Fargo-class cruiser
USS Fargo (CL-106) | |
Class overview | |
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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: |
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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 |
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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 |
External links
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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