New Orleans class cruiser
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Image:USS New Orleans (CA-32).jpgThe New Orleans class cruisers were a class of 7 heavy cruisers built for the United States Navy under the Washington Naval Treaty before World War II. They were an improvement on the Northampton class heavy cruisers. CA-32 through CA-36 were originally ordered as Northampton class ships but 32, 34 and 36 were reordered as what was to become the Tuscaloosa class shortly after being laid down. The Portland (CA-33) and Indianapolis (CA-35) could not be changed to the New Orleans design and became a separate class.
The 7 New Orleans class ships were:
- New Orleans (CA-32)
- Astoria (CA-34)
- Minneapolis (CA-36)
- Tuscaloosa (CA-37)
- San Francisco (CA-38)
- Quincy (CA-39)
- Vincennes (CA-44)
Three of the seven members were lost in the Battle of Savo Island in 1942. All were first commissioned between 1934 and 1937.
See also New Orleans-class cruiser (1896).
| New Orleans-class cruiser |
| New Orleans | Astoria | Minneapolis | Tuscaloosa | San Francisco | Quincy | Vincennes |
| List of cruisers of the United States Navy |