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| Class | New Orleans |
| Type | Heavy Cruiser |
| Year | 1934 |
| Crew | 868 |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 578 ft (pp) 588 ft |
| Beam | 62 ft |
| Draught | 23 ft |
| Displacement | |
| Empty | 10,136 t |
| Loaded | 12,463 t |
| Performance | |
| Speed | 33 kt |
| Range | 10,000 nmi @ 15 kn |
| Machinery | |
| Shafts | 4 |
| Turbines | 4 x Geared steam 107,000 hp Westinghouse |
| Boilers | 8 x Babcock & Wilcox |
| Fuel | Oil: 1,241-1,861 t |
| Armament | |
| Main | 9 x 8-in/55 (3 x 3) 8"/55 Mk. 9 -10° / +41° |
| Anti-Aircraft | 8 x 5-in (8 x 1) 5"/25 Mk. 10 8 x 0.50-in (8 x 1) M2 Browning 24 x 1.6-in (6 x 4) Bofors [1945] 16-28 x 0.8-in (8-14 x 2, 26-28 x 1) Oerlikon [1945] |
| Broadside | 2,341 lbs |
| Armor | |
| Belt | 3 - 5 in |
| Deck | 2 in |
| Barbettes | 5 - 6 in |
| Gun turret | 2 - 6 in |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft | 4 |
| Production | |
| Built | 7 |
| Total | 7 |
| Ship | Code | Builder | Laid | Launch | Comm | Decomm | Fate | ||
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New Orleans | CA-32 | New York N Yd | 14/03/1931 | 12/04/1933 | 18/04/1934 | 10/02/1947 | Sold/Scrapped | |
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Astoria † | CA-34 | Puget Sound N Yd | 01/09/1930 | 16/12/1933 | 01/06/1934 | 09/08/1942 | † | Loss by surface ship |
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Minneapolis | CA-36 | Philadelphia N Yd | 27/06/1931 | 06/09/1933 | 20/06/1934 | 10/02/1947 | Sold/Scrapped | |
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Tuscaloosa | CA-37 | New York SB | 03/09/1931 | 15/11/1933 | 17/08/1934 | 13/02/1946 | Sold/Scrapped | |
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San Francisco | CA-38 | Mare Island N Yd | 09/09/1931 | 09/03/1933 | 23/04/1934 | 10/02/1946 | Sold/Scrapped | |
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Qunicy † | CA-39 | Bethlehem | 15/11/1933 | 19/06/1935 | 09/06/1936 | 09/08/1942 | † | Loss by surface ship |
|
Vincennes † | CA-44 | Bethlehem | 02/01/1934 | 21/05/1936 | 21/02/1937 | 09/08/1942 | † | Loss by surface ship |
