USS Worcester (CL-144)

Light Cruiser Warship

United States | 1948

"USS Worcester CL-144 operated with the United States Navy from mid-1948 until late-1970."

Power & Performance
Those special qualities that separate one sea-going vessel design from another. Performance specifications presented assume optimal operating conditions for USS Worcester (CL-144).

4 x Boilers feeding 4 x General Electric steam turbines developing 120,000 horsepower and driving 4 x Shafts.
Propulsion

33.0 kts
38.0 mph
Surface Speed

7,999 nm
9,205 miles | 14,814 km
Range

Structure
The bow-to-stern, port-to-starboard physical qualities of USS Worcester (CL-144).

1,400
Personnel
Complement

680.0 ft
207.26 meters
O/A Length

71.0 ft
21.64 meters
Beam

26.0 ft
7.92 meters
Draught

14,700
tons
Displacement

Armament
Available supported armament and special-mission equipment featured in the design of USS Worcester (CL-144).

12 x 6" (150mm) Dual-Purpose (DP) main guns.
24 x 3" (76mm) Anti-Aircraft (AA) guns.
12 x 20mm AA guns.

Air Arm
Available supported fixed-wing / rotary-wing aircraft featured in the design of USS Worcester (CL-144).

1 x Curtiss SC-1 Seahawk recoverable floatplane aircraft (until 1949); Sikorsky HO3-S Dragonfly helicopter (1949 on); Denny target drone (1949 on).

Ships-in-Class (4)
Notable series variants as part of the USS Worcester (CL-144) family line as relating to the Worcester-class group.

USS Worcester (CL-144); USS Roanoke (CL-145); USS Vallejo (CL-146); USS Gary (CL-147)

Operators
Global operator(s) of the USS Worcester (CL-144). Nations are displayed by flag, each linked to their respective national naval warfare listing.

[ United States ]

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Image from the Public Domain.

Going Further...
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