USS Constellation (CC-2)

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USS Constellation (CC-2) would have been the third ship of that name in the United States Navy, but was cancelled prior to completion.

A Lexington-class battle cruiser, her keel was laid at Newport News, Virginia, in August 1920, but the class was cancelled in 1923 by the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922.

[edit] General characteristics (1919 design)

  • Displacement: 43,500 tons
  • Length: 874 ft (266 m)
  • Beam: 105.5 ft (32 m)
  • Draft: 31 ft (9.4 m)
  • Primary armament: 8 x 16 in (406 mm) 50 calibre guns in four twin turrets
  • Secondary Armament: 16 x 6 in (152 mm) 53 calibre guns in single mounts (8 per side), 4 x 3 in (76 mm) guns, 8 x 21 in (533 mm) torpedo
  • Machinery, 180,000 shp (134 MW) General Electric geared turbines with electric drive, 4 screws
  • Speed, 35 knots (65 km/h)
  • Complement 1500 officers and men

See USS Constellation for other ships of this name.


Lexington-class aircraft carriers (converted from battlecruisers in accordance with the Washington Treaty)
Lexington | Saratoga
Lexington-class battlecruisers (scrapped in accordance with the Washington Treaty)
Constellation | Ranger | Constitution | United States

List of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy
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