Fargo-class cruiser

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Class overview
*USS Fargo* (CL-106)**
Name:	Fargo class cruiser
Operators:	United States Navy
Preceded by:	Cleveland-class cruiser
Succeeded by:	Worcester-class cruiser
Planned:	13
Completed:	2
Cancelled:	11
Retired:	2
Preserved:	0
General characteristics
Type:	Light cruiser
Length:	608 ft .25 in (185.3 m)
Beam:	63 ft .5 in (19.2 m)
Draft:	22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion:	4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers 4 GE geared steam turbines 4 Screws 100,000 hp (75,000 kW)
Speed:	32.5 knots (60.2 km/h)
Complement:	1,100 officers and enlisted
Armament:	12 × Mk.16 6 inch guns 12 × 5 inch/38 caliber guns 28 × 40 mm Bofors guns 20 × 20 mm Oerlikon cannons
Armor:	1.5-5 in belt 2-3 in deck 3-5 in turrets 2.25-5 in conn
Aircraft carried:	3

The Fargo-class cruisers were a modified version of the previous Cleveland-class light cruiser design; the main difference was a more compact pyramidal superstructure with single trunked funnel, intended to improve the arcs of fire of the anti-aircraft (AA) guns. The same type of modification differentiated the Baltimore and Oregon City classes of heavy cruisers.^[1]

In all, 13 ships of the class were planned but only USS Fargo (CL-106) and USS Huntington (CL-107) were ever completed, the rest being cancelled at varying states of completion with the de-escalation of World War II.^[2]

Fargo, the lead ship of the class, was launched on 25 February 1945, but was not commissioned until 9 December 1945, shortly after the war ended. Huntington was commissioned early in 1946. The two ships were decommissioned in 1949-1950, and never reactivated.

Ships in class

Ship Name	Hull No.	Builder	Commission– Decommission
Fargo	CL-106	New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey	9 December 1945 - 14 February 1950
Huntington	CL-107	New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey	23 February 1946 - 15 June 1949
Newark	CL-108	New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey	Construction canceled 12 August 1945
New Haven	CL-109	New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey	Construction cancelled 12 August 1945
Buffalo	CL-110	New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey	Construction cancelled 12 August 1945
Wilmington	CL-111	William Cramp & Sons Shipbuilding Company	Construction cancelled 12 August 1945
Vallejo	CL-112	New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey	Construction cancelled 5 October 1944
Helena	CL-113	New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey	Construction cancelled 5 October 1944
Roanoke	CL-114	New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey	Construction cancelled 5 October 1944
Tallahassee	CL-116	Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company	Construction cancelled 12 August 1945
Cheyenne	CL-117	Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company	Construction cancelled 12 August 1945
Chattanooga	CL-118	Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company	Construction cancelled 12 August 1945

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References

↑ Norman Friedman, U.S. Cruisers, An Illustrated Design History 1984 ISBN 978-0-87021-718-0
↑ M.J. Whitley, Cruisers Of World War Two, An International Encyclopedia 1995 ISBN 978-1-86019-874-8

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Fargo Huntington Newark New Haven Buffalo Wilmington Vallejo Helena Roanoke Tallahassee Cheyenne Chattanooga

Preceded by: Cleveland class Followed by: Juneau class List of cruisers of the United States Navy

v t e United States naval ship classes of World War II

Aircraft carriers	Lexington Ranger^S Yorktown Wasp^S Essex Midway^C

Light aircraft carriers	Independence Saipan^C

Escort carriers	Long Island Bogue Sangamon Charger Casablanca Commencement Bay

Battleships	Wyoming New York Nevada Pennsylvania New Mexico Tennessee Colorado North Carolina South Dakota Iowa Montana^X

Battlecruisers	Alaska

Heavy cruisers	Pensacola Northampton Portland New Orleans Wichita^S Baltimore Oregon City^C Des Moines^C

Light cruisers	Omaha Brooklyn St. Louis Atlanta Cleveland Fargo^C Juneau^C Worcester^C

Destroyers	Sampson Caldwell Wickes Clemson Farragut Porter Mahan Gridley Bagley Somers Benham Sims Benson Gleaves Fletcher Allen M. Sumner Robert H. Smith Gearing

Destroyer escorts	Evarts Buckley Cannon Edsall Rudderow John C. Butler

Patrol frigates	Asheville Tacoma

Minesweepers	Lapwing Raven Auk Eagle^S Hawk Admirable

Submarines	O R S Barracuda Argonaut^S Narwhal Dolphin^S Cachalot Porpoise Salmon Sargo Tambor Mackerel Gato Balao Tench

S Single ship of class C Completed after the war X Cancelled

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