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Of the three light cruisers lost by U.S. Navy during World War II, two were Atlantas. The only two cruisers of the class that engaged in surface combat were sunk: Atlanta and Juneau . Atlanta was sunk in surface combat during the Guadalcanal Campaign while Juneau was heavily damaged in the same battle and sunk by Japanese submarine I-26 on her ...
USS Atlanta (CL-51) of the United States Navy was the lead ship of the Atlanta class of eight light cruisers. She was the third Navy ship named after the city of Atlanta, Georgia. Designed to provide anti-aircraft protection for US naval task groups, Atlanta served in this capacity in the naval battles Midway and the Eastern Solomons.
USS Atlanta was a Cleveland-class light cruiser of the United States Navy, which were built during World War II. The class was designed as a development of the earlier Brooklyn -class cruisers , the size of which had been limited by the First London Naval Treaty .
Cleveland class: Light cruiser [37] Name Country Region City Nationality Launched Class Type Remarks Ref USS LST-325: United States Indiana: Evansville: United States: 1942 LST Mk.3: Landing Ship, Tank [38] USS LST-393: United States Michigan: Muskegon: United States: 1942 LST: Landing Ship, Tank: USS LST 393 Veterans Museum USS LST-1008: China ...
The first purpose built anti-aircraft cruiser was the British Dido class, completed shortly before the beginning of World War II. The US Navy Atlanta-class anti-aircraft cruisers (CLAA) were designed to match capabilities of the Royal Navy. Both Dido and Atlanta carried torpedo tubes.
The Navy agreed in the waning days of the war to construct a small number of cruisers for the purpose of operationally testing new gun designs and other major improvements incorporating the lessons learned of World War II combat: the 'CL-154' and Worcester classes of light cruisers (respectively 5-inch and 6-inch main batteries), and the Des ...
Alaska-class cruiser; Atlanta-class cruiser; Baltimore-class cruiser; Brooklyn-class cruiser; Cleveland-class cruiser; Fargo-class cruiser; Juneau-class cruiser; New Orleans-class cruiser; Northampton-class cruiser; Omaha-class cruiser; Pensacola-class cruiser; Portland-class cruiser
USS Atlanta (CL-51) The CL-154 class was the final attempt to build a "super-Atlanta-class cruiser" by replacing the Atlanta ' s 5-inch/38-caliber gun with the new 5-inch/54-caliber Mark 16 gun. The new gun had a higher rate of fire and a longer range than the 38-caliber gun, and fired a heavier and more destructive projectile; the only ...