Class | Baltimore |
Type | Heavy Cruiser |
Year | 1943 |
Crew | 2039 |
Dimensions | |
Length | 202.4 m (pp) 205.3 m |
Beam | 21.6 m |
Draught | 7.3 m |
Displacement | |
Empty | 14,472 t |
Loaded | 17,031 t |
Performance | |
Speed | 61 km/h |
Range | 18,520 km @ 28 km/h |
Machinery | |
Shafts | 4 |
Turbines | 4 x Geared steam 120,000 hp General Electric |
Boilers | 4 x Babcock & Wilcox |
Fuel | Oil: 1,200-2,250 t |
Armament | |
Main | 9 x 203-mm/55 (3 x 3) 8"/55 Mk. 12 -10° / +41° |
Anti-Aircraft | 12 x 127-mm (6 x 2) 5"/38 Mk. 12 48 x 40-mm (12 x 4) Bofors 20-28 x 20-mm (20-28 x 1) Oerlikon |
Broadside | 1,368 kg |
Armor | |
Belt | 102 - 152 mm |
Deck | 64 mm |
Barbettes | 160 mm |
Gun turret | 51 - 203 mm |
Conning tower | 76 - 152 mm |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft | 4 |
Production | |
Built | 14 |
Total | 18 |
Ship | Code | Builder | Laid | Launch | Comm | Decomm | Fate | ||
Baltimore | CA-68 | Bethlehem | 26/05/1941 | 28/07/1942 | 15/04/1943 | 31/05/1956 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Boston | CA-69 | Bethlehem | 30/06/1941 | 26/08/1942 | 30/06/1943 | 29/10/1946 | Rebuilt/Converted | ||
Canberra | CA-70 | Bethlehem | 03/09/1941 | 19/04/1943 | 14/10/1943 | 07/03/1947 | Rebuilt/Converted | ||
Quincy | CA-71 | Bethlehem | 09/10/1941 | 23/06/1943 | 15/12/1943 | 02/07/1954 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Pittsburgh | CA-72 | Bethlehem | 03/02/1943 | 22/02/1944 | 10/10/1944 | 28/08/1956 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Saint Paul | CA-73 | Bethlehem | 03/02/1943 | 16/09/1944 | 17/02/1945 | 30/04/1971 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Columbus | CA-74 | Bethlehem | 28/06/1943 | 30/11/1944 | 08/06/1945 | 08/05/1959 | Rebuilt/Converted | ||
Helena | CA-75 | Bethlehem | 09/09/1943 | 28/04/1945 | 04/09/1945 | 29/06/1963 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Bremerton | CA-130 | New York SB | 01/02/1943 | 02/07/1944 | 29/04/1945 | 29/07/1960 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Fall River | CA-131 | New York SB | 12/04/1943 | 13/08/1944 | 01/07/1945 | 31/10/1947 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Macon | CA-132 | New York SB | 14/06/1943 | 15/10/1944 | 26/08/1945 | 10/03/1961 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Toledo | CA-133 | New York SB | 13/09/1943 | 06/05/1945 | 27/10/1946 | 21/05/1960 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Los Angeles | CA-135 | Philadelphia N Yd | 28/07/1943 | 20/08/1944 | 22/07/1945 | 15/11/1963 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Chicago | CA-136 | Philadelphia N Yd | 28/07/1943 | 20/08/1944 | 10/01/1945 | 06/06/1947 | Rebuilt/Converted | ||
Baltimore (Oregon City): | |||||||||
Oregon City | CA-122 | Bethlehem | 08/04/1944 | 09/06/1945 | 16/02/1946 | 15/12/1947 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Albany | CA-123 | Bethlehem | 06/03/1944 | 11/06/1946 | 15/06/1946 | 30/06/1958 | Rebuilt/Converted | ||
Rochester | CA-124 | Bethlehem | 29/05/1944 | 28/08/1945 | 20/12/1946 | 15/08/1961 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Northampton | CLC-1 | Bethlehem | 31/08/1944 | 27/01/1951 | 07/03/1953 | 08/04/1970 | Struck | ||
Cambridge | CA-126 | Bethlehem | 16/12/1944 | - | - | - | Cancelled, scrapped | ||
Bridgeport | CA-127 | Bethlehem | 13/01/1945 | - | - | - | Cancelled, scrapped | ||
Kansas City | CA-128 | Bethlehem | 09/07/1945 | - | - | - | Cancelled, scrapped | ||
Tulsa | CA-129 | Bethlehem | - | - | - | - | Cancelled | ||
Norfolk | CA-137 | Philadelphia N Yd | 27/12/1944 | - | - | - | Cancelled | ||
Scranton | CA-138 | Philadelphia N Yd | 27/12/1944 | - | - | - | Cancelled |