Oregon City-class cruiser

Short description: U.S. Navy WWII-era heavy cruiser class

USS Rochester on 20 September 1953

Class overview
Name| Oregon City class
Builders| Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Fore River Shipyard
Operators| 20px United States Navy
Preceded by| Baltimore class
Succeeded by| Des Moines class
Subclasses| Albany class
Built| 1944–1951
In commission| 1946–1961[note 1]
Planned| 10
Completed| 4
Canceled| 6
Retired| 4
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General characteristics
Type| Heavy cruiser
Displacement| 13,260 long-tons (standard)
Length|

* 664 ft (202 m) wl
* 673 ft 5 in (205.26 m) oa

Beam| 70 ft 10 in (21.59 m)
Draft| 26 ft 4 in (8.03 m)
Propulsion| General Electric steam turbines turning 120,000 hp (89,000 kW)
Speed| 32.4 knots (60.0 km/h; 37.3 mph)
Boats & landing
craft carried| 2 × lifeboats
Complement| 1,142 officers and enlisted
Sensors &
processing systems|

* AN/SPS-6 air-search radar
* AN/SPS-8A height-finding radar

Armament|

* As Built:
* 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

Armor| 6 Inch belt armor
Aircraft carried| 4 × Vought OS2U Kingfishers
Aviation facilities|

* 2 × aircraft catapults
* Helipad (later conversion)

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The Oregon City-class was a class of heavy cruisers of the United States Navy. Largely based on the preceding Baltimore-class of heavy cruisers, ten Oregon City-class ships were planned, but only four were completed. Of the completed ships, one was the USS Albany, which, in 1962, was converted to be the lead ship of the Albany-sub class of guided missile cruisers. Another vessel of the class, the USS Northampton would be converted to a command ship in 1951. The completed ships were in-commission from 1946 to 1980, with the Albany being the final vessel of the class to serve. All vessels of the class were eventually sold for scrap.

## Contents

* 1 Design and development
* 2 History
* 3 Ships in class
* 4 Gallery
* 5 See also
* 6 Notes
* 7 References
* 8 Bibliography
* 9 External links

## Design and development

The Oregon City-class cruisers were a modified version of the previous Baltimore-class 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 Cleveland and Fargo classes, and to a lesser degree the Atlanta and Juneau classes of light cruisers.[1]

## 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.[2] Construction on the incomplete fourth ship was resumed in 1948 and the ship served as a command ship Northampton (CLC-1). 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 Albany class and served until 1980. A similar conversion was planned for Rochester but was cancelled.

## Ships in class

Ships in class[2] Name  | Hull Number  | Builder  | Laid down  | Launched  | Commissioned/
Recommissioned  | Decommissioned  | Fate

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Oregon City | 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
Albany | CA-123  | 6 Mar 1944  | 11 Jun 1945  | 15 June 1946  | 30 June 1958  | Converted to Guided Missile Cruiser[3] Struck 30 June 1985; Sold for scrap, 12 August 1990
CG-10  | 3 November 1962  | 29 August 1980
Rochester | CA-124  | 29 May 1944  | 28 August 1945  | 20 December 1946  | 15 August 1961  | Struck 1 October 1973; Sold for scrap, 24 September 1974
Northampton | 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  | N/A  | 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  | N/A  | 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

* USS Oregon City

* USS Albany

* USS Rochester

* USS Northampton

## See also

* Albany-class cruiser
* List of cruisers of the United States Navy

## Notes

1. ↑ Albany 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.

## References

1. ↑ Norman Friedman, U.S. Cruisers, An Illustrated Design History 1984 ISBN 978-0-87021-718-0
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Whitley 1999, p. 269.
3. ↑ Gardiner and Chumbley 1995, p. 578.

## Bibliography

* Gardiner, Robert and Stephen Chumbley (editors). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis, Maryland US: Naval Institute Press, 1995. ISBN 1-55750-132-7.
* Whitley, M.J. Cruisers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. London: Brockhampton Press, 1999. ISBN 1-86019-874-0,

## External links

* Global Security.org – Oregon City class cruiser
* DANFS

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United States naval ship classes of World War II

US Navy combat ships

| Aircraft carriers|

* Lexington
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Light aircraft carriers|

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Large cruisers|

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Heavy cruisers|

* Pensacola
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* Oregon CityC
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Light cruisers|

* Omaha
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Destroyers|

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Motor|

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Minelayers|

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Coastal|

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Minesweepers|

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Submarines|

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* Cachalot

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* Porpoise
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US Navy auxiliary ships

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Fleet oilers|

* Kanawha
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| T2 tanker|

* Kennebec

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T3 tanker|

* Cimarron

Gasoline
tankers|

| T1 tanker|

* Mettawee
* Patapsco

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Auxiliary ships|

* Ammunition
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* Seaplane tender
* Submarine tender
* Underway replenishment

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