jul 1943; torpedoed at Battle of Kula Gulf

CL-49 St. Louis 19 May 1939

Atlanta Class:

Anti-aircraft Cruisers:
Displacement: 6000 tons
Length: 541'6"-541'9"
Beam: 53'2"
Draft: 26'6"-26'8"
Speed: 32-33 knots
Armament: 16 5"/38, numerous 40mm & 20mm AA, 8 21" torpedo tubes
Complement: 688-820

No. Name Comm. Notes (: Lost)

CL-51 Atlanta 24 Dec 1941 13 Nov 1942; torpedo & gunfire at Battle of Guadalcanal

CL-97 Flint 31 Aug 1944

CL-121 Fresno 1946

CL-52 Juneau 14 Feb 1942 13 Nov 1942; torpedo at Battle of Guadalcanal

CL-119 Juneau 1946

CL-95 Oakland 17 Jul 1943

CL-96 Reno 28 Dec 1943

CL-53 San Diego 10 Jan 1942

CL-54 San Juan 28 Feb 1942

CL-120 Spokane 1946

CL-98 Tucson 3 Feb 1945

Cleveland Class:

Displacement: 10,000 tons
Length: 610'-610'1"
Beam: 66'3"-66'4"
Draft: 24'7"-26'6"
Speed: 32.5 knots
Armament: 12 6"/47, 12 5"/38, 3 planes
Complement: 1214-1475
Geared turbines, four screws

Nine sisters were converted to Light Aircraft Carriers (CVL) while building.

No. Name Comm. Notes (: Lost)

CL-101 Amsterdam 8 Jan 45

CL-90 Astoria 17 May 44

CL-104 Atlanta 3 Dec 44

CL-80 Biloxi 31 Aug 43

CL-62 Birmingham 29 Jan 43

CL-55 Cleveland 15 Jun 42

CL-56 Columbia 29 Jun 42

CL-105 Dayton 7 Jan 45

CL-58 Denver 15 Oct 42

CL-87 Duluth 18 Sep 44

CL-106 Fargo 1945

CL-93 Galveston 1946

CL-81 Houston 20 Dec 43

CL-107 Huntington 1945

CL-92 Little Rock 17 Jun 45

CL-83 Manchester 1946

CL-89 Miami 28 Dec 43

CL-63 Mobile 2 Mar 43

CL-57 Montpelier 9 Sep 42

CL-91 Oklahoma City 22 Dec 44

CL-65 Pasadena 8 Jun 44

CL-102 Portsmouth 15 Jun 45

CL-82 Providence 15 May 45

CL-60 Santa Fe 24 Nov 42

CL-66 Springfield 9 Sep 44

CL-67 Topeka 23 Dec 44

CL-86 Vicksburg 12 Jun 44

CL-64 Vincennes 21 Jan 44

CL103- Wilkes-Barre 1 Jul 44

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No.	Name	Comm.	Notes (: Lost)
CB-1	Alaska	17 Jun 1944
CB-2	Guam	17 Sep 1944