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The New Orleans-class design was a test bed for innovations in cruiser design, and there were three distinct designs within the class. Originally called the Astoria class, the class was renamed after USS Astoria was sunk and the surviving ships of the class underwent substantial reconstruction. Design #1: New Orleans, Astoria, and Minneapolis.
USS New Orleans (CL/CA-32) was the lead New Orleans-class cruiser in service with the United States Navy. The New Orleans -class cruisers were the last U.S. cruisers built to the specifications and standards of the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922.
What Is A Battle Star? ©Monica King / Public Domain ... Group: New Orleans-class. Year introduced: 1934. Crew size: 915. USS New Orleans (CA-32) continued ©Public Domain / Wikimedia Commons.
USS San Francisco (CL/CA-38), a New Orleans-class cruiser, was the second ship of three of the United States Navy named after the city of San Francisco, California.. Commissioned in 1934, she was one of the most decorated ships of World War II, earning 17 battle stars and the Presidential Uni
USS Vincennes (CL/CA-44) was a United States Navy New Orleans-class cruiser, sunk at the Battle of Savo Island in 1942. She was the second ship to bear the name. She was laid down on 2 January 1934 at Quincy, Massachusetts, by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company's Fore River plant, launched on 21 May 1936, sponsored by Miss Harriet Virginia Kimmell (daughter of Joseph Kimmell, mayor of ...
The USS Minneapolis, a member of the New Orleans-class cruisers, served in numerous major battles in the Pacific Theater during World War II, earning the ship and its crew 17 battle stars. It ...
USS New Orleans (later designated PG-34 then CL-22) was a United States Navy protected cruiser of the New Orleans class.. She was laid down in 1895 as Amazonas for the Brazilian Navy by Armstrong, Mitchell and Company, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, launched on 4 December 1896, purchased by the U.S. Navy while building on 16 March 1898; and commissioned 18 March 1898 at Gravesend, England.
The New Orleans-class cruisers were the last U.S. cruisers built to the specifications and standards of the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922. Such ships, with a limit of 10,000 tons standard displacement and 8-inch calibre main guns may be referred to as "treaty cruisers."