St. Louis class cruiser (1938)
.jpg) USS St. Louis (CL-49) |
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | St. Louis class cruiser |
| Operators: |  United States Navy Brazilian Navy |
| Preceded by: | Brooklyn class cruiser |
| Succeeded by: | Atlanta class cruiser |
| Completed: | 2 |
| Lost: | 1 |
| Retired: | 1 |
| Preserved: | 0 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Light Cruiser |
| Displacement: | 10,000 tons (standard) 13,327 tons (Full) |
| Length: | 608.3 feet (185 m) |
| Beam: | 61.7 ft (18.8 m) |
| Draft: | 19.8 ft (6.0 m) |
| Propulsion: | (4) 618psi Boilers 4 Gear Turbines 4 Screws 100,000 Horsepower |
| Speed: | 33 knots |
| Complement: | 888 officers and enlisted men |
| Armament: |
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| Armor: | 3-5 in Belt 2 in Deck 1.25-6.5 in Turrets 6 in Barbettes 2.25-5 in CT |
| Aircraft carried: | 4 Curtiss SOC-2 Seagulls |
| Aviation facilities: | 2 Aft catapults |
The St. Louis class light cruisers were a pair of warships that served in the US 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, as well as improved AA armament. 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 Brooklyns by the placement of the after deckhouse, immediately abaft the second funnel, and by the twin 5" mounts.
Both ships were commissioned in 1939, and were active in the Pacific in World War II. Helena was sunk in 1943 during the Battle of Kula Gulf. St. Louis was seriously damaged twice, but survived the war and was transferred to the Brazilian navy in 1951, where she served until 1976.
[edit] St. Louis- class ships
[edit] External links
- Global Security.org - St. Louis class cruiser
- Global Security.org - St. Louis class cruiser specifications
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