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Fargo-class cruiser

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Class overview

USSHuntington in August 1948


Name	Fargo-class
Builders	New York Shipbuilding, NJ
Operators	United States Navy
Preceded by	Cleveland class
Succeeded by	Worcester class
Built	1943–1946
In commission	1945–1950
Planned	13
Completed	2
Canceled	11
Retired	2
Scrapped	2


General characteristics
Type	Light cruiser
Displacement	11,744 long tons (11,932 t) (standard) 14,464 long tons (14,696 t) (full)
Length	608 ft .25 in (185.3 m)
Beam	66 ft 4 in (20.2 m)
Draft	22 ft (6.7 m)
Installed power	4 ×Babcock & Wilcox, 634 psiboilers 100,000 shp (75,000 kW)
Propulsion	4 ×General Electric gearedsteam turbines 4 ×screws
Speed	32.5 knots (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph)
Range	20000km at 15kn
Boats & landing craft carried	2 ×lifeboats
Complement	1,100 officers and enlisted
Sensors & processing systems	SK-2 air-search radar SR-3 air-search radar SG-6 surface-search radar SP fighter-direction radar
Armament	4 × triple6"/47 caliber Mark 16 guns 6 × dual5"/38 caliber guns 4 × quadBofors 40 mm guns 6 × dual Bofors 40 mm guns 20 ×Oerlikon 20 mm cannons
Armor	Belt: 1.5–5 in (38–127 mm) Deck: 2–3 in (51–76 mm) Bulkheads: 5 in (127 mm) Turrets: 3–5 in (76–127 mm) Barbettes: 6 in (152 mm) Conning tower: 2.25–5 in (57–127 mm)
Aircraft carried	4 ×floatplanes^[1]
Aviation facilities	2 ×stern catapults

TheFargo-class cruisers were a modified version of theCleveland-class cruiser design; the main difference was a more compact pyramidalsuperstructure with single trunked funnel, intended to improve the arcs of fire of the anti-aircraft (AA) guns. The same type of modification differentiated theBaltimore andOregon City classes ofheavy cruisers, and to a lesser degree theAtlanta andJuneau classes oflight cruisers.^[2] Changes were made in order to reduce the instability of the Cleveland-class light cruisers, especially their tendency to roll dangerously.^[3] The main battery turrets sat about a foot lower and the wing gunhouses (the 5-inch, twin gun mounts on the sides of the ship) were lowered to the main deck. The medium (40 mm) anti-aircraft mounts were also lowered.^[4]

In all, 13 ships of the class were planned but onlyFargo andHuntington were ever completed, the rest being cancelled at varying states of completion with the de-escalation and eventual end ofWorld War II.^[5]

Fargo, the lead ship of the class, was launched on 25 February 1945, but was not commissioned until 9 December 1945, four monthsafter the war ended.Huntington was commissioned early in 1946. The two ships were decommissioned in 1949–1950, and never reactivated.^{[citation needed]}

Ships in class

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Construction data
Ship name	Hull no.	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate
Fargo	CL-106	New York Shipbuilding Corporation,Camden, New Jersey	23 August 1943	25 February 1945	9 December 1945	14 February 1950	Struck 1 March 1970; Sold for scrap, 18 August 1971
Huntington	CL-107		4 October 1943	8 April 1945	23 February 1946	15 June 1949	Struck 1 September 1961; Sold for scrap, on 16 May 1962
Newark	CL-108		17 January 1944	14 December 1945	N/a	N/a	Construction canceled 12 August 1945 when 67.8% completed, launched on 14 December 1945, for use in underwater explosion tests, sold on 2 April 1949 for scrapping
New Haven	CL-109		28 February 1944	N/a	N/a	N/a	Construction cancelled 12 August 1945 and scrapped on slip
Buffalo	CL-110		2 April 1944
Wilmington	CL-111	William Cramp & Sons Shipbuilding Company,Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	5 March 1945
Vallejo	CL-112	New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	Construction cancelled 5 October 1944
Helena	CL-113
Roanoke	CL-114
N/a	CL-115
Tallahassee	CL-116	Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company,Newport News, Virginia	31 January 1944	N/a	N/a	N/a	Construction cancelled 12 August 1945 and scrapped on slip
Cheyenne	CL-117		29 May 1944
Chattanooga (ex-Norfolk)	CL-118		9 October 1944

References

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^Terzibashitsch 1988, p. 311.
^Norman Friedman,U.S. Cruisers, An Illustrated Design History 1984ISBN 978-0-87021-718-0
^James J. Fahey, "Pacific War Diary, 1942-1945: The Secret Diary of an American Sailor" 1972ISBN 978-0395640227
^"USS Fargo Class - US warships of WW2".
^M. J. Whitley,Cruisers Of World War Two, An International Encyclopedia 1995ISBN 978-1-86019-874-8

Bibliography

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Terzibashitsch, Stefan (1988).Cruisers of the US Navy 1922-1962.Annapolis, Maryland:Naval Institute Press.ISBN 0-87021-974-X.

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