Preceded by:
St. Louis (1905)Succeeded by:
Northampton (1930)Class | Pensacola |
Type | Heavy Cruiser |
Year | 1929 |
Crew | 631 |
Dimensions | |
Length | 173.7 m (pp) 178.5 m |
Beam | 19.9 m |
Draught | 5.9 m |
Displacement | |
Empty | 9,097 t |
Loaded | 11,512 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-Foster |
Fuel | Oil: 1,411-2,116 t |
Armament | |
Main | 10 x 203-mm/55 (2 x 3, 2 x 2) 8"/55 Mk. 9 -10° / +41° |
Anti-Aircraft | 4 x 127-mm (4 x 1) 5"/25 Mk. 10 |
Torpedo tubes | 2x3 x (21-in) |
Broadside | 1,180 kg |
Armor | |
Belt | 64 - 102 mm |
Deck | 25 - 44 mm |
Barbettes | 19 mm |
Gun turret | 19 - 64 mm |
Conning tower | 32 mm |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft | 4 |
Production | |
Built | 2 |
Total | 2 |
Ship | Code | Builder | Laid | Launch | Comm | Decomm | Fate | ||
Pensacola | CL-24 | New York N Yd | 27/10/1926 | 25/04/1929 | 06/02/1930 | 26/08/1946 | Sunk as target | ||
Salt Lake City | CL-25 | New York SB | 09/06/1927 | 23/01/1929 | 11/12/1929 | 29/08/1947 | Sunk as target |