Cleveland-class ships suffered from increasing stability problems as anti-aircraft armament and additional radar was added during the war.ĭescription lifted from Wikipedia. All of these warships, though worked heavily and damaged in some cases, survived the war. The Cleveland-class cruisers served mainly in the Pacific Fleet during World War II, especially in the Fast Carrier Task Force. Following the naming convention at the time, all the ships completed as cruisers were named for US cities and towns.

Of the 27 Cleveland-class cruisers that were commissioned, one (Galveston) was completed as a guided missile cruiser and five were later modified as Galveston and Providence-class guided missile cruisers. In all, 13 Fargo-class ships were planned but only Fargo and Huntington were ever completed, the rest being cancelled at varying states of completion with the de-escalation of World War II. The Fargo-class cruisers were a modified version of the previous Cleveland-class cruiser design the main difference was a more compact pyramidal superstructure with single trunked funnel, intended to improve the arcs of fire of the anti-aircraft guns.

Fifty-two ships of this class were originally planned, but nine of them were completed as the light aircraft carriers of the Independence class, and two of them were completed to a somewhat different design, called the Fargo class. The ships were designed with the goal of increased cruising range, anti-aircraft armament, torpedo protection, etc., compared with earlier U.S.

Navy during World War II, and were the most numerous class of light cruisers ever built. The Cleveland-class light cruisers were built for the U.S.

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