Des Moines class cruiser

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Class overview
*USS Des Moines* (CA-134)**
Name:	Des Moines class heavy cruiser
Operators:	United States Navy
Preceded by:	Oregon City class cruiser
Succeeded by:	None
Completed:	3
Retired:	3
Preserved:	1
General characteristics
Type:	Heavy Cruiser
Displacement:	17,000 tons
Length:	716 ft 6 in
Beam:	76 ft 6 in
Draft:	22 ft
Propulsion:	4 shafts General Electric turbines 4 boiler 120,000 shp
Speed:	33 knots
Range:	10,500 nm at 15 knots
Complement:	1,799 officers and enlisted
Armament:	9 × 8 in (203 mm) 12 × 5 in (127 mm) 24 × 3 in(76 mm)AA 24 × 20 mm AA
Armor:	6" Belt 8" Turrets 3 1/2" Deck 6 1/2" Conning Tower

This article is about the historical ship. For the fictional ship seen in the Gundam Seed universe, see Des Moines class cruiser (Gundam).

The Des Moines class cruiser was a class of United States Navy heavy cruiser. They were the last of the US Navy’s all -gun heavy cruisers. They were derived from the Baltimore-class heavy cruisers, but were larger and carried a new design of rapid-fire semiautomatic 8" gun. Three ships of the class were completed: Des Moines (CA-134), Salem (CA-139), and Newport News (CA-148). Salem is a museum ship in Quincy, Massachusetts. Newport News was scrapped in 1993, and Des Moines was scrapped in 2006-2007.