Sea Weapons

Heavy Cruiser (1943)

Baltimore class

USS Saint Paul (CA-73)
Baltimore-class
Oregon City-class

Preceded by:

Wichita (1939)

Related:

Boston (1955)
Albany (1962)

Succeeded by:

Des Moines (1948)

Datafile

ClassBaltimore
TypeHeavy Cruiser
Year1943
Crew2039
Dimensions
Length202.4 m (pp)
205.3 m
Beam21.6 m
Draught7.3 m
Displacement
Empty14,472 t
Loaded17,031 t
Performance
Speed61 km/h
Range18,520 km @ 28 km/h
Machinery
Shafts4
Turbines4 x Geared steam
120,000 hp
General Electric
Boilers4 x Babcock & Wilcox
FuelOil: 1,200-2,250 t
Armament
Main9 x 203-mm/55 (3 x 3)
8"/55 Mk. 12
-10° / +41°

Anti-Aircraft12 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
Broadside1,368 kg
Armor
Belt102 - 152 mm
Deck64 mm
Barbettes160 mm
Gun turret51 - 203 mm
Conning tower76 - 152 mm
Aircraft
Aircraft4
Production
Built14
Total18

Registry

Ship Code Builder Laid Launch Comm Decomm Fate
Baltimore CA-68 Bethlehem26/05/194128/07/194215/04/194331/05/1956Sold/Scrapped
Boston CA-69 Bethlehem30/06/194126/08/194230/06/194329/10/1946Rebuilt/Converted
Canberra CA-70 Bethlehem03/09/194119/04/194314/10/194307/03/1947Rebuilt/Converted
Quincy CA-71 Bethlehem09/10/194123/06/194315/12/194302/07/1954Sold/Scrapped
Pittsburgh CA-72 Bethlehem03/02/194322/02/194410/10/194428/08/1956Sold/Scrapped
Saint Paul CA-73 Bethlehem03/02/194316/09/194417/02/194530/04/1971Sold/Scrapped
Columbus CA-74 Bethlehem28/06/194330/11/194408/06/194508/05/1959Rebuilt/Converted
Helena CA-75 Bethlehem09/09/194328/04/194504/09/194529/06/1963Sold/Scrapped
Bremerton CA-130 New York SB01/02/194302/07/194429/04/194529/07/1960Sold/Scrapped
Fall River CA-131 New York SB12/04/194313/08/194401/07/194531/10/1947Sold/Scrapped
Macon CA-132 New York SB14/06/194315/10/194426/08/194510/03/1961Sold/Scrapped
Toledo CA-133 New York SB13/09/194306/05/194527/10/194621/05/1960Sold/Scrapped
Los Angeles CA-135 Philadelphia N Yd28/07/194320/08/194422/07/194515/11/1963Sold/Scrapped
Chicago CA-136 Philadelphia N Yd28/07/194320/08/194410/01/194506/06/1947Rebuilt/Converted
Baltimore (Oregon City):
Oregon City CA-122 Bethlehem08/04/194409/06/194516/02/194615/12/1947Sold/Scrapped
Albany CA-123 Bethlehem06/03/194411/06/194615/06/194630/06/1958Rebuilt/Converted
Rochester CA-124 Bethlehem29/05/194428/08/194520/12/194615/08/1961Sold/Scrapped
Northampton CLC-1 Bethlehem31/08/194427/01/195107/03/195308/04/1970Struck
Cambridge CA-126 Bethlehem16/12/1944---Cancelled, scrapped
Bridgeport CA-127 Bethlehem13/01/1945---Cancelled, scrapped
Kansas City CA-128 Bethlehem09/07/1945---Cancelled, scrapped
Tulsa CA-129 Bethlehem----Cancelled
Norfolk CA-137 Philadelphia N Yd27/12/1944---Cancelled
Scranton CA-138 Philadelphia N Yd27/12/1944---Cancelled

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