Preceded by:
New Orleans (1934)Succeeded by:
Baltimore (1943)Class | Wichita |
Type | Heavy Cruiser |
Year | 1937 |
Crew | 929 |
Dimensions | |
Length | 182.9 m (pp) 185.4 m |
Beam | 18.8 m |
Draught | 7.2 m |
Displacement | |
Empty | 10,589 t |
Loaded | 13,015 t |
Performance | |
Speed | 61 km/h |
Range | 18,520 km @ 28 km/h |
Machinery | |
Shafts | 4 |
Turbines | 4 x Geared steam 100,000 hp Parsons |
Boilers | 8 x Babcock & Wilcox |
Fuel | : 15 t |
Armament | |
Main | 9 x 203-mm/55 (3 x 3) 8"/55 Mk. 12 -10° / +41° |
Anti-Aircraft | 8 x 127-mm (8 x 1) 5"/38 Mk. 12 8 x 13-mm (8 x 1) M2 Browning 24 x 40-mm (4 x 4, 4 x 2) Bofors 18 x 20-mm (18 x 1) Oerlikon |
Broadside | 1,368 kg |
Armor | |
Belt | 102 - 152 mm |
Deck | 57 mm |
Barbettes | 178 mm |
Gun turret | 38 - 203 mm |
Conning tower | 57 - 152 mm |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft | 4 |
Production | |
Built | 1 |
Total | 1 |
Ship | Code | Builder | Laid | Launch | Comm | Decomm | Fate | ||
Wichita | CA-45 | Philadelphia Navy | 28/10/1935 | 16/11/1937 | 16/02/1939 | 03/02/1947 | Sold/Scrapped |