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Cruisers (C, CA, CB, CC, CD, CL, CG, CGN)

Most recent update: January 12, 2012.

 

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