Sea Weapons

Heavy Cruiser (1934)

New Orleans class

USS San Francisco (CA-38)
New Orleans class

Preceded by:

Portland (1932)

Succeeded by:

Wichita (1939)

Datafile

ClassNew Orleans
TypeHeavy Cruiser
Year1934
Crew868
Dimensions
Length176.2 m (pp)
179.2 m
Beam18.8 m
Draught6.9 m
Displacement
Empty10,136 t
Loaded12,463 t
Performance
Speed61 km/h
Range18,520 km @ 28 km/h
Machinery
Shafts4
Turbines4 x Geared steam
107,000 hp
Westinghouse
Boilers8 x Babcock & Wilcox
FuelOil: 1,241-1,861 t
Armament
Main9 x 203-mm/55 (3 x 3)
8"/55 Mk. 9
-10° / +41°

Anti-Aircraft8 x 127-mm (8 x 1)
5"/25 Mk. 10
8 x 13-mm (8 x 1)
M2 Browning
24 x 40-mm (6 x 4)
Bofors [1945]
16-28 x 20-mm (8-14 x 2, 26-28 x 1)
Oerlikon [1945]
Broadside1,062 kg
Armor
Belt76 - 127 mm
Deck57 mm
Barbettes127 - 152 mm
Gun turret38 - 152 mm
Aircraft
Aircraft4
Production
Built7
Total7

Registry

Ship Code Builder Laid Launch Comm Decomm Fate
New Orleans CA-32 New York N Yd14/03/193112/04/193318/04/193410/02/1947Sold/Scrapped
Astoria CA-34 Puget Sound N Yd01/09/193016/12/193301/06/193409/08/1942 Loss by surface ship
Minneapolis CA-36 Philadelphia N Yd27/06/193106/09/193320/06/193410/02/1947Sold/Scrapped
Tuscaloosa CA-37 New York SB03/09/193115/11/193317/08/193413/02/1946Sold/Scrapped
San Francisco CA-38 Mare Island N Yd09/09/193109/03/193323/04/193410/02/1946Sold/Scrapped
Qunicy CA-39 Bethlehem15/11/193319/06/193509/06/193609/08/1942 Loss by surface ship
Vincennes CA-44 Bethlehem02/01/193421/05/193621/02/193709/08/1942 Loss by surface ship

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