Class | Cleveland | Fargo | |
Type | Light Cruiser | Light Cruiser | |
Year | 1942 | 1945 | |
Crew | 1285 | 1285 | |
Dimensions | |||
Length | 182.9 m (pp) 186.0 m | 182.9 m (pp) 186.0 m | |
Beam | 20.2 m | 20.2 m | |
Draught | 7.5 m | 7.5 m | |
Displacement | |||
Empty | 11,130-11,734 t | 11,890 t | |
Loaded | 13,897-14,144 t | 14,464 t | |
Performance | |||
Speed | 60 km/h | 60 km/h | |
Range | 20,372 km @ 28 km/h | 20,372 km @ 28 km/h | |
Machinery | |||
Shafts | 4 | 4 | |
Turbines | 4 x Geared steam 100,000 hp General Electric | 4 x Geared steam 100,000 hp General Electric | |
Boilers | 4 x Babcock & Wilcox | 4 x Babcock & Wilcox | |
Fuel | Oil: 1,507-2,100 t | Oil: 1,507-2,100 t | |
Armament | |||
Main | 12 x 152-mm/47 (4 x 3) 6"/47 Mk. 16 -5° / +40° | 12 x 152-mm/47 (4 x 3) 6"/47 Mk. 16 -5° / +40° | |
Anti-Aircraft | 12 x 127-mm (6 x 2) 5"/38 Mk. 12 28 x 40-mm (4 x 4, 6 x 2) Bofors 10 x 20-mm (10 x 1) Oerlikon | 12 x 127-mm (6 x 2) 5"/38 Mk. 12 28 x 40-mm (6 x 4, 2 x 2) Bofors 28 x 20-mm (14 x 2) Oerlikon | |
Broadside | 708 kg | 708 kg | |
Armor | |||
Belt | 89 - 127 mm | 89 - 127 mm | |
Bulkhead | 127 mm | 127 mm | |
Deck | 51 mm | 51 mm | |
Barbettes | 152 mm | 152 mm | |
Gun turret | 38 - 165 mm | 38 - 165 mm | |
Conning tower | 57 - 127 mm | - | 0 - 0 mm |
Aircraft | |||
Aircraft | 4 | 2 | |
Production | |||
Built | 27 | 2 | |
Total | 12 |
Ship | Code | Builder | Laid | Launch | Comm | Decomm | Fate | ||
Cleveland | CL-55 | New York SB | 01/07/1940 | 01/11/1941 | 15/06/1942 | 07/02/1947 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Columbia | CL-56 | New York SB | 18/08/1940 | 17/12/1941 | 29/07/1942 | 30/11/1946 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Montpelier | CL-57 | New York SB | 02/12/1940 | 12/02/1942 | 09/09/1942 | 24/01/1947 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Denver | CL-58 | New York SB | 26/12/1940 | 04/04/1942 | 15/10/1942 | 07/02/1947 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Amsterdam | CL-59 | New York SB | 01/05/1941 | 22/08/1942 | - | - | Cancelled, rebuilt | ||
Santa Fe | CL-60 | New York SB | 07/06/1941 | 10/06/1942 | 24/11/1942 | 29/10/1946 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Tallahassee | CL-61 | New York SB | 02/06/1941 | 18/10/1942 | - | - | Cancelled, rebuilt | ||
Birmingham | CL-62 | Newport News SB | 17/02/1941 | 20/03/1942 | 29/01/1943 | 02/01/1947 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Mobile | CL-63 | Newport News SB | 14/04/1941 | 15/05/1942 | 24/03/1943 | 09/05/1947 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Vincennes | CL-64 | Bethlehem | 07/03/1942 | 17/07/1943 | 21/01/1944 | 10/09/1946 | Sunk as target | ||
Pasadena | CL-65 | Bethlehem | 06/02/1943 | 28/12/1943 | 08/06/1944 | 12/01/1950 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Springfield | CL-66 | Bethlehem | 13/02/1943 | 09/03/1944 | 09/09/1944 | 30/09/1949 | Rebuilt/Converted | ||
Topeka | CL-67 | Bethlehem | 21/04/1943 | 19/08/1944 | 23/12/1944 | 18/06/1949 | Rebuilt/Converted | ||
New Haven | CL-76 | New York SB | 11/08/1941 | 06/11/1942 | - | - | Cancelled, rebuilt | ||
Huntington | CL-77 | New York SB | 17/11/1941 | 17/01/1943 | - | - | Cancelled, rebuilt | ||
Dayton | CL-78 | New York SB | 29/12/1941 | 28/02/1943 | - | - | Cancelled, rebuilt | ||
Wilmington | CL-79 | New York SB | 16/03/1942 | 04/04/1943 | - | - | Cancelled, rebuilt | ||
Biloxi | CL-80 | Newport News SB | 09/07/1941 | 23/02/1943 | 31/08/1943 | 29/08/1946 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Houston | CL-81 | Newport News SB | 04/08/1941 | 19/06/1943 | 20/12/1943 | 15/12/1947 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Providence | CL-82 | Bethlehem | 27/07/1943 | 28/12/1944 | 15/05/1945 | 14/06/1949 | Rebuilt/Converted | ||
Manchester | CL-83 | Bethlehem | 25/09/1944 | 05/03/1946 | 29/10/1946 | 27/06/1956 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Buffalo | CL-84 | Federal | - | - | - | - | Cancelled | ||
Fargo | CL-85 | New York SB | 11/04/1942 | 22/05/1943 | - | - | Cancelled, rebuilt | ||
Vicksburg | CL-86 | Newport News SB | 26/10/1942 | 14/12/1943 | 12/06/1944 | 30/06/1947 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Duluth | CL-87 | Newport News SB | 09/11/1942 | 13/01/1944 | 18/09/1944 | 25/06/1949 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Newark | CL-88 | Federal | - | - | - | - | Cancelled | ||
Miami | CL-89 | Cramp | 02/08/1941 | 08/12/1942 | 28/12/1943 | 30/06/1947 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Astoria | CL-90 | Cramp | 06/09/1941 | 06/03/1943 | 17/05/1944 | 01/07/1949 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Oklahoma City | CL-91 | Cramp | 08/12/1942 | 20/02/1944 | 22/12/1944 | 30/06/1947 | Rebuilt/Converted | ||
Little Rock | CL-92 | Cramp | 06/03/1943 | 27/08/1944 | 17/06/1945 | 24/06/1949 | Rebuilt/Converted | ||
Galveston | CL-93 | Cramp | 27/08/1943 | 22/04/1945 | - | - | Cancelled, rebuilt | ||
Youngstown | CL-94 | Cramp | 04/09/1944 | - | - | - | Cancelled, scrapped | ||
Buffalo | CL-99 | New York SB | 31/08/1942 | 01/08/1943 | - | - | Cancelled, rebuilt | ||
Newark | CL-100 | New York SB | 26/10/1942 | 26/09/1943 | - | - | Cancelled, rebuilt | ||
Amsterdam | CL-101 | Newport News SB | 03/03/1943 | 25/04/1944 | 08/01/1945 | 30/06/1947 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Portsmouth | CL-102 | Newport News SB | 28/06/1943 | 20/09/1944 | 25/06/1945 | 15/06/1949 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Wilkes-Barre | CL-103 | New York SB | 14/12/1942 | 24/12/1943 | 01/07/1944 | 09/10/1947 | Sunk as target | ||
Atlanta | CL-104 | New York SB | 25/01/1943 | 06/02/1944 | 03/12/1944 | 01/07/1949 | Sunk as target | ||
Dayton | CL-105 | New York SB | 08/03/1943 | 19/03/1944 | 07/01/1945 | 01/03/1949 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Cleveland (Fargo): | |||||||||
Fargo | CL-106 | New York SB | 23/08/1943 | 25/03/1945 | 09/12/1945 | 14/02/1950 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Huntington | CL-107 | New York SB | 04/10/1943 | 08/04/1945 | 23/02/1946 | 15/06/1949 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Newark | CL-108 | New York SB | 17/01/1944 | 14/12/1945 | - | - | Cancelled, scrapped | ||
New Haven | CL-109 | New York SB | 28/02/1944 | - | - | - | Cancelled, scrapped | ||
Buffalo | CL-110 | New York SB | 03/04/1944 | - | - | - | Cancelled, scrapped | ||
Wilmington | CL-111 | Cramp | 05/03/1945 | - | - | - | Cancelled, scrapped | ||
Vallejo | CL-112 | New York SB | - | - | - | - | Cancelled | ||
Helena | CL-113 | New York SB | - | - | - | - | Cancelled | ||
Roanoke | CL-114 | New York SB | - | - | - | - | Cancelled | ||
(Unnamed) | CL-115 | New York SB | - | - | - | - | Cancelled | ||
Tallahassee | CL-116 | Newport News SB | 31/01/1944 | - | - | - | Cancelled, scrapped | ||
Cheyenne | CL-117 | Newport News SB | 29/05/1944 | - | - | - | Cancelled, scrapped | ||
Chattanooga | CL-118 | Newport News SB | 09/10/1944 | - | - | - | Cancelled, scrapped |