Semi-armored American relatives of the Varyag. Light cruisers of the St. Louis class

US Navy cruisers

The class of cruisers in the American Navy included heavy and light cruisers. The first included 8 ships of the Northampton and Pensacola type with a displacement of just over 9 thousand tons, which entered service in 1930-1931. The main caliber consisted of nine to ten 203 mm guns with an elevation angle of up to 45°, the universal caliber consisted of eight to ten 127 mm guns. There were anti-aircraft guns, two torpedo tubes, and four aircraft. Full speed 32.5 knots. Crew 1200 people. In 1940, radar stations were installed on cruisers.

13 heavy cruisers of the New Orleans , Unchita , and Portland with a displacement of about 10 thousand tons entered service in 1933-1934. Their elements and weapons were close to the Notrehampton-class cruisers, but they were better armored (side armor in the middle part reached 127 mm).

Destroyer "Rind"

During the war, a large series of heavy cruisers such as the Baltimore and Oregon City with a displacement of 13,600 tons and a speed of 33 knots. The main caliber was similar to the Northampton, the universal caliber consisted of twelve 127-mm guns, the anti-aircraft caliber - of thirty-two 40-mm and thirty 20-mm machine guns. The side armor had a thickness of up to 152 mm. The ships were equipped with torpedo tubes and four aircraft. Crew 1500 people.

During the war, the US Navy lost 7 heavy cruisers, mainly in battles with surface ships.

Light cruisers , US ships, were built in four series. The Brooklyn-class cruisers (7 ships) had a displacement of 9,700 tons and a full speed of 32.6 knots. They entered service in 1934-1938. The armament included fifteen 152 mm and eight 127 mm guns, and defensive equipment consisted of 40 mm and 20 mm machine guns. The cruisers were armored with 38-127 mm armor on the sides and 50-76 mm armor on the decks. At the stern of the ship there was a hangar for four aircraft and two catapults.

The most numerous series (29 ships) were light cruisers of the Cleveland type with a displacement of 10 thousand tons, with a full speed of 33 knots. They entered service during the war. The armament consisted of twelve 152 mm guns and twelve 127 mm universal cannons. The anti-aircraft complex consisted of dozens of 40-mm and 20-mm machine guns. The thickness of the side armor is 38-127 mm, deck armor 51-76 mm. Crew 1200 people.

Cruiser Brooklyn

During the war, construction laid in 1940-1941 was completed. nine Atlanta-class cruisers . Their displacement is 6 thousand tons, the full speed is more than 34 knots. The artillery consisted of twelve to sixteen 127 mm 11 lugs, thirty-two 40 mm and sixteen 20 mm machine guns. The main artillery was controlled by radar equipment. The side armor did not exceed 88 mm, the deck - 51 mm. Crew 700 people.

The total number of cruisers of all types and subclasses doubled during the war years.

Cruisers without hull designation[edit]

USS Atlanta

, first cruiser of the US Navy

• Atlanta (1884), protected cruiser
• Boston
  (1884), protected cruiser
• Chicago (1885), protected cruiser
• Vesuvius
  (1888), experimental dynamite cannons
• Harvard
  (1888), armed merchant cruiser, former City of New York.
• Yale
  (1889), armed merchant cruiser, former City of Paris, later
  Harrisburg
• Badger
  (1889), armed merchant cruiser, former
  Yumuri
• Panther
  (1889), armed merchant cruiser, ex
  Austin
  , later AD-6 destroyer tender
• Prairie (1890), armed merchant cruiser, former El Sol
  , later AD-5 destroyer tender
• Buffalo (1892), armed merchant cruiser, ex El Cid
  , later AD-8 destroyer tender
• Yankee
  (1892), armed merchant cruiser, ex
  El Norte
• Yosemite (1892), armed merchant cruiser, ex El Sud
• Dixie
  (1893), armed merchant cruiser, ex
  El Rio
  , later AD-1 destroyer tender
• St. Louis
  (1894), armed merchant cruiser
• St. Paul
  (1895), armed merchant cruiser
• New Orleans-class New Orleans
  (1898), former Brazilian
  Amazonas
• Albany
  (1899), former Brazilian
  Almirante Abreu

Cruisers Protected and Peace[edit]

USS Newark

(C-1), the first of the numbered US protected cruisers.

In the period before 1920, reductions were informal and non-standard; officially these were, for example, “Cruiser No. 1”.

• (C-1) Newark
  (1891)
• (C-2) Charleston
  (1889)
• (C-3) Baltimore
  (1890), later CM-1 minelayer
• (C-4) Philadelphia (1890)
• (C-5) San Francisco (1890), later minelayer CM-2
• (C-6) Olympia
  (1895)
• Cincinnati class (C-7) Cincinnati
  (1894)
• (C-8) Roles
  (1894)

Missile cruisers[edit]

USS Canberra

(CAG-2)

Military

USS
Leahy
(CG-16)

USS Long Beach

(CGN-9)

USS Sterett

(CG-31)

USS Virginia

Military

USS
Yorktown
(CG-48)

USS Lake Erie

• Boston class (CAG-1) Boston
  (ex CA-69, 1955)
• (CAG-2) Canberra
  (ex CA-70, 1956)

CG-15 skipped to redesignate Leahy

without renumbering

• Leahy class (DLG/CG-16) Leahy (1962)
• (DLG/CG-17) Harry E. Yarnell (1963)
• (DLG/CG-18) Worden
  (1963)
• (DLG/CG-19) Dale
  (1963)
• (DLG/CG-20) Richmond K. Turner
  (1964)
• (DLG/CG-21) Gridley
  (1963)
• (DLG/CG-22) England
  (1963)
• (DLG/CG-23) Halsey
  (1963)
• (DLG/CG-24) Reeves
  (1964)

CG-43 - CG-46 omitted to allow redesignation of DDG-47 Ticonderoga

without changing the numbering.

• Ticonderoga class (DDG/CG-47) Ticonderoga
  (1983)
• (DDG/CG-48) Yorktown (1984)
• (CG-49) Vincennes
  (1985)
• (CG-50) Valley Forge (1986)
• (CG-51) Thomas S. Gates (1987)
• (CG-52) Bunker Hill
  (1986)
• (CG-53) Mobile Bay
  (1987)
• (CG-54) Antietam (1987)
• (CG-55) Leyte Gulf (1987)
• (CG-56) San Jacinto
  (1988)
• (CG-57) Lake Champlain (1988)
• (CG-58) Philippine Sea (1989)
• (CG-59) Princeton
  (1989)
• (CG-60) Normandy
  (1989)
• (CG-61) Monterey (1990)
• (CG-62) Chancellorsville
  (1989)
• (CG-63) Cowpens
  (1991)
• (CG-64) Gettysburg (1991)
• (CG-65) Chosin
  (1991)
• (CG-66) Hue City (1991)
• (CG-67) Shiloh
  (1992)
• (CG-68) Anzio
  (1992)
• (CG-69) Vicksburg (1992)
• (CG-70) Lake Erie (1993)
• (CG-71) Cape St. George
  (1993)
• (CG-72) Vella Bay
  (1993)
• (CG-73) Port Royal (1994)

Battlecruisers (unfinished)[edit]

The United States laid down only six battlecruisers in the 1917 construction program; four were partially scrapped and two were converted into aircraft carriers in accordance with the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty.

• Lexington class (CC-1) Lexington (completed as carrier CV-2†
  )
• (CC-2) Constellation *
• (CC-3) Saratoga (completed as carrier CV-3
  )
• (CC-4) Ranger*
• (CC-5) Constitution*
• (CC-6) USA *

Armored cruisers[edit]

USS Maine

(ACR-1)

Note: In the period before 1920, abbreviations were informal and non-standard; Officially, these ships were called, for example, “Armored cruiser No. 1.”

• (ACR-1) Maine (1895), later classified as a second class battleship
• (ACR-2) New York
  , later
  Saratoga
  and
  Rochester
  (1893)
• (ACR-3) Brooklyn
  (1896)
• Pennsylvania class (ACR-4) Pennsylvania, later Pittsburgh
  (1905)
• (ACR-5) West Virginia, later Huntington
  (1905)
• (ACR-6) California, later San Diego
  †
  (1907)
• (ACR-7) Colorado, later Pueblo
  (1905)
• (ACR-8) Maryland, later Frederick
  (1905)
• (ACR-9) South Dakota, later Huron
  (1908)

List by name[edit]

• Alaska (CB-1)
• Albany (1899)
• Albany (CL-23)
• Albany (CA-123)
• Albany (CG-10)
• Amsterdam (CL-59)
• Amsterdam (CL-101)
• Antietam (CG-54)
• Anzio (CG-68)
• Arkansas (CGN-41)
• Astoria (CA-34)
• Astoria (CL-90)
• Atlanta (1884)
• Atlanta (CLAA-51)
• Atlanta (CL-104)
• Augusta (CL/CA-31)
• Badger (1889)
• Bainbridge (CGN-25)
• Baltimore (C-3)
• Baltimore (CA-68)
• Belknap (CG-26)
• Biddle (CG-34)
• Biloxi (CL-80)
• Birmingham (CL-2)
• Birmingham (CL-62)
• Boise (CL-47)
• Boston (1884)
• Boston (CA-69)
• Boston (CAG-1)
• Bremerton (CA-130)
• Bridgeport (CA-127)*
• Brooklyn (ACR-3)
• Brooklyn (CA-3)
• Brooklyn (CL-40)
• Buffalo (1892)
• Buffalo (CL-84) retired from 1940
• Buffalo (CL-99)
• Buffalo (CL-110) *
• Bunker Hill (CG-52)
• California (ACR-6)
• California (CGN-36)
• Cambridge (CA-126)*
• Canberra (CA-70/CAG-2)
• Cape St. George (CG-71)
• Chancellorsville (CG-62)
• Charleston (C-2)
• Charleston (C-22)
• Charleston (CA-19)
• Charlotte (CA-12)
• Chattanooga (C-16)
• Chattanooga (CL-18)
• Chattanooga (CL-118)*
• Chester (CL-1)
• Chester (CA-27)
• Cheyenne (CL-117)*
• Chicago (1885)
• Chicago (CA/CL-14)
• Chicago (CL/CA-29)
• Chicago (CA-136)
• Chicago (CG-11)
• Chosin (CG-65)
• Cincinnati (C-7)
• Cincinnati (CL-6)
• Cleveland (C-19)
• Cleveland (CL-21)
• Cleveland (CL-55)
• Colorado (ACR-7)
• Columbia (C-12)
• Columbia (CA-16)
• Colombia (CL-56)
• Columbus (CA-74)
• Columbus (CG-12)
• Concorde (CL-10)
• Constellation (CC-2) *
• Constitution (CC-5) *
• Cowpens (CG-63)
• Dale (CG-19)
• Dallas (CA-140)*
• Dallas (CA-150)*
• Dayton (CL-78)
• Dayton (CL-105)
• Denver (C-14)
• Denver (CL-16)
• Denver (CL-58)
• Des Moines (C-15)
• Des Moines (CL-17)
• Des Moines (CA-134)
• Detroit (C-10)
• Detroit (CL-8)
• Dixie (1893)
• Duluth (CL-87)
• England (CG-22)
• Fall River (CA-131)
• Fargo (CL-85)
• Fargo (CL-106)
• Flint (CL-97)
• Fox (CG-33)
• Frankfurt (1915)
• Frederick (CA-8)
• Fresno (CL-121)
• Galveston (C-17)
• Galveston (CL-19)
• Galveston (CL-93)
• Galveston (CLG-3)
• Gary (CL-147)
• Gettysburg (CG-64)
• Gridley (CG-21)
• Guam (CB-2)
• Halsey (CG-23)
• Harry E. Yarnell (CG-17)
• Harvard (1888)
• Hawaii (CB-3) *
• Elena (CL-50)
• Elena (CA-75)
• Elena (CL-113) *
• Honolulu (CL-48)
• Horn (CG-30)
• Houston (CA-30)
• Houston (CL-81)
• Hue City (CG-66)
• Huntington (CA-5)
• Huntington (CL-77)
• Huntington (CL-107)
• Huron (CA-9)
• Indianapolis (CA-35)
• Josephus Daniels (CG-27)
• Jouet (CG-29)
• Juneau (CL-52)
• Juneau (CL-119)
• Kansas City (CA-128)
• Lake Erie (CG-70)
• Lake Champlain (CG-57)
• Leahy (CG-16)
• Lexington (CC-1)
• Leyte Gulf (CG-55)
• Little Rock (CG-4, ex CLG-4, ex-CL-92)
• Long Beach (CGN-9)
• Los Angeles (CA-135)
• Louisville (CL/CA-28)
• Macon (CA-132)
• Maine (ACR-1)
• Manchester (CL-83)
• Marblehead (C-11)
• Marblehead (CL-12)
• Maryland (ACR-8)
• Memphis (CA-10)
• Memphis (CL-13)
• Miami (CL-89)
• Milwaukee (C-21)
• Milwaukee (CL-5)
• Minneapolis (C-13)
• Minneapolis (CA-17)
• Minneapolis (CA-36)
• Mississippi (CGN-40)
• Missoula (CA-13)
• Mobile (CL-63)
• Mobile Bay (CG-53)
• Montana (ACR-13)
• Monterey (CG-61)
• Montgomery (C-9)
• Montpelier (CL-57)
• Nashville (CL-43)
• Newark (C-1)
• Newark (CL-88) canceled 1940
• Newark (CL-100)
• Newark (CL-108)*
• New Haven (CL-76)
• New Haven (CL-109)*
• New Orleans (1896)
• New Orleans (CL-22)
• New Orleans (CL/CA-32)
• Newport News (CA-148)
• New York (ACR-2)
• Norfolk (CA-137)
• Normandy (CG-60)
• Northampton (CA-26)
• Northampton (CA-125)*
• Northampton (CLC-1)
• North Carolina (ACR-12)
• Auckland (CL-95)
• Oklahoma City (CL-91)
• Oklahoma City (CLG/CG-5)
• Olympia (C-6)
• Olympia (CA-15)
• Olympia (CL-15)
• Omaha (CL-4)
• Oregon City (CA-122)
• Panther (1889)
• Pasadena (CL-65)
• Pennsylvania (ACR-4)
• Pensacola (CL/CA-24)
• Philadelphia (C-4)
• Philadelphia (CL-41)
• Philippines (CB-4) *
• Philippine Sea (CG-58)
• Phoenix (CL-46)
• Pittsburgh (CA-4)
• Pittsburgh (CA-72)
• Portland (CL/CA-33)
• Port Royal (CG-73)
• Portsmouth (CL-102)
• Prairie (1890)
• Princeton (CG-59)
• Providence (CL-82)
• Providence (CLG/CG-6)
• Pueblo (CA-7)
• Puerto Rico (CB-5)*
• Quincy (CA-39)
• Quincy (CA-71)
• Raleigh (C-8)
• Roles (CL-7)
• Ranger (CC-4)*
• Reeves (CG-24)
• Reno (CL-96)
• Richmond (CL-9)
• Richmond K. Turner (CG-20)
• Roanoke (CL-114)*
• Roanoke (CL-145)
• Rochester (CA-2)
• Rochester (CA-124)
• St. Louis (1894)
• St. Louis (C-20)
• St. Louis (CA-18)
• St. Louis (CL-49)
• St. Paul (1895)
• St. Paul (CA-73)
• Salem (CL-3)
• Salem (CA-139)
• Salt Lake City (CL/CA-25)
• Samoa (CB-6) *
• San Diego (CA-6)
• San Diego (CL-53)
• San Francisco (C-5)
• San Francisco (CA-38)
• San Jacinto (CG-56)
• San Juan (CL-54)
• Santa Fe (CL-60)
• Saratoga (CC-3)
• Savannah (CL-42)
• Scranton (CA-138)*
• Seattle (CA-11)
• Shiloh (CG-67)
• South Carolina (CGN-37)
• South Dakota (ACR-9)
• Spokane (CL-120)
• Springfield (CL-66)
• Springfield (CLG/CG-7)
• (CG-31) Sterett
• Tacoma (C-18)
• Tacoma (CL-20)
• Tallahassee (CL-61)
• Tallahassee (CL-116)*
• Tennessee (ACR-10)
• Texas (CGN-39)
• Thomas S. Gates (CG-51)
• Ticonderoga (CG-47)
• Toledo (CA-133)
• Topeka (CL-67)
• Topeka (CLG-8)
• Trenton (CL-11)
• Truxtun (CGN-35)
• Tucson (CL-98)
• Tulsa (CA-129)
• Tuscaloosa (CA-37)
• USA (CC-6) *
• Vallejo (CL-112)*
• Vallejo (CL-146) *
• Valley Forge (CG-50)
• Vella Bay (CG-72)
• Vesuvius (1888)
• Vicksburg (CL-86)
• Vicksburg (CG-69)
• Vincennes (CA-44)
• Vincennes (CL-64)
• Vincennes (CG-49)
• Virginia (CGN-38)
• Washington (ACR-11)
• West Virginia (ACR-5)
• Wichita (CA-45)
• Wilkes-Barre (CL-103)
• William H. Standley (CG-32)
• Wilmington (CL-79)
• Wilmington (CL-111)*
• Worcester (CL-144)
• Warden (CG-18)
• Yale University (1889)
• Yankee (1892)
• Yorktown (CG-48)
• Yosemite (1892)
• Youngstown (CL-94)
• CL-115 canceled unnamed
• CA-141 canceled without title
• CA-142 canceled without title
• CA-143 canceled without title
• CA-149 canceled without title
• CG-13 conversion cancelled.
• CG-14 conversion cancelled.
• CG-15 missed
• CGN-42 canceled unnamed
• CG-43 - CG-46 skipped

Large cruisers[edit]

USS Alaska

• Alaska class (CB-1) Alaska
  (1944)
• (CB-2) Guam
  (1944)
• (CB-3/CBC-1) Construction of Hawaii stopped after launch, conversion to a command ship was begun in the 1950s but then cancelled.
• (CB-4) Philippines
  - Canceled prior to construction
• (CB-5) Puerto Rico
  - Canceled prior to construction
• (CB-6) Samoa
  - Canceled before construction began