Preceded by:
New Orleans (1934)Succeeded by:
Baltimore (1943) | |
| Class | Wichita |
| Type | Heavy Cruiser |
| Year | 1937 |
| Crew | 929 |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 600 ft (pp) 608 ft |
| Beam | 62 ft |
| Draught | 24 ft |
| Displacement | |
| Empty | 10,589 t |
| Loaded | 13,015 t |
| Performance | |
| Speed | 33 kt |
| Range | 10,000 nmi @ 15 kn |
| Machinery | |
| Shafts | 4 |
| Turbines | 4 x Geared steam 100,000 hp Parsons |
| Boilers | 8 x Babcock & Wilcox |
| Fuel | : 15 t |
| Armament | |
| Main | 9 x 8-in/55 (3 x 3) 8"/55 Mk. 12 -10° / +41° |
| Anti-Aircraft | 8 x 5-in (8 x 1) 5"/38 Mk. 12 8 x 0.50-in (8 x 1) M2 Browning 24 x 1.6-in (4 x 4, 4 x 2) Bofors 18 x 0.8-in (18 x 1) Oerlikon |
| Broadside | 3,016 lbs |
| Armor | |
| Belt | 4 - 6 in |
| Deck | 2 in |
| Barbettes | 7 in |
| Gun turret | 2 - 8 in |
| Conning tower | 2 - 6 in |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft | 4 |
| Production | |
| Built | 1 |
| Total | 1 |
| Ship | Code | Builder | Laid | Launch | Comm | Decomm | Fate | ||
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Wichita | CA-45 | Philadelphia Navy | 28/10/1935 | 16/11/1937 | 16/02/1939 | 03/02/1947 | Sold/Scrapped |
