| Type | # | Name | Shipbuilder | Hull # | LDT | $mm | FY | Contract Award | Keel Laid | Launched | Delivered | CA to D | KL to L | L to D | KL to D | Disposition |
| C | 1 | Newark | Cramp Shipbuilding | 258 | 4,083 | 1886 | 2-Feb-91 | Scrapped 1926 | ||||||||
| C | 2 | Charleston | Union Iron Works | 7 | 3,730 | 1886 | 26-Dec-89 | Wrecked in the Philippines 1899 | ||||||||
| C | 3 | Baltimore | Cramp Shipbuilding | 254 | 4,413 | 1887 | 7-Jan-90 | Scuttled off Pearl Harbor 1944 | ||||||||
| C | 4 | Philadelphia | Cramp Shipbuilding | 257 | 4,324 | 1888 | 28-Jul-90 | Scrapped 1927 | ||||||||
| C | 5 | San Francisco | Union Iron Works | 11 | 4,083 | 1888 | 15-Nov-90 | Renamed Yosemite 1931, scrapped 1939 | ||||||||
| C | 6 | Olympia | Union Iron Works | 17 | 5,870 | 1889 | 20-Feb-94 | Memorial in Philadelphia 1957 | ||||||||
| C | 7 | Cincinnati | New York NSY | 3,213 | 1889 | 16-Jun-94 | Scrapped 1921 | |||||||||
| C | 8 | Raleigh | Norfolk NSY | 3,213 | 1889 | 17-Apr-94 | Scrapped 1921 | |||||||||
| C | 9 | Montgomery | Columbian Iron Wks | 2,089 | 1889 | 21-Jun-94 | Sold 1919 | |||||||||
| C | 10 | Detroit | Columbian Iron Wks | 2,089 | 1889 | 20-Jul-93 | Sold 1910 | |||||||||
| C | 11 | Marblehead | City Point Works | 2,089 | 1889 | 2-Apr-94 | Sold 1921 | |||||||||
| C | 12 | Columbia | Cramp Shipbuilding | 269 | 7,375 | 1891 | 23-Apr-94 | Scrapped 1922 | ||||||||
| C | 13 | Minneapolis | Cramp Shipbuilding | 273 | 7,375 | 1892 | 13-Dec-94 | Scrapped 1921 | ||||||||
| C | 14 | Denver | Neafie & Levy | 3,200 | 1900 | 17-May-04 | Sold 1933 | |||||||||
| C | 15 | Des Moines | Fore River Sbldg. | 107 | 3,200 | 1900 | 5-Mar-04 | Scrapped 1930 | ||||||||
| C | 16 | Chattanooga | Crescent Shipyard | 3,200 | 1900 | 11-Oct-04 | Sold 1930 | |||||||||
| C | 17 | Galveston | Norfolk NSY | 3,200 | 1900 | 15-Feb-05 | Scrapped 1933 | |||||||||
| C | 18 | Tacoma | Union Iron Works | 71 | 3,200 | 1900 | 30-Jan-04 | Wrecked off Vera Cruz 1924 | ||||||||
| C | 19 | Cleveland | Bath Iron Works | 35 | 3,200 | 1900 | 2-Nov-03 | Scrapped 1930 | ||||||||
| C | 20 | St. Louis | Neafie & Levy | 9,700 | 1901 | 18-Aug-06 | Scrapped 1930 | |||||||||
| C | 21 | Milwaukee | Union Iron Works | 80 | 9,700 | 1901 | 10-Dec-06 | Wrecked near Eureka 1917 | ||||||||
| C | 22 | Charleston | Newport News | 41 | 9,700 | 1901 | 17-Oct-05 | Scrapped 1930 | ||||||||
| CA | 2 | New York | Cramp Shipbuilding | 268 | 8,150 | 1889 | 1-Aug-93 | Renamed Saratoga 1911, Rochester 1917, scuttled in Subic Bay 1941 | ||||||||
| CA | 3 | Brooklyn | Cramp Shipbuilding | 275 | 9,215 | 1893 | 1-Dec-96 | Scrapped 1921 | ||||||||
| CA | 4 | Pennsylvania | Cramp Shipbuilding | 317 | 13,680 | 1900 | 9-Mar-05 | Renamed Pittsburgh 1912, scrapped 1931 | ||||||||
| CA | 5 | West Virginia | Newport News | 38 | 13,680 | 1900 | 23-Feb-05 | Scrapped 1930 | ||||||||
| CA | 6 | California | Union Iron Works | 78 | 13,680 | 1900 | 1-Aug-07 | Renamed San Diego 1914, mined off Fire Island 1918 | ||||||||
| CA | 7 | Colorado | Cramp Shipbuilding | 316 | 13,680 | 1901 | 19-Jan-05 | Renamed Pueblo 1917, scrapped 1931 | ||||||||
| CA | 8 | Maryland | Newport News | 39 | 13,680 | 1901 | 18-Apr-05 | Scrapped 1930 | ||||||||
| CA | 9 | South Dakota | Union Iron Works | 79 | 13,680 | 1901 | 27-Jan-08 | Renamed Huron 1920, scrapped 1930 | ||||||||
| CA | 10 | Tennessee | Cramp Shipbuilding | 322 | 14,500 | 1903 | 17-Jul-06 | Renamed Memphis 1915, wrecked off Santo Domingo 1916 | ||||||||
| CA | 11 | Washington | New York Ship | 14 | 14,500 | 1903 | 30-Jul-06 | Scrapped 1946 | ||||||||
| CA | 12 | North Carolina | Newport News | 57 | 14,500 | 1905 | 7-May-08 | Scrapped 1931 | ||||||||
| CA | 13 | Montana | Newport News | 58 | 14,500 | 1905 | 21-Jul-08 | Scrapped 1935 | ||||||||
| CA | 24 | Pensacola | New York NSY | 9,100 | 1925 | 6-Feb-30 | Sunk as target 1948 | |||||||||
| CA | 25 | Salt Lake City | New York Ship | 375 | 9,100 | 1926 | 9-Dec-29 | Sunk as target 1948 | ||||||||
| CA | 26 | Northampton | Fore River Sbldg. | 1410 | 9,050 | 1927 | 17-May-30 | Sunk by Japanese ships off Guadalcanal 1942 | ||||||||
| CA | 27 | Chester | New York Ship | 380 | 9,200 | 1927 | 23-Jun-30 | Scrapped 1959 | ||||||||
| CA | 28 | Louisville | Puget Sound NSY | 9,050 | 1927 | 15-Jan-31 | Scrapped 1959 | |||||||||
| CA | 29 | Chicago | Mare Island NSY | 9,300 | 1927 | 9-Mar-31 | Sunk by Japanese aircraft off Rennel Island 1943 | |||||||||
| CA | 30 | Houston | Newport News | 323 | 9,050 | 1927 | 17-Jun-30 | Sunk by Japanese off Java 1942 | ||||||||
| CA | 31 | Augusta | Newport News | 324 | 9,050 | 1927 | 30-Jan-31 | Scrapped 1960 | ||||||||
| CA | 32 | New Orleans | New York NSY | 9,950 | 1929 | 18-Apr-34 | Scrapped 1959 | |||||||||
| CA | 33 | Portland | Fore River Sbldg. | 1430 | 9,800 | 1930 | 23-Feb-33 | Scrapped 1959 | ||||||||
| CA | 34 | Astoria | Puget Sound NSY | 9,950 | 1929 | 1-Jun-34 | Sunk by Japanese gunfire off Savo Island 1942 | |||||||||
| CA | 35 | Indianapolis | New York Ship | 399 | 9,950 | 1930 | 14-Nov-32 | Sunk by Japanese Navy off the Philippines 1945 | ||||||||
| CA | 36 | Minneapolis | Philadelphia NSY | 9,950 | 1929 | 20-Jun-34 | Scrapped 1959 | |||||||||
| CA | 37 | Tuscaloosa | New York Ship | 407 | 9,975 | 1931 | 17-Aug-34 | Scrapped 1959 | ||||||||
| CA | 38 | San Francisco | Mare Island NSY | 9,950 | 1930 | 23-Apr-34 | Scrapped 1959 | |||||||||
| CA | 39 | Quincy | Fore River Sbldg. | 1450 | 9,375 | 1933 | 9-Jun-36 | Sunk by Japanese ships off Savo Island 1942 | ||||||||
| CA | 44 | Vincennes | Fore River Sbldg. | 1449 | 9,400 | 1934 | 24-Feb-37 | Sunk by Japanese ships off Savo Island 1942 | ||||||||
| CA | 45 | Wichita | Philadelphia NSY | 10,000 | 1934 | 16-Feb-39 | Scrapped 1959 | |||||||||
| CC | 1 | Lexington | Fore River Sbldg. | 300 | 33,000 | 1917 | 14-Dec-27 | Suspended 1922, completed as CV 2, sunk by Japanese aircraft off Bali 1942 | ||||||||
| CC | 2 | Constellation | Newport News | 215 | 43,500 | 1917 | Cancelled 1923 | |||||||||
| CC | 3 | Saratoga | New York Ship | 199 | 33,000 | 1917 | 16-Nov-27 | Suspended 1922, completed as CV 3, scuttled 1948 | ||||||||
| CC | 4 | Ranger | Newport News | 216 | 43,500 | 1917 | Cancelled 1923 | |||||||||
| CC | 5 | Constitution | Philadelphia NSY | 43,500 | 1918 | Cancelled 1923 | ||||||||||
| CC | 6 | United States | Philadelphia NSY | 43,500 | 1919 | Cancelled 1923 | ||||||||||
| CL | 1 | Chester | Bath Iron Works | 46 | 3,750 | 1905 | 25-Apr-08 | Scrapped 1930 | ||||||||
| CL | 2 | Birmingham | Fore River Sbldg. | 132 | 3,750 | 1905 | 11-Apr-08 | Scrapped 1930 | ||||||||
| CL | 3 | Salem | Fore River Sbldg. | 133 | 3,750 | 1905 | 1-Aug-08 | Scrapped 1930 | ||||||||