| Fargo-class cruiser | |
|---|---|
 USS Fargo (CL-106) | |
| Class overview | |
| 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 |
| Displacement: |
10,000 tons (standard) 14,464 tons (full) |
| 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[]
- USS Fargo (CL-106)
- USS Huntington (CL-107)
- USS Newark (CL-108) cancelled 1945 after launch.
- USS New Haven (CL-109) cancelled 1945.
- USS Buffalo (CL-110) cancelled 1945.
- USS Wilmington (CL-111) cancelled 1945.
- USS Vallejo (CL-112) cancelled 1944.
- USS Helena (CL-113) cancelled 1944.
- USS Roanoke (CL-114) cancelled 1944.
- Unnamed (CL-115) cancelled 1944.
- USS Tallahassee (CL-116) cancelled 1945.
- USS Cheyenne (CL-117) cancelled 1945.
- USS Chattanooga (CL-118) cancelled 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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