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The APNS St. Louis (CL-49) off San Pedro, Pacifica on October 5th, 1944.
The St. Louis-class light cruisers were a pair of warships that served in the American People's Navy during World War II. The class was a slight modification of the seven-ship Brooklyn-class that immediately preceded them, incorporating new higher pressure boilers and a new boiler arrangement, with machinery on the "unit system": alternating boiler and engine rooms to prevent a ship from being immobilized by a single unlucky hit. Additionally, AA armament was improved. They were the first US cruisers to be armed with twin five-inch (127 mm) 38-caliber guns. They could be distinguished visually from the Brooklyn-class by the placement of the after deckhouse, immediately abaft the second funnel, and by the twin 5" mounts.
Specifications[]
- Type: Light Cruiser
- Service Period: 1939-19XX
- Characteristics:
- Length: 608.3 feet (185.41 meters)
- Beam: 61.7 feet (18.81 meters)
- Draft: 19.8 feet (6.04 meters)
- Displacement: 10,000 tons (standard); 13,327 tons (Full)
- Crew: 888
- Propulsion: 4 x 618psi Boilers, 4 Gear Turbines, 4 Screws, 100,000 Horsepower
- Speed: 33 knots (61.12 km/h)
- Armament:
- 15 x 6"/47-caliber Mk.16 naval guns
- 8 x 5"/38-caliber Mk.12 naval guns
- 4 x 1.1"/75-caliber anti-aircraft guns
- 12 × 20mm Oerlikon cannons
- 1 x depth charge rack
- Armour:
- Belt: 3-5 in
- Deck: 2 in
- Turrets: 1.25 - 6.5 in
- Barbettes: 6 in
- Conning Tower: 2.5 - 5 in
- Aircraft Carried: 4 x SOC-2 Seagulls
- Aviation Facilities: 2 x aft catapults
Unit Run[]
- APNS St. Louis (CL-49) - transferred to Peru in 1951, renamed BAP Almirante Grau (CLM-81)
- APNS Helena (CL-50) - transferred to Peru in 1951, renamed BAP Aguirre (CH-84)