New Orleans-class heavy cruiser

New Orleans-class heavy cruiser
USS Tuscaloosa off of Iwo Jima, February 1945
Class Overview
Builder	New York Navy Yard, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia Navy Yard, New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Fore River Shipyard
Class	New Orleans-class
Type	Heavy cruiser
Technical Information
Length	180 meters
Beam	19 meters
Draught	6 meters
Displacement	10,000 long tons
Machinery	4 geared turbines, 8 boilers, 4 screws
Speed	32 knots
Armor	5-inch belt, 8-inch turrets, 2.25-inch deck, 5-inch conning tower
Armament	9 x 8-inch/55 cal guns, 8 x 5-inch/25 cal guns, 8 x .50 cal machine guns
Aircraft capacity	4 aircraft
Crew	800 officers and enlisted
Usage
Year Introduced	1934
Affiliation	United States of America
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The New Orleans-class of heavy cruisers were seven cruisers produced by the United States Navy in the 1930s. Originally named the Astoria-class in the interwar period, the remaining ships in the class were reconstructed after the lead ship, Astoria, was sunk at the Battle of Savo Island. Composed of three separate designs in the class, this class was the direct ancestor of all cruisers that the United States produced from then on. This class had improvements in thicker armor on the ammunition magazine and turret armor.

Ships in class

• USS New Orleans (CA-32)
• USS Astoria (CA-34)
• USS Minneapolis (CA-36)
• USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37)
• USS San Francisco (CA-38)
• USS Quincy (CA-39)
• USS Vincennes (CA-44)