The Cleveland-class of light cruisers were a class of several light cruisers produced by the United States Navy during World War II. A development on the previous Brooklyn-class, this class had increased cruising range, torpedo protection, and anti-aircraft armament, along with more advanced fire control systems.
Fifty-two ships were planned, but nine of them were refitted into Independence-class aircraft carriers, and two of them were made into the Fargo-class. Of the 27 commissioned, one was turned into a guided-missile cruiser, and five were fitted as Galveston and Providence-class guided-missile cruisers.
The cruisers served mostly in the Pacific Fleet, but some of them worked in Europe and the Mediterranean in the Atlantic Fleet. After the war, many of them were decommissioned by 1950. None were recommissioned for the Korean War, and only six stayed commissioned, serving as missile ships.
Ships in class[]
- USS Cleveland (CL-55)
- USS Columbia (CL-56)
- USS Montpelier (CL-57)
- USS Denver (CL-58)
- USS Amsterdam (CL-59)
- USS Santa Fe (CL-60)
- USS Tallahassee (CL-61)
- USS Birmingham (CL-62)
- USS Mobile (CL-63)
- USS Vincennes (CL-64)
- USS Pasadena (CL-65)
- USS Springfield (CL-66/CLG-7)
- USS Topeka (CL-67/CLG-8)
- USS New Haven (CL-76)
- USS Huntington (CL-77)
- USS Dayton (CL-78)
- USS Wilmington (CL-79)
- USS Biloxi (CL-80)
- USS Houston (CL-81)
- USS Providence (CL-82/CLG-6)
- USS Manchester (CL-83)
- USS Fargo (CL-85)
- USS Vicksburg (CL-86)
- USS Duluth (CL-87)
- USS Miami (CL-89)
- USS Astoria (CL-90)
- USS Oklahoma City (CL-91/CLG-5)
- USS Little Rock (CL-92/CLG-4)
- USS Galveston (CL-93/CLG-3)
- USS Newark (CL-100)
- USS Amsterdam (CL-101)
- USS Portsmouth (CL-102)
- USS Wilkes-Barre (CL-103)
- USS Atlanta (CL-104)
- USS Dayton (CL-105)