Oregon City-class cruiser
USS Rochester on 20 September 1953 | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Oregon City class |
| Builders | Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Fore River Shipyard |
| Operators | United States Navy |
| Preceded by | Baltimore class |
| Succeeded by | Des Moines class |
| Subclasses | Albany class |
| Built | 1944–1951 |
| In commission | 1946–1961 |
| Planned | 10 |
| Completed | 4 |
| Cancelled | 6 |
| Retired | 4 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Heavy cruiser |
| Displacement | 13,260 long-tons (standard) |
| Length | |
| 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 | |
| Armament |
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| Armor | 6 Inch belt armor |
| Aircraft carried | 4 × Vought OS2U Kingfishers |
| Aviation facilities |
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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).