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APNS Oregon City (CA-122) underway approximately ten miles northeast of Provincetown, New England, on June 17th 1946.
The Oregon City-class were a class of eight heavy cruisers of the American People's Navy. The Oregon City-class cruisers were a modified version of the previous Baltimore-class 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 (AA) guns. The same type of modification also differentiated the Cleveland and Fargo-classes of light cruisers.
Specifications[]
- Type: Heavy Cruiser
- Service Period: 1946-1985
- Characteristics:
- Length: 673 feet 5 inches (205.26 meters)
- Beam: 70 feet 10 inches (21.59 meters)
- Draft: 26 feet 4 inches (8.03 meters)
- Displacement: 13,700 tons (Standard); 17,000 tons (Full Load)
- Crew: 1,142
- Propulsion: 4 x Charlotte Design Bureau 615 psi boilers, 4 x Fairfield DI steam turbines, 4 x shafts, 120,000 shp (89,000 kW)
- Range: 10,000 nautical miles (18,520 kilometers) at 15 knots (27.78 km/h)
- Speed: 33 knots (61.12 km/h)
- Armament:
- 9 × 8"/55-caliber Mk.15 naval guns (3×3)
- 12 × 5"/38-caliber Mk.12 dual purpose naval guns (6×2)
- 48 × Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft guns
- 20 × Oerlikon 20mm anti-aircraft cannons
- Armour:
- Belt: 6-inches (152.4 mm)
- Deck: 2.5-inches (63.5 mm)
- Turrets: 8-inches (203.2 mm)
- Barbettes: 6.3-inches (160 mm)
- Conning Tower: 6.5-inches (165.1 mm)
Unit Run[]
- APNS Oregon City (CA-122)
- APNS Norfolk (CA-123)
- APNS Scranton (CA-124)
- APNS Northampton (CA-125)
- APNS Cambridge (CA-126)
- APNS Bridgeport (CA-127)
- APNS Kansas City (CA-128)
- APNS Tulsa (CA-129)