ww2 heavy cruiser HMAS Australia

Royal Australian Navy RAN County class heavy cruiser HMAS Australia (D84)was commissioned on 24 April 1928, two months before sister ship HMAS Canberra
Displacement: 13,450 tons full load
Length: 190 m
Beam: 20.80 m
Draught: 4.95 m
Propulsion: 4 shaft Brown-Curtis geared turbines, 8 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 80,000 shp.
Speed: 31.5 knots (58.3 km/h)
Range: 13,300 nautical miles at 12 knots
3,400 tons (3,450 t) fuel oil
Complement: 679 (848 at war)
Armament: Original configuration:
8 x BL 8inch (203.2 mm) Mk VIII guns (4 twin turrets)
4 x QF 4inch (101.6 mm) Mk V anti-aircraft guns (single mounts)
4 x 3 pdr guns

Australian ww2 cruiser HMAS Hobart

Leander class cruiser



LOVELY LINES ON THIS "CITY CLASS" CRUISER, This class of ship did great work during the years of WW2

Another view of these good looking class of ships. She is moored in the middle of the river.

Royal Australian Navy (RAN) World War 2 cruiser HMAS Hobart was a Modified Leander class light cruiser,These ships are sometimes known as the "Perth class" or the "Amphion class". Hobart was built for the Royal Navy as HMS Apollo, and was obtained by Australia and renamed upon commissioning.
specification
Displacement: 7,105 tons
dimensions
Length: 171.4 m
Beam: 17.3 m
Draught: 4.8 m
Propulsion: 72,000 hp
Speed: 32.5 knots (60.2 km/h)
Complement: 570
Armament: Original:
8 × 6inch (150 mm)naval guns
8 × 4-inch (100 mm) guns
4 x QF 3 pounder guns
8 × 21-inch (530 mm) torpedo tubes (quadruple mounts)
Aircraft carried: 1 Supermarine Walrus, 1 catapult

ww2 american heavy cruiser pictures

USS QUINCY CA39

USS VINCENNES CA-44

[USS MINNEAPOLIS CA36

USS ASTORIA CA34 at anchor during 1930s

USS NEW ORLEANS CL-32/CA-32
The United States Navy New Orleans class heavy cruisers are the last major class of heavy treaty cruisers,seven ship of this class were build,during world war two,the New Orleans class ship were assigned to the most urgent of front line duties. the New Orleans ships had a distinctive appearance and were considered very good looking vessels. The forecastle deck extended back to the second funnel and the main superstructure was constructed without the ungainly tripod mast as seen the previous cruisers. The bow was a raked type, similar to those of British cruisers. The two funnels were situated closer together with a large search light tower in between. Aircraft handling facilities were moved further aft and a larger second conning station erected above the hangar. A single mainmast was erected there, between two huge pedestal cranes which handled both spotter planes and small craft. Powered by eight high-pressure steam boilers that produced 107,000 hp for the four Westinghouse gearing steam turbines. The turbines were shafted to four propellors, giving this class a rated speed of 33 knots (61 km/h). The cruisers' range - using 3269 tons of bunker oil - was approximately 14,000 nautical miles at 10 knots (19 km/h) or 5,280 nautical miles (9,780 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h). Their range could be extended by refueling from tanker or another ship fitted to transfer oil while underway.




United States Navy wwii heavy cruisers Northampton class have 3 triple mounted 8 inch gun turrets and heavier armor. Freeboard was increased by adopting a high forecastle, which was extended aft in the last three for use as flagships. These ships were also the first U.S. ships to adopt a hangar for aircraft, and bunks instead of hammocks. Their lighter than expected weight also caused them to roll excessively which necessitated the fitting of deep bilge keels.

The Navy built six cruisers of this class:Three (Northampton, Chicago, and Houston) were lost during the war.
Displacement: 9,050 tons
Length: 600 feet 3 in
Beam: 66 feet 1 in
Draft: 16 feet 4 in
Propulsion: 107000 Horsepower
Speed: 32.5 knots (60 km/h)
Complement: 621
Officer: 55
Enlisted: 566
weapons: 3 triple 8inch main guns
4 single 5inch/25 Mk10 naval guns
2 triple 21-inch torpedo tubes
6 quad 40mm/56 Mk1/2 AA guns
28 single 20mm/70 Mk2/3/4 AA guns

ww2 Cleveland class cruisers us navy

Cleveland (CL-55)
Montpelier (CL-57)
Denver (CL-58)
Amsterdam (CL-59) (Reordered as light carrier Independence)
Santa Fe (CL-60)
Tallahassee (CL-61) (Reordered as light carrier Princeton)
Birmingham (CL-62)
Mobile (CL-63)
Vincennes (CL-64)
The United States Navy ww2 Cleveland class light cruisers have increased range and AA armament as compared with earlier classes.The ships were mainly used in the Pacific during World War 2,All survived the war.
27 ships were actually commissioned. Nine ships were reordered as Independence-class light carriers. Six ships were later refit as Galveston and Providence-class guided missile cruisers.

Displacement: 14131 tons (full)
Length: 186.0 meters
Beam: 20.2 meters
Height: 34.5 meters
Draft: 7.5 meters
Propulsion:
100,000 horsepower (75,000 kW)
Speed: 32.5 knots
Complement: 1,255
70 officers
1,115 enlisted
Armament:
Cleveland 1942:
12 × 6 inch 152 mm gun in four triple turrets, two superfiring fore and aft each
12 × 5 inch 127 mm naval gun L/38 in six twin turrets, one forward, one aft, two on each side
12 × 40 mm L/56
20 × 20 mm
Vicksburg 1944/45:
12 × 6 in (152 mm) L/47 as above
12 × 5 in (127 mm) L/38 as above
28 × 40 mm L/56
10 × 20 mm

Aircraft carried: 4

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

us navy Omaha class light cruiser

uss richmond 1923

USS Milwaukee CL-5 uss omaha cl4

United States Navy Omaha-class light cruisers was a post-World War one design.A Very distintive light cruiser with 4 funnels

they were the fastest US cruisers at the time of their commision. Built to be the eyes of a fleet of battleships, they featured a high speed (35 knots) for cooperation with destroyers, and 6 inch (152 mm) guns to fend off any destroyers the enemy might send against them. Displacing 7,050 tons, they were just over 555 feet long.

american cruiser uss Pittsburgh ca72

The us navy 13,600ton USS Pittsburgh (CA-72) was a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser in world war 2,commissioned on 10 October 1944. The Pittsburgh was approximately 674 feet long and 70 feet wide, had a top speed of 33 knots, and had a crew of 1,142 officers and men. weapons include nine 8-inch guns, twelve 5-inch guns and 48 20-mm guns.

USS Chicago ca29 heavy cruiser

USS Chicago (CA-29) was a Northampton-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy in the world war two. She was sunk by Japanese aerial torpedos in the Battle of Rennell Island, in the Solomon Islands, on 30 January 1943.
Displacement: 9,300 tons
Length: 600.3 feet
Beam: 66.1 feet
Draft: 16.5 feet
Speed: 32 knots
crew: 621 officers and enlisted sailor
Sensors and
processing systems: CXAM RADAR from 1940
Armament: 9 × 8 inch naval gun, 4 × 5 inch guns
6 × 21 in torpedo tubes

Australian heavy cruiser HMAS Canberra

HMAS Canberra (D33) was a Royal Australian Navy heavy cruiser of the County class, which served between 1928 and 1942. She was sunk in the Battle of Savo Island,along with USS Quincy, Vinncinnes, and Astoria... on 9 August 1942, during World War 2
Admiral MIkawa force hit Canberra first out of luck because Canberra was a tight veteran cruiser and if she hadn't been hit early and hard she would have been into action quicker thank greener USN cruisers

Displacement: 13,450 tons full load
Length: 192 metres
Beam: 20.8 metres
Draught: 4.9 metres
Propulsion: 8 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 4 shaft Brown-Curtis geared turbines, 80,000 hp
Speed: 31.5 knots (58.3 km/h)
Range: 4,989 kilometres (2,694 nmi) at 31.5 knots (58.3 km/h)
21,404 kilometres (11,557 nmi) 12 knots (22 km/h)
crew: 679 (710 as flagship)
Armament: Original configuration:
8 x 8-inch (200 mm) Mk VIII guns in twin mounts,
4 x QF 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mk V single AA guns,
2 x Quadruple mount QF 2 pdr (40 mm) pom-poms gun,
4 x 3 pdr guns,
2 quadruple 21-inch (530 mm) torpedo tubes