Omaha-class light cruiser

Omaha-class light cruiser
USS Concord underway in Puget Sound, circa November 1944
Class Overview
Builder	Todd Dry Dock and Construction Company, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Fore River Shipyard
Class	Omaha-class
Type	Light cruiser
Technical Information
Length	170 meters
Beam	17 meters
Draught	6 meters
Displacement	7,000 long tons
Machinery	4 reduction geared steam turbines, 4 screws
Speed	35 knots
Armor	3-inch belt, 1.5-inch deck, 1.5-inch conning tower, 1.5-to-3-inch conning tower, 1.5-to-3-inch bulkheads
Armament	2 x twin 6-inch/53 cal guns, 8 x single 6-inch/53 cal guns, 2 x 3-inch/50 cal anti-aircraft guns, 2 x triple 21-inch torpedo tubes, 2 x twin 21-inch torpedo tubes, 224 x mines
Aircraft capacity	2 floatplanes
Crew	458 officers and enlisted
Usage
Year Introduced	1923
Affiliation	United States of America
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The Omaha-class cruisers were 10 light cruisers produced by the United States Navy during the interwar period after World War I, utilizing designs from that era. Built-in the early 1920s after World War I, this class of cruisers had improved speed, better forward guns, and torpedo tubes. During World War II, this class of cruisers mainly operated in secondary duties, such as convoy escorts, patrols, and shore bombardment both in the Atlantic and Pacific theaters. None of the ships in the class were lost during the war and were all sold for scrap shortly after.

Ships in class

• USS Omaha (CL-4)
• USS Milwaukee (CL-5)
• USS Cincinnati (CL-6)
• USS Raleigh (CL-7)
• USS Detroit (CL-8)
• USS Richmond (CL-9)
• USS Concord (CL-10)
• USS Trenton (CL-11)
• USS Marblehead (CL-12)
• USS Memphis (CL-13)