Preceded by:
NoneSucceeded by:
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| Class | Alaska |
| Type | Large Cruiser |
| Year | 1944 |
| Crew | 1517 |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 241.3 m (pp) 246.4 m |
| Beam | 27.8 m |
| Draught | 9.7 m |
| Displacement | |
| Empty | 29,779 t |
| Loaded | 34,253 t |
| Performance | |
| Speed | 61 km/h |
| Range | 22,224 km @ 28 km/h |
| Machinery | |
| Shafts | 4 |
| Turbines | 4 x Geared steam 150,000 hp General Electric |
| Boilers | 8 x Babcock & Wilcox |
| Fuel | Oil: 3,619 t |
| Armament | |
| Main | 9 x 305-mm/50 (3 x 3) 12"/50 Mk. 8 -3° / +45° |
| Anti-Aircraft |
56 x 40-mm (14 x 4) Bofors 34 x 20-mm (34 x 1) Oerlikon |
| Broadside | 4,654 kg |
| Armor | |
| Belt | 127 - 229 mm |
| Deck | 16 - 102 mm |
| Barbettes | 279 - 330 mm |
| Gun turret | 127 - 325 mm |
| Conning tower | 127 - 269 mm |
| Sensors | |
| Radar | SK SG-1 Mk. 8 Mk. 12/22 |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft | 4 |
| Production | |
| Built | 2 |
| Total | 2 |
| Ship | Code | Builder | Laid | Launch | Comm | Decomm | Fate | ||
|
Alaska | CB-1 | New York SB | 17/12/1941 | 15/08/1943 | 17/06/1944 | 17/02/1947 | Sold/Scrapped | |
|
Guam | CB-2 | New York SB | 02/02/1942 | 12/11/1943 | 17/09/1944 | 17/02/1947 | Sold/Scrapped | |
|
Hawaii | CB-3 | New York SB | 20/12/1943 | 11/03/1945 | - | - | Cancelled, scrapped | |
|
Philippines | CB-4 | New York SB | - | - | - | - | Cancelled | |
|
Puerto Rico | CB-5 | New York SB | - | - | - | - | Cancelled | |
|
Samoa | CB-6 | New York SB | - | - | - | - | Cancelled |
