wwii Atlanta class light cruisers United States Navy

USS OAKLAND CL-95

USS TUCSON CL-98/CLAA-98


USS FLINT CL-97/CLAA-97

The United States Navy Atlanta class light cruisers also known as the Atlanta-Oakland class designed originally as flotilla leaders but ended up as effective anti-aircraft cruisers during wwii.they had by far the heaviest anti aircraft broadside of any warship of World War 2, at over 17,600 pounds per minute of highly-accurate, radar-fuzed VT ordnance.
Although most formidable as anti-aircraft ships, they did not fare well in surface combat. The only two ships of the class that engaged in surface combat were sunk. The us Navy lost three light cruisers in World War II; and two of those were ships of the Atlanta class. Both were sunk in the Solomon Islands, supporting the Guadalcanal campaign. Atlanta (CL-51) was sunk by torpedoes and gunfire, and Juneau (CL-52) sunk by torpedoes on November 13,1942.

specs
Displacement: 8,200 tons (loaded)
Length: 541 feet 0 in
Beam: 52 feet 10 in
Draft: 20 feet 6 in
Propulsion: 4 x 665psi boilers
2 geared steam turbines
75,000 horsepower
Speed: 33.6 knots (62 km/h)
Complement: 673
Officer: 61
Enlisted: 612
Armament: 16 × 5 inch naval gun
9 × 1.1 inch guns
8 × 21 inch torpedo tubes
Armor: 1.1-3.50 in belt
1.25 in deck
1.25 in turrets