To be built under the Fiscal Year 1920 but used in the discussions to develop the plans for the USS Pensacola CL-24 (1) under the Fiscal Year 1926. The turrets aft were seperated compared with the Arrangement I for a better damage resistance. Armament 2x2&1x3-20.32cm/8” 50 cal guns, 2x2-12.7cm/5” 51 cal and 4-7.62cm/3” anti aircraft guns. Displacement 10,000 tons and as dimensions 60 (waterline) x 57 (waterline) x 37 (depth amidships) x 18.95 (normal) feet, Freeboard stem 31.05, amidship 18.05-stern 17.05. Speed 36 knots.
Note
1. Building ordered on 18 December 1924, contract dated 7 March 1925, supplementary contract dated 9 July 1926, laid down by New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, USA on 27 October 1926, launched on 25 April 1929, completed on 6 July 1929, commissioned on 6 February 1930, reclassified as CA-24 onn 1 July 1931, stricken on 28 November 1945 and sunk as a target on 10 November 1948. Armament 2x3&2x2-20.3cm/8" call 55, 8-12.7cm/5" anti aircraft guns, 2-47mm/1.9"/3 pound saluting guns and 2x3-53.3cm/21" torpedo tubes. Part of Pensacola-class heavy cruisers succeeded by Northampton-class.
Source
Naval History and Heritage Command, S-584-159 Scheme C-5 Arrangement III.
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