United States
Operators
1949
Commissioned
United States
National Origin
1,667
Complement
Des Moines-class
Hull Class
3
Number-in-Class
USS Des Moines (CA-134); USS Salem (CA-139); USS Newport News (CA-148)
Ships-in-Class
717.5 feet
(218.69 meters)
Length
76.5 feet
(23.32 meters)
Beam
27.0 feet
(8.23 meters)
Draught
21,000
tons
Displacement
4 x Babcock & Wilcox boilers feeding 4 x General Electric turbines developing 120,000 horsepower and driving 4 x Shafts.
Propulsion
31.5 knots
(36.2 mph)
Surface Speed
10,502 nm
(12,085 miles | 19,449 km)
Range
1 knot = 1.15 mph; 1 nm = 1.15 mile; 1 nm = 1.85 km
9 x 8" /55 caliber turreted main guns
12 x 5" /38 caliber secondary guns
12 x 3" /50 caliber tertiary guns