Oregon City-class cruiser

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

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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).

## 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

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## 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  missing name. 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 Script error: The function "sclass" does not exist. 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/
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missing name | 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
missing name | 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
missing name | CA-124  | 29 May 1944  | 28 August 1945  | 20 December 1946  | 15 August 1961  | Struck 1 October 1973; Sold for scrap, 24 September 1974
missing name | 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
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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

## 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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