Class | Northampton |
Type | Heavy Cruiser |
Year | 1930 |
Crew | 667,748 |
Dimensions | |
Length | 177.4 m (pp) 183.0 m |
Beam | 20.1 m |
Draught | 5.9 m |
Displacement | |
Empty | 9,006 t |
Loaded | 11,420 t |
Performance | |
Speed | 60 km/h |
Range | 18,520 km @ 28 km/h |
Machinery | |
Shafts | 4 |
Turbines | 4 x Geared steam 107,000 hp Parsons |
Boilers | 8 x White-Forster |
Fuel | Oil: 1,417-2,108 t |
Armament | |
Main | 9 x 203-mm/55 (3 x 3) 8"/55 Mk. 9 -10° / +41° |
Anti-Aircraft | 4 x 127-mm (4 x 1) 5"/25 Mk. 10 20 x 40-mm (5 x 4) Bofors [1945] 26 x 20-mm (13 x 2) Oerlikon [1945] |
Torpedo tubes | 2x3 x (21-in) |
Broadside | 1,062 kg |
Armor | |
Belt | 76 - 95 mm |
Deck | 25 - 51 mm |
Barbettes | 38 mm |
Gun turret | 19 - 64 mm |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft | 4 |
Production | |
Built | 6 |
Total | 6 |
Ship | Code | Builder | Laid | Launch | Comm | Decomm | Fate | ||
Northampton † | CL-26 | Bethlehem | 12/04/1928 | 05/09/1929 | 17/05/1930 | 01/12/1942 | † | Loss by surface ship | |
Chester | CL-27 | New York SB | 06/03/1928 | 03/07/1929 | 24/06/1930 | 10/06/1946 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Louisville | CL-28 | Puget Sound N Yd | 04/07/1928 | 01/09/1930 | 15/01/1931 | 17/06/1946 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Chicago † | CL-29 | Mare Island N Yd | 10/09/1928 | 10/04/1930 | 09/03/1931 | 30/01/1943 | † | Loss by aircraft | |
Houston † | CL-30 | Newport News SB | 01/05/1928 | 07/09/1929 | 17/06/1930 | 01/03/1942 | † | Loss by surface ship | |
Augusta | CL-31 | Newport News SB | 02/07/1928 | 01/02/1930 | 30/01/1931 | 16/07/1946 | Sold/Scrapped |