Cleveland-class
Fargo-class
Worcester-class
Part of the Fargo-class consisting of the Fargo, Huntington, Newark, New Haven, Buffalo. Wilmington, Vallejo, Helena, Roanoke, Tallahassee, Cheyenne and Chattanooga, preceded by the Cleveland-class and succeeded by the Worcester-class. In fact a modified Cleveland-design of which just two were built, both too late to serve during the Second World War.
Laid down by New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey, USA on 23 August 1943, launched on 25 February 1945, commissioned on 9 December 1945, decommissioned on 14 February 1950, stricken on 1 March 1970 and sold to the Union Minerals and Alloys Corporation, Kearney, New Jersey to be broken up on 18 August 1971. Call sign NAUO.
General technical class specifications. Displacement 11.932 (standard)-14.696 (full load) tons and as dimensions 185 (between perpendiculars)-185,95 (over all) x 20,22 x 7,6 metres or 608-610.1 x 66.4 x 25 feet. The machinery consisted of 4 General Electric geared steam turbines and 4 Babcock&Wilcox boilers supplying via 4 screws 100.000 shp allowing a speed of 32,5 knots. Range with a speed of 15 knots was 11.000 nautical miles. Crew numbered 1.25 men. The armour consisted of a 3,8cm/1.5”-12,7cm/5” thick belt, a 5,1cm/2”-7,6cm/3” thick deck, 12,7cm/5” thick bulkheads and the turrets, barbettes and conning tower protected by respectively 7,6cm/3”-12,7cm/5”, 15,2cm/6” and 5,7cm/2.25”-12,7cm5”. The armament consisted of 4x3-15,2cm/6” /47 cal guns (2 fore, 2 aft), 6x2-12,7cm5” /38 cal guns, 4x3&6x2-4cm/1.6” Bofors guns and 20-2cm/0.79” Oerlikon guns. For the 4 float planes this class could carry were 2 catapults situated at the stern available.
