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Pages in category "World War II cruisers of the United States" The following 103 pages are in this category, out of 103 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Baltimore-class heavy cruisers were a class of heavy cruisers in the United States Navy commissioned during and shortly after World War II.Fourteen Baltimores were completed, more than any other class of heavy cruiser (the British County class had 15 vessels planned, but only 13 completed), along with another three ships of the Oregon City sub-class.
The heavy cruiser's immediate precursors were the light cruiser designs of the 1910s and 1920s; the US 8-inch 'treaty cruisers' of the 1920s were originally classed as light cruisers until the London Treaty forced their redesignation. Heavy cruisers continued in use until after World War II.
Heavy cruisers CA-149 and CA-151 to CA-153, light cruisers CL-154 to CL-159, and nuclear guided missile cruiser CGN-42 were canceled before being named. Guided missile cruisers CG-1 through 8 and CG-10 through 12 were converted from World War II cruisers.
HMS Frobisher, a Hawkins-class cruiser around which the Washington Naval Treaty limits for heavy cruisers were written. A heavy cruiser was a type of cruiser, a naval warship designed for long range and high speed, armed generally with naval guns of roughly 203 mm (8 inches) in calibre, whose design parameters were dictated by the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of ...
WWII battle stars: 17 (tied) Type: Heavy cruiser. Class: New Orleans-class. Year entered service: 1934. Personnel: 904. The USS San Francisco (CA-38), a heavy cruiser, began its wartime service in ...
A number of countries experimented with "cruiser-killer" ships in the late 1930s that were designed to destroy the post-London Naval Treaty heavy cruisers. These designs were all roughly equivalent being scaled-up versions of heavy cruisers, being formally designated as battlecruisers by the Dutch and Soviets and as large cruisers by the ...
Cruisers Number in commission Number lost Loss rate Theatre Pacific Atlantic Panama Large cruisers (CB) 2 0.0% Heavy cruisers (CA) 30 7 23.3% 7 Light cruisers (CL) 34 1 2.9% 1 AA light cruisers (CLAA) 8 2 25.0% 2 Escorts Number in commission Number lost Loss rate Theatre Pacific Atlantic Panama Old destroyers (DD) * 132 12 9.1% 5 7 New ...