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The heavy cruiser APNS Newport News (CA-148) at sea.
The Des Moines-class heavy cruisers were a group of American heavy cruisers, commissioned in 1948–1952. They were the last of the all-gun heavy cruisers, exceeded in size in the American navy only by the American capital ships.
Specifications[]
- Type: Heavy Cruiser
- Service Period: 1948-1986
- Characteristics:
- Length: 716 feet 6 inches (218.39 meters)
- Beam: 76 feet 6 inches (23.32 meters)
- Draft: 22 feet (6.71 meters)
- Displacement: 15,406 tons (Standard); 18,691 tons (Full Load)
- Crew: 1,799 officers and enlisted
- Propulsion: 4 shafts, steam turbines, 4 boilers, 120,000 shp (89,000 kW)
- Range: 10,500 nautical miles (19,446 kilometers) at 15 knots (27.78 km/h)
- Speed: 33 knots (61.12 km/h)
- Sensor Suite:
- AN/SPS-6 Air Search Radar
- AN/SPS-8A High Angle Ranging Radar
- AN/SPS-12 Air Search Radar
- Mk.13 Fire Control Radar - for 8"/55-caliber Mk.16 guns
- Mk.25 Fire Control Radar - for 5"/38-caliber Mk.12 DP guns
- Mk.35 Fire Control Radar - for 3"/50-caliber Mk.27/33 AA guns
- Armament:
- 9 x 8"/55-caliber Mk.16 naval guns (3x3)
- 12 x 5"/38-caliber Mk.12 dual purpose naval guns (6x2)
- 24 x 3"/50-caliber Mk.27/Mk.33 naval guns (12x2)
- 24 x Oerlikon 20mm/70-caliber Mk.IV anti-aircraft guns (12x2)
- Armour:
- 6" (152.4mm) Belt
- 8" (203.2mm) Turrets
- 3.5" (88.9mm) Deck
- 6.5" (165.1mm) Conning Tower
Unit Run[]
- APNS Des Moines (CA-136)
- APNS Sioux City (CA-137)
- APNS Greenville (CA-138)
- APNS Salem (CA-139)
- APNS Dallas (CA-140)
- APNS Marblehead (CA-141)
- APNS Indianapolis (CA-142)
- APNS Colorado Springs (CA-143)
- APNS Seattle (CA-144)
- APNS Sault Ste. Marie (CA-145)
- APNS Augusta (CA-146)
- APNS Quincy (CA-147)
- APNS Newport News (CA-148)
- APNS San Antonio (CA-149)
- APNS Vincennes (CA-150)