OVERVIEW
USS Little Rock was commissioned towards the end of World War 2 and saw new life as a guided-missile cruiser before her sailing days ended.
USS Little Rock was commissioned towards the end of World War 2 and saw new life as a guided-missile cruiser before her sailing days ended.
YEAR: 1945
SHIP CLASS: Cleveland-class
SHIPS-IN-CLASS (27): USS Cleveland (); USS Columbia (); USS Montpelier (); USS Denver (); USS Amsterdam / Independence (); USS Santa Fe (); USS Tallahassee / Princeton (); USS Birmingham (); USS Mobile (); USS Vincennes (); USS Pasadena (); USS Springfield (); USS Topeka (); USS NEw Haven / Belleau Wood (); USS Huntington / Cowpens (); USS Dayton / Monterey (); USS Wilmington / Cabot (); US Biloxi (); USS Vicksburg / Houston (); USS Providence (); USS Manchester (); USS Buffalo (); USS Fargo / Langley (); USS Vicksburg; USS Duluth (); USS Newark (); USS Miami (); USS Wilkes-Barre / Astoria (); USS Oklahoma City (); USS Little Rock (); USS Galveston (); USS Youngstown; USS Buffalo / Bataan (); USS Newark / San Jacinto (); USS Amsterdam (); USS Portsmouth (); USS Wilkes-Barre (); USS Atlanta (); USS Dayton ()
OPERATORS: United States
SPECIFICATIONS
Unless otherwise noted the presented statistics below pertain to the base USS Little Rock (CL-92 / CLG-4 / CG-4) design. Common measurements, and their respective conversions, are shown when possible.
Unless otherwise noted the presented statistics below pertain to the base USS Little Rock (CL-92 / CLG-4 / CG-4) design. Common measurements, and their respective conversions, are shown when possible.
CREW: 1,255
LENGTH: 610 feet (185.93 meters)
BEAM: 66.3 feet (20.21 meters)
DRAUGHT: 25 feet (7.62 meters)
DISPLACEMENT (SURFACE): 10,670 tons
PROPULSION: 4 x Babcock & Wilcox boilers feeding 4 x Steam turbines and developing 100,000 horsepower to 4 x Shafts.
SPEED (SURFACE): 33 knots (38 miles-per-hour)
RANGE: 12,600 nautical miles (14,500 miles; 23,335 kilometers)
ARMAMENT
Original Fit:
12 x 6" /47 caliber (152mm) main guns in four three-gunned turrets.
12 x 5" /38 caliber (127mm) guns in six twin-gunned turrets.
12 x 40mm Bofors Anti-Aircraft (AA) guns in two four-gunned turrets and two two-gunned turrets.
20 x 20mm Oerlikon Anti-Aircraft (AA) guns
As Guided-Missile Cruiser:
3 x 6" (152mm) main guns
2 x 5" /38 caliber guns
1 x Mark 7 "Talos" Surface-to-Air Missile (SAM) twin-missile launcher (46 reloads).
Original Fit:
12 x 6" /47 caliber (152mm) main guns in four three-gunned turrets.
12 x 5" /38 caliber (127mm) guns in six twin-gunned turrets.
12 x 40mm Bofors Anti-Aircraft (AA) guns in two four-gunned turrets and two two-gunned turrets.
20 x 20mm Oerlikon Anti-Aircraft (AA) guns
As Guided-Missile Cruiser:
3 x 6" (152mm) main guns
2 x 5" /38 caliber guns
1 x Mark 7 "Talos" Surface-to-Air Missile (SAM) twin-missile launcher (46 reloads).
AIR WING
None.
None.
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