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The USS Houston (CA-30), one of the six Northampton-class CAs.
The Northampton-class heavy cruisers were a group of six heavy cruisers built for the U.S. Navy, and commissioned between 1928 and 1931. The Northamptons saw much action in World War II. One notable Northampton-class cruiser was the USS Houston (CA-30) which earned the nickname "The Galloping Ghost of the Florida Coast" during the Second American Civil War.
Specifications[]
- Type: Heavy Cruiser
- Service Period: 1928-early 1950s
- Characteristics
- Length: 600 feet 3 inches (182.96 meters)
- Beam: 66 feet 1 inch (20.14 meters)
- Draft: 16 feet 4 inches (4.98 meters)
- Displacement: 9,200 tons (Standard): 12,081 tons (Full Load)
- Crew: 1,100 (105 officers and 995 enlisted)
- Propulsion: 4-shaft Parsons turbines, 8 White-Forster boilers, 4 screws, 107,000 hp (80 MW)
- Range: 13,000 nautical miles (24,076 km) at 15 knots (27.78 km/h)
- Speed: 32.7 knots (60.56 km/h)
- Sensor Suite
- Mk.37 Gun Fire Control System
- RCA CXAM Radar
- Tachyometric, RDF-based, Air-Defense and Identification System (TRADIS)
- Armament
- 9 x 8"/55-caliber Mk.9/12 naval guns
- 8 x 5"/25-caliber Mk.10/11 naval guns - replaced by 5"/38-caliber Mk.12 DP guns
- 6 x 21" torpedo tubes
- 24 x Bofors 40mm/60-caliber anti-aircraft guns
- 28 x Oerlikon 20mm/70-caliber anti-aircraft guns
- Armour:
- Belt: 3-inches (76.2 mm)
- Deck: 2-inches (50.8 mm)
- Guns:
- Turret Face: 2.5-inches (63.5 mm)
- Turret Roof: 2-inches (50.8 mm)
- Barbettes: 1.5-inches (38.1 mm)
- Aircraft Carried: 4 x Scoutplanes, 2 x catapults
Unit Run[]
- USS Northampton (CA-26) - Sunk in the Battle of Tassafaronga on November 30th, 1942
- USS Chester (CA-27)
- USS Louisville (CA-28)
- USS Chicago (CA-29) - defected to the Philippine Navy
- USS Houston (CA-30) - defected to the Philippine Navy
- USS Augusta (CA-31) - defected to the Philippine Navy