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Oregon City-class cruiser

U.S. Navy WWII-era heavy cruiser class

Field	Value
section1	{{Infobox ship/image
image	USS Rochester (CA-124) with tugs at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 20 September 1953 (NH 84584).jpg
image_caption	USS Rochester on 20 September 1953
section2	{{Infobox ship/class overview
name	Oregon City class
builders	*Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Fore River Shipyard
operators	[[File:US flag 48 stars.svg	20px]] United States Navy
class_before
class_after
subclasses	*
built_range	1944–1951
in_commission_range	1946–1961Albany was converted to a guided missile cruiser and as such was in commission from 1962 to 1980, but this was a totally different class of ship than an all-gun heavy cruiser. Northampton was decommissioned in 1970, but was completed as a command ship. Rochester, the last of the Oregon City class "gun cruisers" was decommissioned in 1961.
total_ships_planned	10
total_ships_completed	4
total_ships_canceled	6
total_ships_retired	4
section3	{{Infobox ship/characteristics
type	Heavy cruiser
displacement	13,260 long-tons (standard)
length	*664 ft wl
*{{convert	673	ft	5	in	m	abbr	on}} oa
beam	70 ft
draft	26 ft
propulsion	General Electric steam turbines turning 120000 HP
speed	32.4 kn
complement	1,142 officers and enlisted
sensors	*AN/SPS-6 air-search radar
armament	*As Built:
armor	6 Inch belt armor
aircraft	4 × Vought OS2U Kingfishers
aircraft_facilities	*2 × aircraft catapults
boats	2 × lifeboats

673 ft oa
AN/SPS-8A height-finding radar
3 × triple 8"/55 caliber guns
6 × twin 5"/38 caliber guns
11 × quad and 2 x twin Bofors 40 mm guns
8 × single Oerlikon 20 mm cannons
Post-1953 (Albany, Rochester):
3 × triple 8"/55 caliber guns
6 × twin 5"/38 caliber guns
10 × twin 3"/50 caliber guns
Helipad (later conversion)

The Oregon City-class was a class of heavy cruisers of the United States Navy. Although ten ships of this class were planned, only four were completed – one of those as a command ship. The three ships completed as cruisers were in commission from 1946 to 1980, one having been converted to a guided missile cruiser (CG).

Design and development

The Oregon City-class cruisers were a modified version of the previous design; the main difference was a more compact pyramidal superstructure with single trunked funnel, intended to improve the arcs of fire of the anti-aircraft (AA) guns. The same type of modification also differentiated the and classes, and to a lesser degree the and classes of light cruisers.

History

Ten ships were authorized for the class with three being completed and the fourth suspended during construction. The final six ships were cancelled, five after being laid down. Construction on the incomplete fourth ship was resumed in 1948 and the ship served as a command ship . All three completed cruisers were commissioned in 1946. Oregon City was decommissioned after only 22 months of service, one of the shortest active careers of any World War II-era cruiser. Albany was later converted into a guided missile ship, becoming the lead ship of the and served until 1980. A similar conversion was planned for Rochester but was cancelled.

Ships in class

Name	Hull Number	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned/
Recommissioned	Decommissioned	Fate
	CA-122	Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts	8 April 1944	9 June 1945	16 February 1946	15 December 1947	Struck 1 November 1970; Sold for scrap, 17 August 1973
	CA-123	6 Mar 1944	11 Jun 1945	15 June 1946	30 June 1958	Converted to Guided Missile Cruiser Struck 30 June 1985; Sold for scrap, 12 August 1990
CG-10	3 November 1962	29 August 1980
	CA-124	29 May 1944	28 August 1945	20 December 1946	15 August 1961	Struck 1 October 1973; Sold for scrap, 24 September 1974
	CA-125	31 August 1944	27 January 1951	7 March 1953	8 April 1970	Converted to command ship during construction – Struck and sold for scrap, 31 Dec 1977
CLC-1
Cambridge	CA-126	16 December 1944	colspan=3 rowspan=6	Cancelled 12 August 1945 and scrapped on slip
Bridgeport	CA-127	13 January 1945	Cancelled 12 August 1945 and scrapped on slip
Kansas City	CA-128	9 July 1945	Cancelled 12 August 1945 and scrapped on slip
Tulsa	CA-129		Cancelled 12 August 1945
Norfolk	CA-137	Philadelphia Naval Shipyard	27 December 1944	Cancelled 12 August 1945 and scrapped on slip
Scranton	CA-138	27 December 1944	Cancelled 12 August 1945 and scrapped on slip

Gallery

File:USS Oregon City (CA-122) underway at sea on 17 June 1946 (80-G-262557).jpg|USS Oregon City File:USS Albany (CA-123) underway 1955.jpg|USS Albany File:USS Rochester (CA-124) in port c1959.jpg|USS Rochester File:USS Northampton (CLC-1) underway c1959.jpg|USS Northampton

Notes

References

Bibliography

Gardiner, Robert and Stephen Chumbley (editors). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis, Maryland US: Naval Institute Press, 1995. .
Whitley, M.J. Cruisers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. London: Brockhampton Press, 1999. ,

References

Norman Friedman, ''U.S. Cruisers, An Illustrated Design History'' 1984 {{ISBN. 978-0-87021-718-0 {{Page needed. (July 2011)
Whitley 1999, p. 269.
Gardiner and Chumbley 1995, p. 578.

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