List of United States Navy cruisers - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

This list of cruiser
Cruiser
A cruiser is a type of warship. The term has been in use for several hundreds of years, and has had different meanings throughout this period...

s of the United States Navy
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...

includes all ships that were ever called "cruiser". Since the nomenclature predates the hull numbering system, and there were several confusing renumberings and renamings, there are multiple entries referring to the same physical ship.

A } following the entry indicates a ship that was canceled before completion.

Heavy cruisers CA-149 and CA-151 to CA-153, and light cruisers CL-154 to CL-159 were canceled before being named.

The missing numbers in the guided-missile cruiser series, 43–46, were not used so that DDG-47 Ticonderoga and DDG-48 Yorktown could be redesignated without re-numbering. It has been argued in some sources that the DDG-993 Kidd class

Kidd class destroyer

The Kidd class guided missile destroyers were a series of four warships based upon the hull of the Spruance class destroyers. These ships were originally ordered by the Shah of Iran for service in the Persian Gulf in an air defense role...

guided missile destroyers, which were essentially identically armed to the Virginia class

Virginia class cruiser

The Virginia-class nuclear guided-missile cruisers were a series of four double-ended guided-missile cruisers commissioned in the late 1970s, which served in the US Navy until the mid- to late-1990s...

cruisers, should have been redesignated CG-43 through -46. Likewise, CG-13, CG-14 and CG-15 were skipped so the Leahy-class guided missile frigates (DLG-16 class) could be redesignated without renumbering.

CG-1 through 8 and CG-10 through 12 were converted from World War II cruisers. CAG-1 USS Boston and CAG-2 USS Canberra retained most of their World War II-vintage gun armament and were later returned to their gun cruiser designations CA-69 and CA-70. Before 30 June 1975, CG-16 USS Leahy through CGN-38 USS Virginia were designated DLG or DLGN (Guided Missile Frigate (Nuclear powered)). They were redesignated cruisers in the 1975 ship reclassification

United States Navy 1975 ship reclassification

The United States Navy reclassified many of its surface vessels in 1975, changing terminology and hull classification symbols for cruisers, frigates, and ocean escorts.- Classification prior to 1975 :...

. CGN-39 USS Texas and CGN-40 USS Mississippi were laid down as DLGNs but redesignated CGN before commissioning. CG-47 Ticonderoga and CG-48 Yorktown were ordered as guided missile destroyers (DDG) but were redesignated to guided missile cruisers (CG) before any ship was laid down. CGN-9 Long Beach, CGN-41 Arkansas and CG-49 through 73 were ordered, laid down and delivered as guided missile cruisers. Long Beach was the only cruiser since World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

built on a true "cruiser hull", and for over ten years was the only new-build guided missile cruiser in the fleet.

As of 2011 only CG-52 through CG-73 remain in active service.

See also List of light cruisers of the United States.

By hull number

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Cruisers without hull designations

Atlanta (1884)
USS Atlanta (1884)
The second USS Atlanta was a protected cruiser and one of the first steel warships of the "New Navy" of the 1880s.Atlanta was laid down on 8 November 1883 at Chester, Pennsylvania by John Roach & Sons; launched on 9 October 1884; sponsored by Miss Jessie Lincoln, the daughter of Secretary of War...

, protected cruiser
Protected cruiser
The protected cruiser is a type of naval cruiser of the late 19th century, so known because its armoured deck offered protection for vital machine spaces from shrapnel caused by exploding shells above...
Boston (1884)
USS Boston (1884)
The fifth USS Boston, a protected cruiser, was launched 4 December 1884 by John Roach & Sons, Chester, Pennsylvania, and commissioned 2 May 1887, Captain Francis M. Ramsay in command....

, protected cruiser
Chicago (1885)
USS Chicago (1885)
The first USS Chicago was a protected cruiser of the United States Navy, the largest of the original three authorized by Congress for the "New Navy"....

, protected cruiser, later CA-14
Vesuvius (1888)
USS Vesuvius (1888)
USS Vesuvius, the third ship of the United States Navy named for the Italian volcano, was a unique vessel in the Navy inventory which marked a departure from more conventional forms of main battery armament...

, experimental pneumatic guns
Harvard (1888)
USS Harvard (1888)
The first USS Harvard of the United States Navy was an auxiliary cruiser in the Spanish-American War. She was launched as City of New York, and later commissioned as Plattsburg for service in World War I....

, armed merchant cruiser, ex-City of New York
SS City of New York
City of New York was a British built passenger liner of the Inman Line that was designed to be the largest and fastest liner on the Atlantic. When she entered service in August 1888, she was the first twin screw express liner and while she did not achieve the westbound Blue Riband, she ultimately...
Yale (1889)
USS Yale (1889)
SS Paris—a steamship built between 1888 and 1889 by J. & G. Thompson at Glasgow, Scotland—was acquired by the U. S. Navy on 27 April 1898 under charter from the International Navigation Co.; renamed USS Yale; and commissioned on 2 May 1898, Capt. W. C. Wise in command. In 1918 she was...

, armed merchant cruiser, ex-City of Paris
SS City of Paris
City of Paris, was a British built passenger liner of the Inman Line that held the Blue Riband as the fastest ship on the north Atlantic route from 1889 to 1891 and again from 1892 to 1893. A sister ship of the and a rival of the White Star Teutonic and Majestic, City of Paris proved to be the...
Badger (1889)
USS Badger (1889)
USS Badger was an auxiliary cruiser of the United States Navy, the first U.S. Navy ship named after the burrowing mammal.She was built in 1889 by John Roach & Sons, Chester, Pennsylvania, as merchant ship Yumuri, purchased for use in the Spanish-American War on 19 April 1898 and converted to an...

, armed merchant cruiser, ex-Yumuri
Panther (1889)
USS Panther (1889)
The first USS Panther , the former SS Venezuela, was an auxiliary cruiser and naval troop transport in the United States Navy.Panther was built by William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia, Pa. in 1889. As the SS Venezuela, a merchant steamship, it was used for several years as a cargo freighter...

, armed merchant cruiser, ex-Austin, later destroyer tender AD-6
Prairie (1890), armed merchant cruiser, ex-El Sol, later destroyer tender AD-5, armed merchant cruiser, ex-El Cid, later destroyer tender AD-8
Yankee (1892)
USS Yankee (1892)
USS Yankee was originally El Norte, a steamer built in 1892 at Newport News, Virginia, by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.. The ship was acquired by the United States Navy from the Southern Pacific Company on 6 April 1898. The ship was renamed and commissioned at New York on 14 April...

, armed merchant cruiser, ex-El Norte
Yosemite (1892)
USS Yosemite (1892)
USS Yosemite was an auxiliary cruiser of the United States Navy.At the beginning of the Spanish-American War, El Sud — a merchant steamer built in 1892 by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. — was acquired by the Navy from the Southern Pacific Company on 6 April 1898. The ship was renamed...

, armed merchant cruiser, ex-El Sud
Dixie (1893)
USS Dixie (1893)
The first USS Dixie was a United States Navy auxiliary cruiser and later a destroyer tender. The Dixie was the first ship of the United States Navy to have this name....

, armed merchant cruiser, ex-El Rio, later destroyer tender AD-1
St. Louis (1894)
USS St. Louis (1894)
SS St. Louis, was a transatlantic passenger liner built by the William Cramp & Sons Building & Engine Company, Philadelphia and was launched on 12 November 1894; sponsored by Mrs...

, armed merchant cruiser
St. Paul (1895), armed merchant cruiser
New Orleans (1896), ex-Brazilian Amazonas
Albany (1899), ex-Brazilian Almirante Abreu
Frankfurt (1915)
SMS Frankfurt
SMS Frankfurt was a Wiesbaden class light cruiser of the German Imperial Navy. Construction of the ship started before World War I, but she was not completed until after hostilities began. She was laid down at the Kiel Navy dockyard in January 1913 and launched in 1915.-Dimensions and...

, German war prize

Armored Cruisers

Note: in the pre-1920 period abbreviations were informal and nonstandardized; officially these ships were, e.g., "Armored Cruiser No. 1"

(ACR-1) Maine
USS Maine (ACR-1)
USS Maine was the United States Navy's second commissioned pre-dreadnought battleship, although she was originally classified as an armored cruiser. She is best known for her catastrophic loss in Havana harbor. Maine had been sent to Havana, Cuba to protect U.S. interests during the Cuban revolt...

, later classed as a second class battleship
(ACR-2) New York
USS New York (ACR-2)
USS New York was a United States Navy armored cruiser. The fourth Navy ship to be named in honor of the state of New York, she was later renamed Saratoga and then Rochester ....
(ACR-3) Brooklyn
(ACR-4) Pennsylvania
USS Pennsylvania (ACR-4)
The second USS Pennsylvania , also referred to "Armored Cruiser No. 4", and later renamed Pittsburgh and numbered CA-4, was a United States Navy armored cruiser, the lead ship of her class....
(ACR-5) West Virginia
USS West Virginia (ACR-5)
The first USS West Virginia , also referred to as "Armored Cruiser No. 5", and later renamed Huntington , was a United States Navy armored cruiser....
(ACR-6) California
USS California (ACR-6)
The second USS California , also referred to as "Armored Cruiser 6", and later renamed San Diego, was a United States Navy Pennsylvania-class armored cruiser....
(ACR-7) Colorado
USS Colorado (ACR-7)
The second USS Colorado , also referred to "Armored Cruiser No. 7", and later renamed Pueblo , was a United States Navy Pennsylvania-class armored cruiser....
(ACR-8) Maryland
USS Maryland (ACR-8)
The second USS Maryland , also referred to as "Armored Cruiser 8", and later renamed Frederick, was a United States Navy Pennsylvania-class armored cruiser....
(ACR-9) South Dakota
USS South Dakota (ACR-9)
The second USS South Dakota , also referred to "Armored Cruiser No. 9", and later renamed Huron , was a United States Navy Pennsylvania-class armored cruiser....
(ACR-10) Tennessee
USS Tennessee (ACR-10)
The second USS Tennessee , also referred to "Armored Cruiser No. 10", and later renamed Memphis and renumbered CA-10, was a United States Navy armored cruiser, the lead ship of her class....
(ACR-11) Washington
USS Washington (ACR-11)
The seventh USS Washington , also referred to as "Armored Cruiser No. 11", and later renamed Seattle and renumbered CA-11 and IX-39, was a United States Navy Tennessee-class armored cruiser...
(ACR-12) North Carolina
USS North Carolina (ACR-12)
USS North Carolina was a Tennessee-class armored cruiser of the United States Navy and the second Navy ship so named. She was also known as "Armored Cruiser No...
(ACR-13) Montana
USS Montana (ACR-13)
The first USS Montana , also referred to as "Armored Cruiser No. 13", later renamed Missoula and designated CA-13, was a Tennessee-class armored cruiser of the United States Navy, a sister ship of ....

Protected and Peace cruisers

Note: in the pre-1920 period abbreviations were informal and nonstandardized; officially these ships were, e.g., "Cruiser No. 1"

(C-1) Newark
USS Newark (C-1)
The first USS Newark was a United States Navy protected cruiser, the first modern cruiser in the US fleet.She was laid down by William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 12 June 1888, launched on 19 March 1890, sponsored by Miss Annie Boutelle, the daughter of Congressman Charles A...
(C-2) Charleston
USS Charleston (C-2)
The second USS Charleston was a United States Navy protected cruiser — the first US protected cruiser to be built. Lacking experience in building steel cruisers, the design was commissioned from the British company W. Armstrong, Mitchell and Co...
(C-3) Baltimore
USS Baltimore (C-3)
The fourth USS Baltimore was a United States Navy cruiser, the second protected cruiser to be built by an American yard. Like the previous one, , the design was commissioned from the British company of W...

, later minelayer CM-1
(C-4) Philadelphia
USS Philadelphia (C-4)
The fourth USS Philadelphia , also known as "Cruiser No. 4", was a cruiser of the United States Navy.She was laid down 22 March 1888 by William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, launched 7 September 1889, sponsored by Miss Minnie Wanamaker, daughter of merchant and philanthropist John...
(C-5) San Francisco
USS San Francisco (C-5)
The first USS San Francisco was a steel protected cruiser in the United States Navy. She was later named Tahoe and then Yosemite....

, later minelayer CM-2
(C-6) Olympia
USS Olympia (C-6)
USS Olympia is a protected cruiser which saw service in the United States Navy from her commissioning in 1895 until 1922. This vessel became famous as the flagship of Commodore George Dewey at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War in 1898. The ship was decommissioned after...
(C-7) Cincinnati
USS Cincinnati (C-7)
USS Cincinnati was a protected cruiser of the United States Navy and was launched on 10 November 1892 by New York Navy Yard; sponsored by Miss S. Mosby; and commissioned on 16 June 1894, Captain Henry Glass in command...
(C-8) Raleigh
USS Raleigh (C-8)
USS Raleigh was a United States Navy protected cruiser commissioned in 1894 and in periodic service until 1919.The second ship named Raleigh, C-8 was laid down on 19 December 1889 at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia; launched 31 March 1892; sponsored by Mrs. Alfred W. Haywood; and...
(C-9) Montgomery
USS Montgomery (C-9)
The fourth USS Montgomery was a protected cruiser in the United States Navy during the Spanish-American War. She was named for Montgomery, Alabama....
(C-10) Detroit
USS Detroit (C-10)
The USS Detroit was a protected cruiser of the United States Navy which was launched 28 October 1891 by Columbian Iron Works, Baltimore, Maryland, sponsored by Miss F. Malster and commissioned 20 July 1893 with Commander Willard Herbert Brownson in command...
(C-11) Marblehead
USS Marblehead (C-11)
The second USS Marblehead was an unarmored cruiser in the United States Navy which served in the Spanish-American War and World War I....
(C-12) Columbia
USS Columbia (C-12)
The fourth USS Columbia was an unarmored protected cruiser in the United States Navy during the Spanish-American War and World War I. She was the lead ship of her class of two cruisers; her sister ship was...
(C-13) Minneapolis
USS Minneapolis (C-13)
The first USS Minneapolis was a United States Navy protected cruiser. She was named for the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota....
(C-14) Denver
(C-15) Des Moines
(C-16) Chattanooga
(C-17) Galveston
(C-18) Tacoma
(C-19) Cleveland
USS Cleveland (C-19)
USS Cleveland was a United States Navy Denver-class protected cruiser.She was launched 28 September 1901 by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, sponsored by Miss R...
(C-20) St. Louis
USS St. Louis (C-20)
The fourth USS St. Louis, Cruiser No. 20 ', was the lead ship of her class of protected cruisers in the United States Navy. St. Louis was launched on 6 May 1905 by Neafie & Levy Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; sponsored by Miss Gladys Bryant Smith; and commissioned on 18 August 1906, Captain...
(C-21) Milwaukee
USS Milwaukee (C-21)
The second USS Milwaukee was a St. Louis-class protected cruiser in the United States Navy. Milwaukee was laid down 30 July 1902 by Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California; launched 10 September 1904; sponsored by Miss Janet Mitchell, daughter of U.S. Senator John L...
(C-22) Charleston
USS Charleston (C-22)
The third USS Charleston was a United States Navy St. Louis-class protected cruiser. She was launched 23 January 1904 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Virginia, sponsored by Miss H. Rhett, and commissioned 17 October 1905, Captain Cameron McRae Winslow in command...

Scout cruisers

Note: in the pre-1920 period abbreviations were informal and nonstandardized; officially these ships were, e.g., "Scout Cruiser No. 1", and sometimes abbreviated SC or CS

(SCR-1) Chester
USS Chester (CL-1)
USS Chester of the United States Navy was a light cruiser, the first to be so designated.She was launched on 26 June 1907 by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, sponsored by Miss D. W. Sproul, and commissioned on 25 April 1908, Commander H. B. Wilson in command...
(SCR-2) Birmingham
USS Birmingham (CL-2)
USS Birmingham , named for the city of Birmingham, Alabama, was a laid down by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company at Quincy, Massachusetts on 14 August 1905; launched on 29 May 1907; sponsored by Mrs L...
(SCR-3) Salem
USS Salem (CL-3)
USS Salem , Scout Cruiser No. 3, was a of the United States Navy. She was the first Navy ship named for the city of Salem, Massachusetts....
(SCR-4) Omaha
USS Omaha (CL-4)
USS Omaha was the lead ship of Omaha class of light cruiser of the United States Navy. She was the second US Navy ship named for the city of Omaha, Nebraska....
(SCR-5) Milwaukee
USS Milwaukee (CL-5)
thumb|300px|right|Launching of MilwaukeeUSS Milwaukee was an Omaha-class light cruiser in the United States Navy. She was the third Navy ship named for the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin...
(SCR-6) Cincinnati
USS Cincinnati (CL-6)
USS Cincinnati , a light cruiser of the United States Navy, was the third ship of the four-stack Omaha-class. She was the third Navy ship named for the city of Cincinnati, Ohio....
(SCR-7) Raleigh
USS Raleigh (CL-7)
USS Raleigh was an Omaha-class light cruiser of the United States Navy. She was the third Navy ship named for the city of Raleigh, North Carolina....
(SCR-8) Detroit
USS Detroit (CL-8)
USS Detroit was an Omaha-class light cruiser of the United States Navy. She was the fourth Navy ship named for the city of Detroit, Michigan....
(SCR-9) Richmond
USS Richmond (CL-9)
USS Richmond was an Omaha-class light cruiser of the United States Navy. She was the third Navy ship named for the city of Richmond, Virginia....

Projected Battlecruisers

(CC-1) Lexington (completed as aircraft carrier CV-2
USS Lexington (CV-2)
USS Lexington , nicknamed the "Gray Lady" or "Lady Lex," was an early aircraft carrier of the United States Navy. She was the lead ship of the , though her sister ship was commissioned a month earlier...

)
(CC-2) Constellation*
(CC-3) Saratoga (completed as aircraft carrier CV-3)
(CC-4) Ranger*
(CC-5) Constitution*
(CC-6) United States*

Heavy and Light cruisers

On 17 July 1920, all First and Second Class Cruisers (armored and protected cruisers) still in service were reclassified as Cruisers (CA). The armored cruisers had, or already had, their names changed from states to cities within those states to free up the names for battleships.

(CA-2) Rochester (ex-New York ACR-2)
(CA-3) Brooklyn
USS Brooklyn (CA-3)
The second USS Brooklyn was a United States Navy armored cruiser.She was launched on 2 October 1895 by William Cramp and Sons Ship and Engine Building Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; sponsored by Miss Ida May Schieren; and commissioned on 1 December 1896, Captain Francis Augustus Cook in...

(ex-ACR-3)
(CA-4) Pittsburgh (ex-Pennsylvania ACR-4)
Huntington (ex-West Virginia ACR-5)
(CA-6) San Diego (ex-California ACR-6)
(CA-7) Pueblo (ex-Colorado ACR-7)
(CA-8) Frederick (ex-Maryland ACR-8)
(CA-9) Huron (ex-South Dakota ACR-9)
(CA-10) Memphis (ex-Tennessee ACR-10)
(CA-11) Seattle (ex-Washington ACR-11)
(CA-12) Charlotte (ex-North Carolina ACR-12)
(CA-13) Missoula (ex-Montana ACR-13)
(CA-14) Chicago
(CA-15) Olympia (ex-C-6)
(CA-16) Columbia (ex-C-12)
(CA-17) Minneapolis (ex-C-13)
(CA-18) St. Louis (ex-C-20)
(CA-19) Charleston (ex-C-22)

In the 1920 hull designation system, of the Third Class Cruisers the fast Scout Cruisers became Light Cruisers (CL), and the slower Peace Cruisers were reclassified Patrol Gunboats (PG).

On 8 August 1921 the system was revised; the surviving protected cruisers and the peace cruiser/patrol gunboats were all grouped with the scout cruisers as Light Cruisers (CL).

(CL-1) Chester
USS Chester (CL-1)
USS Chester of the United States Navy was a light cruiser, the first to be so designated.She was launched on 26 June 1907 by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, sponsored by Miss D. W. Sproul, and commissioned on 25 April 1908, Commander H. B. Wilson in command...

(ex-SCR-1)
(CL-2) Birmingham
USS Birmingham (CL-2)
USS Birmingham , named for the city of Birmingham, Alabama, was a laid down by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company at Quincy, Massachusetts on 14 August 1905; launched on 29 May 1907; sponsored by Mrs L...

(ex-SCR-2)
(CL-3) Salem
USS Salem (CL-3)
USS Salem , Scout Cruiser No. 3, was a of the United States Navy. She was the first Navy ship named for the city of Salem, Massachusetts....

(ex-SCR-3)
(CL-4) Omaha
USS Omaha (CL-4)
USS Omaha was the lead ship of Omaha class of light cruiser of the United States Navy. She was the second US Navy ship named for the city of Omaha, Nebraska....

(laid down as SCR-4)
(CL-5) Milwaukee
USS Milwaukee (CL-5)
thumb|300px|right|Launching of MilwaukeeUSS Milwaukee was an Omaha-class light cruiser in the United States Navy. She was the third Navy ship named for the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin...

(laid down as SCR-5)
(CL-6) Cincinnati
USS Cincinnati (CL-6)
USS Cincinnati , a light cruiser of the United States Navy, was the third ship of the four-stack Omaha-class. She was the third Navy ship named for the city of Cincinnati, Ohio....

(laid down as SCR-6)
(CL-7) Raleigh
USS Raleigh (CL-7)
USS Raleigh was an Omaha-class light cruiser of the United States Navy. She was the third Navy ship named for the city of Raleigh, North Carolina....

(laid down as SCR-7)
(CL-8) Detroit
USS Detroit (CL-8)
USS Detroit was an Omaha-class light cruiser of the United States Navy. She was the fourth Navy ship named for the city of Detroit, Michigan....

(laid down as SCR-8)
(CL-9) Richmond
USS Richmond (CL-9)
USS Richmond was an Omaha-class light cruiser of the United States Navy. She was the third Navy ship named for the city of Richmond, Virginia....

(laid down as SCR-9)
(CL-10) Concord
USS Concord (CL-10)
USS Concord was an Omaha-class light cruiser of the United States Navy. She was the fourth Navy ship named for the town of Concord, Massachusetts, the site of the first battle of the American Revolution....
(CL-11) Trenton
USS Trenton (CL-11)
USS Trenton was an Omaha-class light cruiser of the United States Navy. She was the second Navy ship named for the city of Trenton, New Jersey....
(CL-12) Marblehead
USS Marblehead (CL-12)
USS Marblehead was an Omaha-class light cruiser of the United States Navy. She was the third Navy ship named for the town of Marblehead, Massachusetts....
(CL-13) Memphis
USS Memphis (CL-13)
USS Memphis was an Omaha-class light cruiser of the United States Navy. She was the fourth Navy ship named for the city of Memphis, Tennessee....
(CL-14) Chicago (ex-CA-14)
(CL-15) Olympia (ex-CA-15, ex-C-6)
(CL-16) Denver
USS Denver (CL-16)
USS Denver was the lead ship of her class of protected cruisers in the United States Navy. She was the first Navy ship named for the city of Denver, the capital of Colorado.-History:...

(ex-PG-28, ex-C-14)
(CL-17) Des Moines
USS Des Moines (CL-17)
USS Des Moines was a Denver-class protected cruiser in the United States Navy during World War I. She was the first Navy ship named for the city of Des Moines, Iowa....

(ex-PG-29, ex-C-15)
Chattanooga (ex-PG-30, ex-C-16)
(CL-19) Galveston
USS Galveston (CL-19)
USS Galveston was a Denver-class protected cruiser in the United States Navy during World War I. She was the first Navy ship named for the city of Galveston, Texas.Galveston was laid down 19 January 1901 by William R...

(ex-PG-31, ex-C-17)
(CL-20) Tacoma
USS Tacoma (CL-20)
USS Tacoma was a Denver-class protected cruiser in the United States Navy during World War I. She was the second Navy ship named for the city of Tacoma, Washington....

(ex-PG-32, ex-C-18)
(CL-21) Cleveland (ex-PG-33, ex-C-19)
(CL-22) New Orleans
USS New Orleans (CL-22)
USS New Orleans was a United States Navy protected cruiser.She was laid down in 1895 as Amazonas for the Brazilian Navy by Armstrong, Mitchell and Company, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, launched on 4 December 1896, purchased by the Navy while building on 16 March 1898; and commissioned 18 March 1898...

(ex-PG-34, ex-Amazonas)
(CL-23) Albany
USS Albany (CL-23)
The third USS Albany was a United States Navy protected cruiser. She was originally laid down for the Brazilian Navy as Almirante Abreu, but was purchased by the United States Navy on 16 March 1898 to prevent her being acquired by the Spanish Navy during the Spanish-American War and renamed...

(ex-PG-36, ex-Almirante Abreu)

The cruisers laid down between the Washington

Washington Naval Treaty

The Washington Naval Treaty, also known as the Five-Power Treaty, was an attempt to cap and limit, and "prevent 'further' costly escalation" of the naval arms race that had begun after World War I between various International powers, each of which had significant naval fleets. The treaty was...

and London Naval Treaties

London Naval Treaty

The London Naval Treaty was an agreement between the United Kingdom, the Empire of Japan, France, Italy and the United States, signed on April 22, 1930, which regulated submarine warfare and limited naval shipbuilding. Ratifications were exchanged in London on October 27, 1930, and the treaty went...

, were originally designated Light Cruisers (CL) due to their light protection. In accordance with the London Treaty, they were reclassified as Heavy Cruisers (CA) in 1931 due to their 8-inch guns. Thenceforward heavy and light cruisers were numbered in a single sequence; the last of the original CA sequence had been decommissioned in 1927.

(CL/CA-24) Pensacola
USS Pensacola (CA-24)
USS Pensacola of the United States Navy was the lead ship of her class of heavy cruiser. The third Navy ship to be named after the city of Pensacola, Florida, she was nicknamed the "Grey Ghost" by Tokyo Rose. She received 13 battle stars for her service.She was laid down by the New York Navy Yard...
(CL/CA-25) Salt Lake City
USS Salt Lake City (CA-25)
USS Salt Lake City of the United States Navy was a Pensacola-class heavy cruiser sometimes known as "Swayback Maru". She had the distinction of having taken part in more engagements than any other ship in the fleet...
(CL/CA-26) Northampton
(CL/CA-27) Chester
USS Chester (CA-27)
USS Chester , a Northampton-class heavy cruiser, was the second ship of the United States Navy named after the city of Chester, Pennsylvania....
(CL/CA-28) Louisville
USS Louisville (CA-28)
USS Louisville — a Northampton-class heavy cruiser — was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the city of Louisville, Kentucky...
(CL/CA-29) Chicago
USS Chicago (CA-29)
USS Chicago was a Northampton-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy that served in the Pacific Theater in the early years of World War II. She was the second US Navy ship to be named after the city of Chicago, Illinois...
(CL/CA-30) Houston
USS Houston (CA-30)
USS Houston , nicknamed the "Galloping Ghost of the Java Coast", was a Northampton-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy...
(CL/CA-31) Augusta
USS Augusta (CA-31)
USS Augusta was a Northampton-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy, notable for service in the Atlantic and Mediterranean during World War II, and for her occasional use as a presidential flagship carrying both Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman under wartime conditions...
(CL/CA-32) New Orleans
USS New Orleans (CA-32)
USS New Orleans was a United States Navy heavy cruiser, the lead ship of her class. The New Orleans-class represented the last of the Treaty Cruisers, built to the specifications and standards of the Washington Naval Treaty. Originally, was the lead ship of this class...
(CL/CA-33) Portland
USS Portland (CA-33)
USS Portland , the lead ship of her class of heavy cruiser, was the first ship of the United States Navy named after the city of Portland, Maine....
(CL/CA-34) Astoria
USS Astoria (CA-34)
The second USS Astoria was a United States Navy New Orleans-class heavy cruiser that participated in both the Battle of the Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway, but was then sunk in August 1942 at the Battle of Savo Island...
(CL/CA-35) Indianapolis
USS Indianapolis (CA-35)
USS Indianapolis was a of the United States Navy. She holds a place in history due to the circumstances of her sinking, which led to the greatest single loss of life at sea in the history of the U.S. Navy...
(CL/CA-36) Minneapolis
USS Minneapolis (CA-36)
USS Minneapolis was a New Orleans class heavy cruiser built for the United States Navy before the outbreak of World War II, the second ship named for Minneapolis, Minnesota....
(CA-37) Tuscaloosa
USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37)
USS Tuscaloosa was a United States Navy New Orleans-class heavy cruiser.She was laid down on 3 September 1931 at Camden, New Jersey, by the New York Shipbuilding Co., launched on 15 November 1933, sponsored by Mrs. Thomas Lee McCann, the wife of Lieutenant Thomas L...
(CA-38) San Francisco
USS San Francisco (CA-38)
USS San Francisco , a New Orleans-class heavy cruiser, was the second ship of the United States Navy named after the city of San Francisco, California. She saw extensive action during World War II....
(CA-39) Quincy
USS Quincy (CA-39)
USS Quincy was a United States Navy New Orleans-class heavy cruiser sunk at the Battle of Savo Island in 1942.Quincy, the second ship to carry the name, was laid down by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts on 15 November 1933, launched on 19 June 1935, sponsored by Mrs. Henry S...
(CL-40) Brooklyn
USS Brooklyn (CL-40)
USS Brooklyn was a light cruiser, the lead ship of her class of seven, and the third United States Navy ship to bear its name. She was launched on 30 November 1936 by New York Navy Yard; sponsored by Miss Kathryn Jane Lackey, daughter of Rear Admiral F. R. Lackey; and commissioned on 30 September...
(CL-41) Philadelphia
USS Philadelphia (CL-41)
USS Philadelphia , a Brooklyn class light cruiser of the United States Navy. She was the fifth ship named for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In the 1950s, she was commissioned into the Brazilian Navy as Almirante Barroso....
(CL-42) Savannah
USS Savannah (CL-42)
USS Savannah was a light cruiser of the Brooklyn-class. She was laid down on 31 May 1934 by the New York Shipbuilding Association in Camden, New Jersey; launched on 8 May 1937; sponsored by Miss Jayne Maye Bowden, the niece of Senator Richard B. Russell, Jr., of Georgia; and commissioned in the...
(CL-43) Nashville
USS Nashville (CL-43)
USS Nashville , a Brooklyn-class light cruiser, was laid down on 24 January 1935 by New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey; launched on 2 October 1937; sponsored by Misses Ann and Mildred Stahlman; and commissioned on 6 June 1938, Captain William W...
(CA-44) Vincennes
USS Vincennes (CA-44)
USS Vincennes was a United States Navy New Orleans-class heavy cruiser sunk at the Battle of Savo Island in 1942. She was the second ship to bear the name....
(CA-45) Wichita
USS Wichita (CA-45)
USS Wichita was a heavy cruiser of the United States Navy. The lead ship and only member of her class, she was the first ship named after the city of Wichita, Kansas...
(CL-46) Phoenix
USS Phoenix (CL-46)
USS Phoenix , a Brooklyn-class light cruiser, was the third Phoenix of the United States Navy. After World War II the ship was transferred to Argentina in 1951 and was ultimately renamed the General Belgrano. General Belgrano was sunk during the Falklands War in 1982 by the British nuclear-powered...
(CL-47) Boise
USS Boise (CL-47)
USS Boise was a United States Navy Brooklyn-class light cruiser. The cruiser was named for Boise, the capital city of the state of Idaho....
(CL-48) Honolulu
USS Honolulu (CL-48)
USS Honolulu of the United States Navy was a Brooklyn-class light cruiser active in the Pacific War...
(CL-49) St. Louis
USS St. Louis (CL-49)
USS St. Louis , the lead ship of her class of light cruiser, was the fifth ship of the United States Navy named after the city of St. Louis, Missouri. In January 1951, she was commissioned into the Brazilian Navy as Almirante Tamandaré....
(CL-50)Helena
USS Helena (CL-50)
USS Helena was a St. Louis-class light cruiser of the United States Navy, damaged in the attack on Pearl Harbor, and subsequently active in the Pacific War until she was sunk at the battle of Kula Gulf in 1943...
(CL-51) Atlanta
USS Atlanta (CL-51)
USS Atlanta of the United States Navy was the lead ship of the Atlanta class of 11 light cruisers. She was the third Navy ship named after the city of Atlanta, Georgia. Designed to provide anti-aircraft protection for US naval task groups, Atlanta served in this capacity in the naval Battles of...
(CL-52) Juneau
USS Juneau (CL-52)
The first USS Juneau was a United States Navy Atlanta-class light cruiser sunk at the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal in November 1942. In total 687 men, including the five Sullivan brothers, were killed in action as a result of its sinking....
(CL/CLAA-53) San Diego
USS San Diego (CL-53)
The second USS San Diego was an Atlanta-class light cruiser of the United States Navy, commissioned just after the US entry into World War II, and active throughout the Pacific theater...
(CL/CLAA-54) San Juan
USS San Juan (CL-54)
The second USS San Juan , an Atlanta-class light cruiser of the United States Navy of World War II. She was laid down on 15 May 1940 by the Bethlehem Steel Co. , Quincy, Massachusetts; launched on 6 September 1941; sponsored by Mrs. Margarita Coll de Santori; and commissioned on 28 February 1942,...

(CL-55) Cleveland
USS Cleveland (CL-55)
was the lead ship and one of the 26 United States Navy light cruisers completed during or shortly after World War II. She was the second ship to be named for the city of Cleveland, Ohio....
(CL-56) Columbia
USS Columbia (CL-56)
was one of 26 United States Navy light cruisers completed during or shortly after World War II. The ship, the sixth US Navy ship to bear the name, was named for the city of Columbia, South Carolina. Columbia was commissioned in July 1942, and saw service in several campaigns in the Pacific...
(CL-57) Montpelier
USS Montpelier (CL-57)
USS Montpelier was one of 26 United States Navy light cruisers completed during or shortly after World War II. She was the second US Navy ship to be named for the city of Montpelier, Vermont. Montpelier was commissioned in September 1942 and saw service in several campaigns in the Pacific...
(CL-58) Denver
USS Denver (CL-58)
USS Denver was a Cleveland-class light cruiser. Denver launched on 4 April 1942 by New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J.; sponsored by Miss L. J. Stapleton, daughter of the Mayor of Denver; and commissioned on 15 October 1942, Captain Robert Carney in command...
(CL-59) Amsterdam (completed as CVL-22
USS Independence (CVL-22)
The fourth USS Independence was a United States Navy light aircraft carrier, lead ship of her class.-Construction and deployment:...

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Santa Fe
Tallahassee (completed as CVL-23)
Birmingham
(CL-63) Mobile
USS Mobile (CL-63)
USS Mobile was Cleveland-class light cruiser of the United States Navy. She was the third ship named for Mobile, Alabama.She was laid down on 14 April 1941 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Virginia; launched on 15 May 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Harry T. Hartwell; and...
(CL-64) Vincennes
USS Vincennes (CL-64)
The third USS Vincennes was a Cleveland-class light cruiser of the United States Navy that saw action in the Pacific during the later half of World War II.-Construction and commissioning:...
(CL-65) Pasadena
USS Pasadena (CL-65)
USS Pasadena , a Cleveland-class light cruiser of the United States Navy, the second vessel to carry the name.-Construction:...
(CL-66) Springfield
USS Springfield (CL-66)
USS Springfield was one of 27 Cleveland-class light cruisers built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was the third US Navy ship to be named after Springfield, Illinois. Commissioned in 1944, she served briefly in the Atlantic before transferring to the Pacific...
(CL-67) Topeka
USS Topeka (CL-67)
USS Topeka , a Cleveland-class light cruiser was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named after the city of Topeka, Kansas.-Construction and Commissioning:...
(CA-68) Baltimore
USS Baltimore (CA-68)
The fifth USS Baltimore , the lead ship of a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser, was launched 28 July 1942 by Bethlehem Steel Company, Fore River, Massachusetts, sponsored by Mrs. Howard W. Jackson, wife of the Mayor of Baltimore, commissioned 15 April 1943, Captain Walter C...
(CA-69) Boston
USS Boston (CA-69)
USS Boston , a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser, was the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the city of Boston, Massachusetts. Boston was launched 26 August 1942 by Bethlehem Steel Company's, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Mass.; sponsored by Mrs. Maurice J. Tobin, wife of the Mayor of...
(CA-70) Canberra
USS Canberra (CA-70)
USS Canberra was a Baltimore class cruiser and later a Boston class guided missile cruiser of the United States Navy. Originally to be named USS Pittsburgh, the ship was renamed Canberra before launch, for the Royal Australian Navy's County class cruiser, , which was sunk during the Battle of Savo...
(CA-71) Quincy
USS Quincy (CA-71)
USS Quincy , a Baltimore class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy. She was the third ship to carry the name.Quincy was authorized on 17 June 1940; laid down by the Bethlehem Steel Company, Shipbuilding Division, Quincy, Massachusetts as St...
(CA-72) Pittsburgh
USS Pittsburgh (CA-72)
The third USS Pittsburgh , originally named Albany, was a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser laid down on 3 February 1943 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation's Fore River Shipyard at Quincy, Massachusetts; launched on 22 February 1944, sponsored by Mrs Cornelius D. Scully, wife of the Mayor of...
(CA-73) St. Paul
USS Saint Paul (CA-73)
USS Saint Paul , a Baltimore-class cruiser, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for St. Paul, Minnesota....
(CA-74) Columbus
USS Columbus (CA-74)
The third USS Columbus , a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser, was the second ship of the United States Navy named for Columbus, Ohio. She was launched 30 November 1944 by Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, Massachusetts; she was sponsored by Mrs. E. G...
Helena
New Haven (completed as CVL-24)
Huntington (completed as CVL-25)
Dayton (completed as CVL-26)
Wilmington (completed as CVL-28)
Biloxi
Houston
Providence
Manchester
Buffalo * cancelled 1940
Fargo (completed as CVL-27)
Vicksburg
Duluth
Newark * cancelled 1940
Miami
Astoria

(CL-91) Oklahoma City
(CL-92) Little Rock
(CL-93) Galveston
(CL-94) Youngstown
USS Youngstown (CL-94)
USS Youngstown was to have been a United States Navy Cleveland-class light cruiser. She was laid down 4 September 1944. Because of the end of hostilities in the Pacific, the contract was canceled 12 August 1945, when the ship was slightly more than half completed, and she was scrapped on the ways...

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(CL/CLAA-95) Oakland
USS Oakland (CL-95)
USS Oakland , was a modified Atlanta-class light cruiser, the first of a group of four sometimes referred to as the "Oakland class". She was laid down by Bethlehem Steel Co., San Francisco, California on 15 July 1941; launched on 23 October 1942; sponsored by Dr. Aurelia H. Reinhardt; and...
(CL/CLAA-96) Reno
USS Reno (CL-96)
USS Reno was an updated Atlanta-class light cruiser - sometimes referred to as the "Oakland-class" - designed and built to specialize in antiaircraft warfare. She was the first warship to be named for the city of Reno, Nevada. The one other USS Reno was a destroyer named for Lt. Commander Walter E...
(CL/CLAA-97) Flint
USS Flint (CL-97)
USS Flint was a modified Atlanta-class light cruiser, sometimes referred to as the "Oakland-class". She was named after the city of Flint, Michigan. She was launched on 25 January 1944 by Bethlehem Steel Company of San Francisco, California, sponsored by Mrs. R. A. Pitcher. She was and...
(CL/CLAA-98) Tucson
USS Tucson (CL-98)
USS Tucson was a modified Atlanta-class light cruiser, sometimes referred to as "Oakland-class". She was laid down on 23 December 1942 in San Francisco, California by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation; launched on 3 September 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Emmett S. Claunch, Sr.; and commissioned on 3...
Buffalo (completed as CVL-29)
Newark (completed as CVL-30)
(CL-101) Amsterdam
USS Amsterdam (CL-101)
USS Amsterdam was a United States Navy Cleveland-class light cruiser, the last of the class to see action in World War II.The ship was laid down on 3 March 1943 at Newport News, Virginia, by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, launched on 25 April 1944, sponsored by Mrs. William E...
(CL-102) Portsmouth
USS Portsmouth (CL-102)
USS Portsmouth was a Cleveland class light cruiser of the United States Navy, the third ship to carry the name.Portsmouth was laid down by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company of Newport News, Virginia on 28 June 1943; launched on 20 September 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Marian M. Dale...
(CL-103) Wilkes-Barre
USS Wilkes-Barre (CL-103)
USS Wilkes-Barre was a Cleveland-class light cruiser of the United States Navy that served during the last year of World War II...
(CL-104) Atlanta
USS Atlanta (CL-104)
USS Atlanta of the United States Navy was a Cleveland-class light cruiser during World War II. She was the fourth Navy ship named after the city of Atlanta, Georgia....
(CL-105) Dayton
USS Dayton (CL-105)
USS Dayton was a Cleveland-class light cruiser of the United States Navy. The ship is named after the city of Dayton, Ohio....
Fargo
Huntington
Newark *
New Haven *
Buffalo *
Wilmington *
Vallejo *
Helena *
Roanoke *
CL-115 * cancelled unnamed
Tallahassee *
Cheyenne *
Chattanooga *
(CL/CLAA-119) Juneau
USS Juneau (CL-119)
The second USS Juneau was the lead ship of the United States Navy Juneau-class light cruiser laid down by the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in Kearny, New Jersey on 15 September 1944; launched on 15 July 1945; sponsored by Mrs. B. L. Bartlett; and commissioned 15 February 1946, Captain...
(CL/CLAA-120) Spokane
USS Spokane (CL-120)
USS Spokane was a United States Navy Juneau-class light cruiser laid down on 15 November 1944 at the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in Kearny, New Jersey; launched on 22 September 1945, sponsored by Miss Patrice Munsel; and commissioned on 17 May 1946, with Captain L. E...
(CL/CLAA-121) Fresno
USS Fresno (CL-121)
The second USS Fresno was a United States Navy Juneau-class light cruiser launched on 5 March 1946 by Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company of Kearny, New Jersey, sponsored by Mrs. Ruth R. Martin; and commissioned on 27 November 1946, with Captain Elliott Bowman Strauss in command...
(CA-122) Oregon City
USS Oregon City (CA-122)
USS Oregon City , the lead ship of the Oregon City class of heavy cruisers, was laid down 8 April 1944 by Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy, Massachusetts; launched 9 June 1945; sponsored by Mrs. Raymond P. Canfield, wife of the City Commissioner of Oregon City, Oregon...
(CA-123) Albany
USS Albany (CA-123)
USS Albany was a United States Navy Oregon City-class heavy cruiser, later converted to the guided missile cruiser CG-10. The converted cruiser was the lead ship the new Albany guided missile cruiser class...
(CA-124) Rochester
USS Rochester (CA-124)
The third USS Rochester , an , was laid down 29 May 1944 by Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, Mass.; launched 28 August 1945; sponsored by Mrs. M. Herbert Eisenhart, wife of the president of Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., Rochester, N.Y.; and commissioned 20 December 1946 at the Boston Navy Yard, Capt...
(CA-125) Northampton *
(CA-126) Cambridge *
(CA-127) Bridgeport *
(CA-128) Kansas City *
(CA-129) Tulsa *
(CA-130) Bremerton
USS Bremerton (CA-130)
USS Bremerton , named for the city of Bremerton in Washington state, was a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser laid down by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation at Camden in New Jersey on 1 February 1943, launched on 2 July 1944 by Miss Elizabeth K...
(CA-131) Fall River
USS Fall River (CA-131)
USS Fall River was a heavy cruiser of the United States Navy. Launched on 13 August 1944 by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation of Camden, New Jersey, sponsored by Mrs. Alexander C...
(CA-132) Macon
USS Macon (CA-132)
USS Macon , a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy was laid down on 14 June 1943 by the New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, New Jersey; launched on 15 October 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Charles F...
(CA-133) Toledo
USS Toledo (CA-133)
USS Toledo was a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy active during the Korean War.Toledo was laid down on 13 September 1943 at Camden, New Jersey, by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, launched on 6 May 1945, sponsored by Mrs Edward J. Moan, and commissioned at the...
(CA-134) Des Moines
USS Des Moines (CA-134)
The second USS Des Moines was the lead ship of the Des Moines-class heavy cruisers in the United States Navy.- Construction :...
(CA-135) Los Angeles
USS Los Angeles (CA-135)
The third USS Los Angeles was a Baltimore class heavy cruiser, laid down by the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, on 28 July 1943 and launched on 20 August 1944. She was sponsored by Mrs. Fletcher Bowron and commissioned on 22 July 1945, with Capt. John A...
(CA-136) Chicago
USS Chicago (CA-136)
USS Chicago was a Baltimore class heavy cruiser laid down on 28 July 1943 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, by the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Launched on 20 August 1944 she was sponsored by Mrs. Edward J. Kelly, wife of the Mayor of Chicago, Illinois, and commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard...
(CA-137) Norfolk *
(CA-138) Scranton *
(CA-139) Salem
USS Salem (CA-139)
The third USS Salem is a Des Moines-class heavy cruiser, formerly commissioned in the United States Navy. The world's last all-gun heavy cruiser to enter commission, she is currently open to the public as a museum ship in Quincy, Massachusetts.-Construction and shakedown:Salem was laid down on 4...
(CA-140) Dallas *
CA-141 cancelled unnamed
CA-142 cancelled unnamed
CA-143 cancelled unnamed
Worcester
Roanoke
Vallejo *
Gary *
Newport News
CA-149 cancelled unnamed
Dallas *
CA-151 to 153 cancelled unnamed
CL-154 to 159 cancelled unnamed
(CLGN/CGN-160) Long Beach
USS Long Beach (CGN-9)
USS Long Beach was a nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser in the United States Navy. She was the only ship of her class....

, completed as CGN-9

Battlecruisers/"Large" Cruisers

(CB-1) Alaska
USS Alaska (CB-1)
USS Alaska —the third ship to be named after the then-territory and present state—was the lead ship of a planned six "large cruiser"sMany contemporary historians believe that the Alaskas should be classified as battlecruisers instead. See Alaska class battlecruiser#"Large cruisers" or...
(CB-2) Guam
USS Guam (CB-2)
USS Guam was an Alaska class large cruiser which served with the United States Navy during the end of World War II. She was the second and last ship of her class to be completed....
(CB-3/CBC-1) Hawaii
USS Hawaii (CB-3)
USSTechnically, "USS" should not be in this article's title since this ship was never commissioned; however, it has been included here to adhere to the naming conventions of Wikipedia. Hawaii , the first United States Navy ship to be named after the Territory of Hawaii,Hawaii was not yet a state at...

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(CB-4) Philippines *
(CB-5) Puerto Rico *
(CB-6) Samoa *

Guided missile cruisers

(CAG-1) Boston

(CAG-2) Canberra
(CLG-3) Galveston
USS Galveston (CLG-3)
The USS Galveston was a Cleveland class light cruiser of the United States Navy that was later converted to a Galveston class guided missile cruiser. She was launched by William Cramp and Sons Shipbuilding Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania., 22 April 1945: and sponsored by Mrs. Clark Wallace Thompson...
(CLG/CG-4) Little Rock
USS Little Rock (CG-4)
USS Little Rock was one of 27 United States Navy light cruisers completed during or shortly after World War II, and one of six to be converted to guided missile cruisers. She was the first US Navy ship to be named for Little Rock, Arkansas. Commissioned in mid-1945, she was completed too late to...
(CLG/CG-5) Oklahoma City
USS Oklahoma City (CLG-5)
USS Oklahoma City was one of 27 United States Navy light cruisers completed during or shortly after World War II, and one of six to be converted to guided missile cruisers. She was the first US Navy ship to be named for Oklahoma City, Oklahoma...
(CLG/CG-6) Providence
USS Providence (CLG-6)
USS Providence , a Cleveland-class light cruiser was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named after the city of Providence, Rhode Island.-Construction and commissioning:...
(CLG/CG-7) Springfield
(CLG-8) Topeka

(CLGN-160/CGN-160/CGN-9) Long Beach
USS Long Beach (CGN-9)
USS Long Beach was a nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser in the United States Navy. She was the only ship of her class....
(CG-10) Albany
(CG-11) Chicago
(CG-12) Columbus
CG-13 Oregon City
USS Oregon City (CA-122)
USS Oregon City , the lead ship of the Oregon City class of heavy cruisers, was laid down 8 April 1944 by Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy, Massachusetts; launched 9 June 1945; sponsored by Mrs. Raymond P. Canfield, wife of the City Commissioner of Oregon City, Oregon...

conversion cancelled
CG-14 Fall River
USS Fall River (CA-131)
USS Fall River was a heavy cruiser of the United States Navy. Launched on 13 August 1944 by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation of Camden, New Jersey, sponsored by Mrs. Alexander C...

conversion cancelled
CG-15 skipped to redesignate the Leahy class frigates without renumbering

(DLG/CG-16) Leahy
(DLG/CG-17) Harry E. Yarnell
USS Harry E. Yarnell (CG-17)
USS Harry E. Yarnell , a Leahy-class guided missile cruiser, was a ship of the United States Navy named in honor of Admiral Harry E. Yarnell . Originally called a "destroyer leader" or frigate, in 1975 she was redesignated a cruiser in the Navy's ship reclassification.-Construction:Harry E...
(DLG/CG-18) Worden
USS Worden (CG-18)
The fourth USS Worden , a , was a ship of the United States Navy named in honor of Admiral John L. Worden. Originally called a "destroyer leader" or frigate, in 1975 she was redesignated a cruiser in the Navy's ship reclassification....
(DLG/CG-19) Dale
(DLG/CG-20) Richmond K. Turner
USS Richmond K. Turner (CG-20)
USS Richmond K. Turner was a Leahy class destroyer leader in the United States Navy. The ship was named for Admiral Richmond K. Turner, who served during World War II....
(DLG/CG-21) Gridley
(DLG/CG-22) England
(DLG/CG-23) Halsey
(DLG/CG-24) Reeves
(DLGN/CGN-25) Bainbridge
USS Bainbridge (CGN-25)
USS Bainbridge was the only ship of her class. Initially a guided missile destroyer leader in the United States Navy, she was re-designated as a guided missile cruiser in 1975. This ship was nuclear-powered.-Construction:...
(DLG/CG-26) Belknap
(DLG/CG-27) Josephus Daniels
USS Josephus Daniels (CG-27)
USS Josephus Daniels was a Belknap-class destroyer leader / cruiser. Named for Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy during World War I. She was launched as DLG-27, a frigate, and reclassified Cruiser on 30 June 1975....
(DLG/CG-28) Wainwright
(DLG/CG-29) Jouett
(DLG/CG-30) Horne
USS Horne (CG-30)
USS Horne was a Belknap-class destroyer leader / cruiser. Named for Admiral Frederick J. Horne, 1880-1959. She was launched as DLG-30, a frigate, and reclassified Cruiser on 30 June 1975....

(DLG/CG-31) Sterett
USS Sterett (CG-31)
USS Sterett was a Belknap-class destroyer leader / cruiser. She was the third ship to be named for Master Commandant Andrew Sterett , who served during the Quasi-War with France and the Barbary Wars...
(DLG/CG-32) William H. Standley
USS William H. Standley (CG-32)
USS William H. Standley was a Belknap-class destroyer leader / cruiser. She was named for Admiral William Harrison Standley, former Chief of Naval Operations and ambassador to the Soviet Union. She was launched as DLG-32, a frigate, and reclassified Cruiser on 30 June 1975.The contract to...
(DLG/CG-33) Fox

(DLG/CG-34) Biddle
(DLGN/CGN-35) Truxtun
(DLGN/CGN-36) California
USS California (CGN-36)
USS California , the lead ship of the California-class of nuclear-powered guided missile cruisers, was the seventh warship of the United States Navy to be named for the State of California....
(DLGN/CGN-37) South Carolina
USS South Carolina (CGN-37)
USS South Carolina was the second ship of the California-class of nuclear powered guided missile cruisers in the United States Navy....
(DLGN/CGN-38) Virginia
USS Virginia (CGN-38)
USS Virginia was a nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser, the lead ship of her class, and the eighth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the Commonwealth of Virginia.-Construction:...
(DLGN/CGN-39) Texas
USS Texas (CGN-39)
USS Texas was the second Virginia-class nuclear guided missile cruiser. She was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of Texas.-Construction:...
(CGN-40) Mississippi
USS Mississippi (CGN-40)
USS Mississippi , a Virginia class, nuclear fuel powered, U.S. Navy guided-missile cruiser, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the 20th state admitted to the Union....
(CGN-41) Arkansas
USS Arkansas (CGN-41)
The fourth USS Arkansas was a Virginia-class nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser of the United States Navy, in service during the 1980s and 1990s.-Construction:...
CGN-42 cancelled unnamed
CG-43 to CG-46 skipped to allow redesignation of DDG-47 Ticonderoga without renumbering.
(CG-47) Ticonderoga
USS Ticonderoga (CG-47)
USS Ticonderoga , fifth to bear the name, was a guided-missile cruiser in the service of the United States Navy. Homeported in Pascagoula, Mississippi, the "Tico" was the lead ship of her class.-History of the ship:...

(CG-48) Yorktown
USS Yorktown (CG-48)
USS Yorktown was a in the United States Navy from 1984 to 2004, named for the American Revolutionary War Battle of Yorktown.-History:...
(CG-49) Vincennes
USS Vincennes (CG-49)
The fourth USS Vincennes is a U.S. Navy Ticonderoga class Aegis guided missile cruiser. On July 3, 1988, the ship shot down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 civilian passengers on board, including 38 non-Iranians and 66 children.The ship was launched 14 April 1984 and...
(CG-50) Valley Forge
USS Valley Forge (CG-50)
USS Valley Forge was a Ticonderoga-class cruiser in the United States Navy. She was named for Valley Forge, where the Continental Army camped during one winter in the American Revolution...
(CG-51) Thomas S. Gates
USS Thomas S. Gates (CG-51)
USS Thomas S. Gates is a Ticonderoga-class cruiser in the United States Navy. The warship is named after Thomas S. Gates, Secretary of Defense in the last years of the Eisenhower Administration . Thomas S. Gates was laid down 31 August 1984 at Bath Iron Works, Maine and sponsored by Anne Gates,...
(CG-52) Bunker Hill
USS Bunker Hill (CG-52)
USS Bunker Hill is a Ticonderoga class guided missile cruiser laid down by Litton-Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation at Pascagoula, Mississippi on 11 January 1984, launched on 11 March 1985 and commissioned on 20 September 1986...
(CG-53) Mobile Bay
USS Mobile Bay (CG-53)
USS Mobile Bay is a Ticonderoga class guided-missile cruiser serving in the United States Navy. She is named for the naval Battle of Mobile Bay during the American Civil War in 1864. She is currently on deployment to the Persian Gulf, providing support for the John C...
(CG-54) Antietam
USS Antietam (CG-54)
USS Antietam is a guided missile cruiser of the United States Navy. Antietam was named for the site of the 1862 Battle of Antietam, Maryland, between Confederate forces under General Robert E. Lee and Union forces under Major General George McClellan, during the American Civil War...
(CG-55) Leyte Gulf
USS Leyte Gulf (CG-55)
USS Leyte Gulf is a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser in the United States Navy. She was named in memory of the World War II Battle of Leyte Gulf in the Pacific. She is powered by four large gas-turbine engines, and she has a large complement of guided missiles for air defense, attack of...
(CG-56) San Jacinto
USS San Jacinto (CG-56)
USS San Jacinto is a in the United States Navy. She is named for the Battle of San Jacinto, the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution....
(CG-57) Lake Champlain
USS Lake Champlain (CG-57)
USS Lake Champlain is a Ticonderoga class cruiser in the United States Navy. It is the third ship to be named Lake Champlain, in honor of Battle of Lake Champlain, which took place during the War of 1812.-Ship history:...
(CG-58) Philippine Sea
USS Philippine Sea (CG-58)
USS Philippine Sea is a Flight II Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser on active service in the United States Navy. She is named for the Battle of the Philippine Sea during World War II and is the second ship to bear the name. The Philippine Sea was the first U.S. or allied vessel to launch...
(CG-59) Princeton
USS Princeton (CG-59)
USS Princeton is a guided missile cruiser serving in the United States Navy. Armed with naval guns and anti-air, anti-surface, and anti-submarine missiles, plus other weapons, she is equipped for surface-to-air, surface-to-surface, and anti-submarine warfare. She also is the home of two Seahawk...
(CG-60) Normandy
USS Normandy (CG-60)
USS Normandy is a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser in the service of the United States Navy. Armed with naval guns and anti-air, anti-surface, and anti-submarine missiles, plus other weapons, she is equipped for surface-to-air, surface-to-surface, and anti-submarine warfare...
(CG-61) Monterey
USS Monterey (CG-61)
USS Monterey is a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser in the United States Navy. She is named for the Battle of Monterrey at Monterrey, Nuevo León during the Mexican-American War in 1846...
(CG-62) Chancellorsville
USS Chancellorsville (CG-62)
USS Chancellorsville is a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser in service in the United States Navy. She is named for the Confederate victory over Union forces under Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia...
(CG-63) Cowpens
USS Cowpens (CG-63)
USS Cowpens is a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser currently in service with the United States Navy.-Overview:The USS Cowpens is currently forward-deployed and is homeported at United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka in Yokosuka, Japan...
(CG-64) Gettysburg
USS Gettysburg (CG-64)
USS Gettysburg is a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser in the United States Navy. She is named for the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War. She was built at the Bath Iron Works in Maine....
(CG-65) Chosin
USS Chosin (CG-65)
USS Chosin is a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser serving in the United States Navy. She is named in honor of the Battle of Chosin Reservoir of the Korean War. Commissioned in 1991, she is currently serving in the Pacific Fleet, based in Pearl Harbor. She has participated in Operation...

(CG-66) Hue City
USS Hué City (CG-66)
USS Hué City is a Ticonderoga class guided-missile cruiser serving in the United States Navy. She is named for the Battle of Hue, fought in the city during the Tet Offensive 1968 by the 1st Marines during the Vietnam War...
(CG-67) Shiloh
USS Shiloh (CG-67)
USS Shiloh is a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser of the United States Navy, named in remembrance of the Battle of Shiloh in the American Civil War. She was built at the Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. The vessel is commanded by Captain James T...
(CG-68) Anzio
USS Anzio (CG-68)
USS Anzio is a guided missile cruiser of the United States Navy, named for the site of a beachhead invasion of Italy by Allied troops from 22 January to 23 May 1944. It was laid down by the Litton-Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation at Pascagoula, Mississippi on 21 August 1989, launched on 2...
(CG-69) Vicksburg
USS Vicksburg (CG-69)
USS Vicksburg is a guided missile cruiser serving in the United States Navy. She is named for both the land Battle of Vicksburg fought during the American Civil War, and the city of Vicksburg, MS....
(CG-70) Lake Erie
USS Lake Erie (CG-70)
USS Lake Erie is a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser in the United States Navy. She is named for the decisive USN victory in the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812....
(CG-71) Cape St. George
USS Cape St. George (CG-71)
USS Cape St. George is a laid down by the Litton-Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation at Pascagoula, Mississippi on 19 November 1990, launched on 10 January 1992 and commissioned on 12 June 1993. Cape St. George operates out of San Diego, California.Cape St. George is named for the World War II...
(CG-72) Vella Gulf
USS Vella Gulf (CG-72)
USS Vella Gulf is an American Ticonderoga class Aegis guided missile cruiser. She is named for the Battle of Vella Gulf, a naval engagement in the Solomons campaign of World War II. This engagement was historically significant because it was the first time that destroyers were allowed to operate...
(CG-73) Port Royal
USS Port Royal (CG-73)
USS Port Royal is a United States Navy guided missile cruiser, the 27th and final in the class. She is the second U.S. warship to bear the name of two naval battles of Port Royal Sound, South Carolina, of the American Revolutionary War and the American Civil War...

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Alaska (CB-1)
USS Alaska (CB-1)
USS Alaska —the third ship to be named after the then-territory and present state—was the lead ship of a planned six "large cruiser"sMany contemporary historians believe that the Alaskas should be classified as battlecruisers instead. See Alaska class battlecruiser#"Large cruisers" or...
Albany (1899)
Albany (CL-23)
USS Albany (CL-23)
The third USS Albany was a United States Navy protected cruiser. She was originally laid down for the Brazilian Navy as Almirante Abreu, but was purchased by the United States Navy on 16 March 1898 to prevent her being acquired by the Spanish Navy during the Spanish-American War and renamed...
Albany (CA-123)
USS Albany (CA-123)
USS Albany was a United States Navy Oregon City-class heavy cruiser, later converted to the guided missile cruiser CG-10. The converted cruiser was the lead ship the new Albany guided missile cruiser class...
Albany (CG-10)
Amsterdam (CL-59)
Amsterdam (CL-101)
USS Amsterdam (CL-101)
USS Amsterdam was a United States Navy Cleveland-class light cruiser, the last of the class to see action in World War II.The ship was laid down on 3 March 1943 at Newport News, Virginia, by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, launched on 25 April 1944, sponsored by Mrs. William E...
Antietam (CG-54)
USS Antietam (CG-54)
USS Antietam is a guided missile cruiser of the United States Navy. Antietam was named for the site of the 1862 Battle of Antietam, Maryland, between Confederate forces under General Robert E. Lee and Union forces under Major General George McClellan, during the American Civil War...
Anzio (CG-68)
USS Anzio (CG-68)
USS Anzio is a guided missile cruiser of the United States Navy, named for the site of a beachhead invasion of Italy by Allied troops from 22 January to 23 May 1944. It was laid down by the Litton-Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation at Pascagoula, Mississippi on 21 August 1989, launched on 2...
Arkansas (CGN-41)
USS Arkansas (CGN-41)
The fourth USS Arkansas was a Virginia-class nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser of the United States Navy, in service during the 1980s and 1990s.-Construction:...
Astoria (CA-34)
USS Astoria (CA-34)
The second USS Astoria was a United States Navy New Orleans-class heavy cruiser that participated in both the Battle of the Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway, but was then sunk in August 1942 at the Battle of Savo Island...
Astoria (CL-90)
USS Astoria (CL-90)
The third USS Astoria was a Cleveland-class light cruiser of the United States Navy.The ship was laid down on 6 September 1941 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by the William Cramp and Sons Shipbuilding Co. as the USS Wilkes-Barre...
Atlanta (1884)
USS Atlanta (1884)
The second USS Atlanta was a protected cruiser and one of the first steel warships of the "New Navy" of the 1880s.Atlanta was laid down on 8 November 1883 at Chester, Pennsylvania by John Roach & Sons; launched on 9 October 1884; sponsored by Miss Jessie Lincoln, the daughter of Secretary of War...
Atlanta (CLAA-51)
USS Atlanta (CL-51)
USS Atlanta of the United States Navy was the lead ship of the Atlanta class of 11 light cruisers. She was the third Navy ship named after the city of Atlanta, Georgia. Designed to provide anti-aircraft protection for US naval task groups, Atlanta served in this capacity in the naval Battles of...
Atlanta (CL-104)
USS Atlanta (CL-104)
USS Atlanta of the United States Navy was a Cleveland-class light cruiser during World War II. She was the fourth Navy ship named after the city of Atlanta, Georgia....
Augusta (CL/CA-31)
USS Augusta (CA-31)
USS Augusta was a Northampton-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy, notable for service in the Atlantic and Mediterranean during World War II, and for her occasional use as a presidential flagship carrying both Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman under wartime conditions...
Badger (1889)
USS Badger (1889)
USS Badger was an auxiliary cruiser of the United States Navy, the first U.S. Navy ship named after the burrowing mammal.She was built in 1889 by John Roach & Sons, Chester, Pennsylvania, as merchant ship Yumuri, purchased for use in the Spanish-American War on 19 April 1898 and converted to an...
Bainbridge (CGN-25)
USS Bainbridge (CGN-25)
USS Bainbridge was the only ship of her class. Initially a guided missile destroyer leader in the United States Navy, she was re-designated as a guided missile cruiser in 1975. This ship was nuclear-powered.-Construction:...
Baltimore (C-3)
USS Baltimore (C-3)
The fourth USS Baltimore was a United States Navy cruiser, the second protected cruiser to be built by an American yard. Like the previous one, , the design was commissioned from the British company of W...
Baltimore (CA-68)
USS Baltimore (CA-68)
The fifth USS Baltimore , the lead ship of a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser, was launched 28 July 1942 by Bethlehem Steel Company, Fore River, Massachusetts, sponsored by Mrs. Howard W. Jackson, wife of the Mayor of Baltimore, commissioned 15 April 1943, Captain Walter C...
Belknap (CG-26)
Biddle (CG-34)
Biloxi (CL-80)
USS Biloxi (CL-80)
USS Biloxi was a United States Navy , the first ship named after the city of Biloxi, Mississippi.The ship was laid down on 9 July 1941 at Newport News, Virginia by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. and launched on 23 February 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Katharine G. Braun, wife of the Mayor...
Birmingham (CL-2)
USS Birmingham (CL-2)
USS Birmingham , named for the city of Birmingham, Alabama, was a laid down by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company at Quincy, Massachusetts on 14 August 1905; launched on 29 May 1907; sponsored by Mrs L...
Birmingham (CL-62)
USS Birmingham (CL-62)
USS Birmingham , a light cruiser named for the city of Birmingham, Alabama, the "Steel City", was a Cleveland class light cruiser laid down at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company of Newport News in Virginia on 17 February 1941 and launched on 20 March 1942 by Mrs. Cooper Green, wife...
Boise (CL-47)
USS Boise (CL-47)
USS Boise was a United States Navy Brooklyn-class light cruiser. The cruiser was named for Boise, the capital city of the state of Idaho....
Boston (1884)
USS Boston (1884)
The fifth USS Boston, a protected cruiser, was launched 4 December 1884 by John Roach & Sons, Chester, Pennsylvania, and commissioned 2 May 1887, Captain Francis M. Ramsay in command....
Boston (CA-69)
USS Boston (CA-69)
USS Boston , a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser, was the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the city of Boston, Massachusetts. Boston was launched 26 August 1942 by Bethlehem Steel Company's, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Mass.; sponsored by Mrs. Maurice J. Tobin, wife of the Mayor of...
Boston (CAG-1)
Bremerton (CA-130)
USS Bremerton (CA-130)
USS Bremerton , named for the city of Bremerton in Washington state, was a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser laid down by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation at Camden in New Jersey on 1 February 1943, launched on 2 July 1944 by Miss Elizabeth K...
Bridgeport (CA-127) *
Brooklyn (ACR-3)
Brooklyn (CA-3)
USS Brooklyn (CA-3)
The second USS Brooklyn was a United States Navy armored cruiser.She was launched on 2 October 1895 by William Cramp and Sons Ship and Engine Building Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; sponsored by Miss Ida May Schieren; and commissioned on 1 December 1896, Captain Francis Augustus Cook in...
Brooklyn (CL-40)
USS Brooklyn (CL-40)
USS Brooklyn was a light cruiser, the lead ship of her class of seven, and the third United States Navy ship to bear its name. She was launched on 30 November 1936 by New York Navy Yard; sponsored by Miss Kathryn Jane Lackey, daughter of Rear Admiral F. R. Lackey; and commissioned on 30 September...

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Bunker Hill (CG-52)
USS Bunker Hill (CG-52)
USS Bunker Hill is a Ticonderoga class guided missile cruiser laid down by Litton-Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation at Pascagoula, Mississippi on 11 January 1984, launched on 11 March 1985 and commissioned on 20 September 1986...
California (ACR-6)
USS California (ACR-6)
The second USS California , also referred to as "Armored Cruiser 6", and later renamed San Diego, was a United States Navy Pennsylvania-class armored cruiser....
California (CGN-36)
USS California (CGN-36)
USS California , the lead ship of the California-class of nuclear-powered guided missile cruisers, was the seventh warship of the United States Navy to be named for the State of California....
Cambridge (CA-126) *
Canberra (CA-70/ CAG-2)
USS Canberra (CA-70)
USS Canberra was a Baltimore class cruiser and later a Boston class guided missile cruiser of the United States Navy. Originally to be named USS Pittsburgh, the ship was renamed Canberra before launch, for the Royal Australian Navy's County class cruiser, , which was sunk during the Battle of Savo...
Cape St. George (CG-71)
USS Cape St. George (CG-71)
USS Cape St. George is a laid down by the Litton-Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation at Pascagoula, Mississippi on 19 November 1990, launched on 10 January 1992 and commissioned on 12 June 1993. Cape St. George operates out of San Diego, California.Cape St. George is named for the World War II...
Chancellorsville (CG-62)
USS Chancellorsville (CG-62)
USS Chancellorsville is a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser in service in the United States Navy. She is named for the Confederate victory over Union forces under Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia...
Charleston (C-2)
USS Charleston (C-2)
The second USS Charleston was a United States Navy protected cruiser — the first US protected cruiser to be built. Lacking experience in building steel cruisers, the design was commissioned from the British company W. Armstrong, Mitchell and Co...
Charleston (C-22)
USS Charleston (C-22)
The third USS Charleston was a United States Navy St. Louis-class protected cruiser. She was launched 23 January 1904 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Virginia, sponsored by Miss H. Rhett, and commissioned 17 October 1905, Captain Cameron McRae Winslow in command...
Charleston (CA-19)
Charlotte (CA-12) * *
Chicago (CA/CL-14)
Chicago (CL/CA-29)
USS Chicago (CA-29)
USS Chicago was a Northampton-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy that served in the Pacific Theater in the early years of World War II. She was the second US Navy ship to be named after the city of Chicago, Illinois...
Chicago (CA-136)
USS Chicago (CA-136)
USS Chicago was a Baltimore class heavy cruiser laid down on 28 July 1943 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, by the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Launched on 20 August 1944 she was sponsored by Mrs. Edward J. Kelly, wife of the Mayor of Chicago, Illinois, and commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard...
Chicago (CG-11)
Chosin (CG-65)
USS Chosin (CG-65)
USS Chosin is a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser serving in the United States Navy. She is named in honor of the Battle of Chosin Reservoir of the Korean War. Commissioned in 1991, she is currently serving in the Pacific Fleet, based in Pearl Harbor. She has participated in Operation...
Cincinnati (C-7)
USS Cincinnati (C-7)
USS Cincinnati was a protected cruiser of the United States Navy and was launched on 10 November 1892 by New York Navy Yard; sponsored by Miss S. Mosby; and commissioned on 16 June 1894, Captain Henry Glass in command...
Cincinnati (CL-6)
USS Cincinnati (CL-6)
USS Cincinnati , a light cruiser of the United States Navy, was the third ship of the four-stack Omaha-class. She was the third Navy ship named for the city of Cincinnati, Ohio....
Cleveland (C-19)
USS Cleveland (C-19)
USS Cleveland was a United States Navy Denver-class protected cruiser.She was launched 28 September 1901 by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, sponsored by Miss R...
Cleveland (CL-21)
Cleveland (CL-55)
USS Cleveland (CL-55)
was the lead ship and one of the 26 United States Navy light cruisers completed during or shortly after World War II. She was the second ship to be named for the city of Cleveland, Ohio....
Colorado (ACR-7)
USS Colorado (ACR-7)
The second USS Colorado , also referred to "Armored Cruiser No. 7", and later renamed Pueblo , was a United States Navy Pennsylvania-class armored cruiser....
Columbia (C-12)
USS Columbia (C-12)
The fourth USS Columbia was an unarmored protected cruiser in the United States Navy during the Spanish-American War and World War I. She was the lead ship of her class of two cruisers; her sister ship was...
Columbia (CA-16)
Columbia (CL-56)
USS Columbia (CL-56)
was one of 26 United States Navy light cruisers completed during or shortly after World War II. The ship, the sixth US Navy ship to bear the name, was named for the city of Columbia, South Carolina. Columbia was commissioned in July 1942, and saw service in several campaigns in the Pacific...
Columbus (CA-74)
USS Columbus (CA-74)
The third USS Columbus , a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser, was the second ship of the United States Navy named for Columbus, Ohio. She was launched 30 November 1944 by Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, Massachusetts; she was sponsored by Mrs. E. G...
Columbus (CG-12)
Concord (CL-10)
USS Concord (CL-10)
USS Concord was an Omaha-class light cruiser of the United States Navy. She was the fourth Navy ship named for the town of Concord, Massachusetts, the site of the first battle of the American Revolution....
Constellation (CC-2) *
Constitution (CC-5) *
Cowpens (CG-63)
USS Cowpens (CG-63)
USS Cowpens is a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser currently in service with the United States Navy.-Overview:The USS Cowpens is currently forward-deployed and is homeported at United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka in Yokosuka, Japan...
Dale (CG-19)
Dallas (CA-140) *
Dallas (CA-150) *
Dayton (CL-78)
Dayton (CL-105)
USS Dayton (CL-105)
USS Dayton was a Cleveland-class light cruiser of the United States Navy. The ship is named after the city of Dayton, Ohio....
Denver (C-14)
Denver (CL-16)
USS Denver (CL-16)
USS Denver was the lead ship of her class of protected cruisers in the United States Navy. She was the first Navy ship named for the city of Denver, the capital of Colorado.-History:...
Denver (CL-58)
USS Denver (CL-58)
USS Denver was a Cleveland-class light cruiser. Denver launched on 4 April 1942 by New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J.; sponsored by Miss L. J. Stapleton, daughter of the Mayor of Denver; and commissioned on 15 October 1942, Captain Robert Carney in command...
Des Moines (C-15)
Des Moines (CL-17)
USS Des Moines (CL-17)
USS Des Moines was a Denver-class protected cruiser in the United States Navy during World War I. She was the first Navy ship named for the city of Des Moines, Iowa....
Des Moines (CA-134)
USS Des Moines (CA-134)
The second USS Des Moines was the lead ship of the Des Moines-class heavy cruisers in the United States Navy.- Construction :...
Detroit (C-10)
USS Detroit (C-10)
The USS Detroit was a protected cruiser of the United States Navy which was launched 28 October 1891 by Columbian Iron Works, Baltimore, Maryland, sponsored by Miss F. Malster and commissioned 20 July 1893 with Commander Willard Herbert Brownson in command...
Detroit (CL-8)
USS Detroit (CL-8)
USS Detroit was an Omaha-class light cruiser of the United States Navy. She was the fourth Navy ship named for the city of Detroit, Michigan....
Dixie (1893)
USS Dixie (1893)
The first USS Dixie was a United States Navy auxiliary cruiser and later a destroyer tender. The Dixie was the first ship of the United States Navy to have this name....
Duluth (CL-87)
USS Duluth (CL-87)
USS Duluth was a United States Navy Cleveland-class light cruiser.She was launched 13 January 1944 by Newport News Shipbuilding, Portsmouth, Virginia; sponsored by Mrs. E. H...
England (CG-22)
Flint (CL-97)
USS Flint (CL-97)
USS Flint was a modified Atlanta-class light cruiser, sometimes referred to as the "Oakland-class". She was named after the city of Flint, Michigan. She was launched on 25 January 1944 by Bethlehem Steel Company of San Francisco, California, sponsored by Mrs. R. A. Pitcher. She was and...
Fox (CG-33)
Frankfurt (1915)
Frederick (CA-8)
Fresno (CL-121)
USS Fresno (CL-121)
The second USS Fresno was a United States Navy Juneau-class light cruiser launched on 5 March 1946 by Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company of Kearny, New Jersey, sponsored by Mrs. Ruth R. Martin; and commissioned on 27 November 1946, with Captain Elliott Bowman Strauss in command...
Galveston (C-17)
Galveston (CL-19)
USS Galveston (CL-19)
USS Galveston was a Denver-class protected cruiser in the United States Navy during World War I. She was the first Navy ship named for the city of Galveston, Texas.Galveston was laid down 19 January 1901 by William R...
Galveston (CL-93)
Galveston (CLG-3)
USS Galveston (CLG-3)
The USS Galveston was a Cleveland class light cruiser of the United States Navy that was later converted to a Galveston class guided missile cruiser. She was launched by William Cramp and Sons Shipbuilding Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania., 22 April 1945: and sponsored by Mrs. Clark Wallace Thompson...
Gary (CL-147)
Gettysburg (CG-64)
USS Gettysburg (CG-64)
USS Gettysburg is a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser in the United States Navy. She is named for the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War. She was built at the Bath Iron Works in Maine....
Gridley (CG-21)
Guam (CB-2)
USS Guam (CB-2)
USS Guam was an Alaska class large cruiser which served with the United States Navy during the end of World War II. She was the second and last ship of her class to be completed....
Halsey (CG-23)
Harry E. Yarnell (CG-17)
USS Harry E. Yarnell (CG-17)
USS Harry E. Yarnell , a Leahy-class guided missile cruiser, was a ship of the United States Navy named in honor of Admiral Harry E. Yarnell . Originally called a "destroyer leader" or frigate, in 1975 she was redesignated a cruiser in the Navy's ship reclassification.-Construction:Harry E...
Harvard (1888)
USS Harvard (1888)
The first USS Harvard of the United States Navy was an auxiliary cruiser in the Spanish-American War. She was launched as City of New York, and later commissioned as Plattsburg for service in World War I....
Hawaii (CB-3)
USS Hawaii (CB-3)
USSTechnically, "USS" should not be in this article's title since this ship was never commissioned; however, it has been included here to adhere to the naming conventions of Wikipedia. Hawaii , the first United States Navy ship to be named after the Territory of Hawaii,Hawaii was not yet a state at...

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Honolulu (CL-48)
USS Honolulu (CL-48)
USS Honolulu of the United States Navy was a Brooklyn-class light cruiser active in the Pacific War...
Horne (CG-30)
USS Horne (CG-30)
USS Horne was a Belknap-class destroyer leader / cruiser. Named for Admiral Frederick J. Horne, 1880-1959. She was launched as DLG-30, a frigate, and reclassified Cruiser on 30 June 1975....
Houston (CA-30)
USS Houston (CA-30)
USS Houston , nicknamed the "Galloping Ghost of the Java Coast", was a Northampton-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy...
Houston (CL-81)
USS Houston (CL-81)
USS Houston , a Cleveland-class light cruiser, was the third vessel in the United States Navy named after the city of Houston, Texas. She was active in the Pacific War for several months, then crippled in an attack in October 1944....
Hue City (CG-66)
USS Hué City (CG-66)
USS Hué City is a Ticonderoga class guided-missile cruiser serving in the United States Navy. She is named for the Battle of Hue, fought in the city during the Tet Offensive 1968 by the 1st Marines during the Vietnam War...
Huron (CA-9)
Indianapolis (CA-35)
USS Indianapolis (CA-35)
USS Indianapolis was a of the United States Navy. She holds a place in history due to the circumstances of her sinking, which led to the greatest single loss of life at sea in the history of the U.S. Navy...
Josephus Daniels (CG-27)
USS Josephus Daniels (CG-27)
USS Josephus Daniels was a Belknap-class destroyer leader / cruiser. Named for Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy during World War I. She was launched as DLG-27, a frigate, and reclassified Cruiser on 30 June 1975....
Jouett (CG-29)
Juneau (CL-52)
USS Juneau (CL-52)
The first USS Juneau was a United States Navy Atlanta-class light cruiser sunk at the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal in November 1942. In total 687 men, including the five Sullivan brothers, were killed in action as a result of its sinking....
Juneau (CL-119)
USS Juneau (CL-119)
The second USS Juneau was the lead ship of the United States Navy Juneau-class light cruiser laid down by the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in Kearny, New Jersey on 15 September 1944; launched on 15 July 1945; sponsored by Mrs. B. L. Bartlett; and commissioned 15 February 1946, Captain...
Kansas City (CA-128)
Lake Erie (CG-70)
USS Lake Erie (CG-70)
USS Lake Erie is a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser in the United States Navy. She is named for the decisive USN victory in the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812....
Lake Champlain (CG-57)
USS Lake Champlain (CG-57)
USS Lake Champlain is a Ticonderoga class cruiser in the United States Navy. It is the third ship to be named Lake Champlain, in honor of Battle of Lake Champlain, which took place during the War of 1812.-Ship history:...
Leahy (CG-16)
Lexington (CC-1)
Leyte Gulf (CG-55)
USS Leyte Gulf (CG-55)
USS Leyte Gulf is a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser in the United States Navy. She was named in memory of the World War II Battle of Leyte Gulf in the Pacific. She is powered by four large gas-turbine engines, and she has a large complement of guided missiles for air defense, attack of...
Little Rock (CG-4, ex CLG-4, ex-CL-92)
USS Little Rock (CG-4)
USS Little Rock was one of 27 United States Navy light cruisers completed during or shortly after World War II, and one of six to be converted to guided missile cruisers. She was the first US Navy ship to be named for Little Rock, Arkansas. Commissioned in mid-1945, she was completed too late to...
Long Beach (CGN-9)
USS Long Beach (CGN-9)
USS Long Beach was a nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser in the United States Navy. She was the only ship of her class....
Los Angeles (CA-135)
USS Los Angeles (CA-135)
The third USS Los Angeles was a Baltimore class heavy cruiser, laid down by the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, on 28 July 1943 and launched on 20 August 1944. She was sponsored by Mrs. Fletcher Bowron and commissioned on 22 July 1945, with Capt. John A...
Louisville (CL/CA-28)
USS Louisville (CA-28)
USS Louisville — a Northampton-class heavy cruiser — was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the city of Louisville, Kentucky...
Macon (CA-132)
USS Macon (CA-132)
USS Macon , a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy was laid down on 14 June 1943 by the New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, New Jersey; launched on 15 October 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Charles F...
Maine (ACR-1)
USS Maine (ACR-1)
USS Maine was the United States Navy's second commissioned pre-dreadnought battleship, although she was originally classified as an armored cruiser. She is best known for her catastrophic loss in Havana harbor. Maine had been sent to Havana, Cuba to protect U.S. interests during the Cuban revolt...
Manchester (CL-83)
USS Manchester (CL-83)
USS Manchester , a Cleveland class light cruiser of the United States Navy, was laid down 25 September 1944 by the Fore River Shipyard, Bethlehem Steel Corp., Quincy, Mass.; launched 5 March 1946; sponsored by Mrs. Ernest J. Gladu; and commissioned 29 October 1946, Capt. Peter G...
Marblehead (C-11)
USS Marblehead (C-11)
The second USS Marblehead was an unarmored cruiser in the United States Navy which served in the Spanish-American War and World War I....
Marblehead (CL-12)
USS Marblehead (CL-12)
USS Marblehead was an Omaha-class light cruiser of the United States Navy. She was the third Navy ship named for the town of Marblehead, Massachusetts....
Maryland (ACR-8)
USS Maryland (ACR-8)
The second USS Maryland , also referred to as "Armored Cruiser 8", and later renamed Frederick, was a United States Navy Pennsylvania-class armored cruiser....
Memphis (CA-10)
Memphis (CL-13)
USS Memphis (CL-13)
USS Memphis was an Omaha-class light cruiser of the United States Navy. She was the fourth Navy ship named for the city of Memphis, Tennessee....
Miami (CL-89)
USS Miami (CL-89)
was one of 26 United States Navy light cruisers completed during or shortly after World War II. The ship, the second US Navy ship to bear the name, was named for the city of Miami, Florida. Miami was commissioned in December 1943, and saw service in several campaigns in the Pacific...
Milwaukee (C-21)
USS Milwaukee (C-21)
The second USS Milwaukee was a St. Louis-class protected cruiser in the United States Navy. Milwaukee was laid down 30 July 1902 by Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California; launched 10 September 1904; sponsored by Miss Janet Mitchell, daughter of U.S. Senator John L...
Milwaukee (CL-5)
USS Milwaukee (CL-5)
thumb|300px|right|Launching of MilwaukeeUSS Milwaukee was an Omaha-class light cruiser in the United States Navy. She was the third Navy ship named for the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin...
Minneapolis (C-13)
USS Minneapolis (C-13)
The first USS Minneapolis was a United States Navy protected cruiser. She was named for the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota....
Minneapolis (CA-17)
Minneapolis (CA-36)
USS Minneapolis (CA-36)
USS Minneapolis was a New Orleans class heavy cruiser built for the United States Navy before the outbreak of World War II, the second ship named for Minneapolis, Minnesota....
Mississippi (CGN-40)
USS Mississippi (CGN-40)
USS Mississippi , a Virginia class, nuclear fuel powered, U.S. Navy guided-missile cruiser, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the 20th state admitted to the Union....
Missoula (CA-13)
Mobile (CL-63)
USS Mobile (CL-63)
USS Mobile was Cleveland-class light cruiser of the United States Navy. She was the third ship named for Mobile, Alabama.She was laid down on 14 April 1941 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Virginia; launched on 15 May 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Harry T. Hartwell; and...
Mobile Bay (CG-53)
USS Mobile Bay (CG-53)
USS Mobile Bay is a Ticonderoga class guided-missile cruiser serving in the United States Navy. She is named for the naval Battle of Mobile Bay during the American Civil War in 1864. She is currently on deployment to the Persian Gulf, providing support for the John C...
Montana (ACR-13)
USS Montana (ACR-13)
The first USS Montana , also referred to as "Armored Cruiser No. 13", later renamed Missoula and designated CA-13, was a Tennessee-class armored cruiser of the United States Navy, a sister ship of ....
Monterey (CG-61)
USS Monterey (CG-61)
USS Monterey is a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser in the United States Navy. She is named for the Battle of Monterrey at Monterrey, Nuevo León during the Mexican-American War in 1846...
Montgomery (C-9)
USS Montgomery (C-9)
The fourth USS Montgomery was a protected cruiser in the United States Navy during the Spanish-American War. She was named for Montgomery, Alabama....
Montpelier (CL-57)
USS Montpelier (CL-57)
USS Montpelier was one of 26 United States Navy light cruisers completed during or shortly after World War II. She was the second US Navy ship to be named for the city of Montpelier, Vermont. Montpelier was commissioned in September 1942 and saw service in several campaigns in the Pacific...
Nashville (CL-43)
USS Nashville (CL-43)
USS Nashville , a Brooklyn-class light cruiser, was laid down on 24 January 1935 by New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey; launched on 2 October 1937; sponsored by Misses Ann and Mildred Stahlman; and commissioned on 6 June 1938, Captain William W...

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New Orleans (1896)
New Orleans (CL-22)
USS New Orleans (CL-22)
USS New Orleans was a United States Navy protected cruiser.She was laid down in 1895 as Amazonas for the Brazilian Navy by Armstrong, Mitchell and Company, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, launched on 4 December 1896, purchased by the Navy while building on 16 March 1898; and commissioned 18 March 1898...
New Orleans (CL/CA-32)
USS New Orleans (CA-32)
USS New Orleans was a United States Navy heavy cruiser, the lead ship of her class. The New Orleans-class represented the last of the Treaty Cruisers, built to the specifications and standards of the Washington Naval Treaty. Originally, was the lead ship of this class...
Newport News (CA-148)
USS Newport News (CA-148)
The second USS Newport News was a in the United States Navy. Newport News was laid down 1 November 1945; launched on 6 March 1948 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia. The vessel was sponsored by Mrs. Homer L. Ferguson upon commissioning on 29 January 1949,...
New York (ACR-2)
USS New York (ACR-2)
USS New York was a United States Navy armored cruiser. The fourth Navy ship to be named in honor of the state of New York, she was later renamed Saratoga and then Rochester ....
Norfolk (CA-137)
Normandy (CG-60)
USS Normandy (CG-60)
USS Normandy is a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser in the service of the United States Navy. Armed with naval guns and anti-air, anti-surface, and anti-submarine missiles, plus other weapons, she is equipped for surface-to-air, surface-to-surface, and anti-submarine warfare...
Northampton (CA-26)
Northampton (CA-125) *
Northampton (CLC-1)
USS Northampton (CLC-1)
The third USS Northampton was a US Navy command light cruiser . She was laid down as an Oregon City class heavy cruiser , on 31 August 1944 by the Fore River Yard, Bethlehem Steel Corp., Quincy, Mass. Work suspended between 11 August 1945 and 1 July 1948; she was launched as CLC–1, on 27 January...
North Carolina (ACR-12)
USS North Carolina (ACR-12)
USS North Carolina was a Tennessee-class armored cruiser of the United States Navy and the second Navy ship so named. She was also known as "Armored Cruiser No...
Oakland (CL-95)
USS Oakland (CL-95)
USS Oakland , was a modified Atlanta-class light cruiser, the first of a group of four sometimes referred to as the "Oakland class". She was laid down by Bethlehem Steel Co., San Francisco, California on 15 July 1941; launched on 23 October 1942; sponsored by Dr. Aurelia H. Reinhardt; and...
Oklahoma City (CL-91)
Oklahoma City (CLG/CG-5)
USS Oklahoma City (CLG-5)
USS Oklahoma City was one of 27 United States Navy light cruisers completed during or shortly after World War II, and one of six to be converted to guided missile cruisers. She was the first US Navy ship to be named for Oklahoma City, Oklahoma...
Olympia (C-6)
USS Olympia (C-6)
USS Olympia is a protected cruiser which saw service in the United States Navy from her commissioning in 1895 until 1922. This vessel became famous as the flagship of Commodore George Dewey at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War in 1898. The ship was decommissioned after...
Olympia (CA-15)
Olympia (CL-15)
Omaha (CL-4)
USS Omaha (CL-4)
USS Omaha was the lead ship of Omaha class of light cruiser of the United States Navy. She was the second US Navy ship named for the city of Omaha, Nebraska....
Oregon City (CA-122)
USS Oregon City (CA-122)
USS Oregon City , the lead ship of the Oregon City class of heavy cruisers, was laid down 8 April 1944 by Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy, Massachusetts; launched 9 June 1945; sponsored by Mrs. Raymond P. Canfield, wife of the City Commissioner of Oregon City, Oregon...
Panther (1889)
USS Panther (1889)
The first USS Panther , the former SS Venezuela, was an auxiliary cruiser and naval troop transport in the United States Navy.Panther was built by William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia, Pa. in 1889. As the SS Venezuela, a merchant steamship, it was used for several years as a cargo freighter...
Pasadena (CL-65)
USS Pasadena (CL-65)
USS Pasadena , a Cleveland-class light cruiser of the United States Navy, the second vessel to carry the name.-Construction:...
Pennsylvania (ACR-4)
USS Pennsylvania (ACR-4)
The second USS Pennsylvania , also referred to "Armored Cruiser No. 4", and later renamed Pittsburgh and numbered CA-4, was a United States Navy armored cruiser, the lead ship of her class....
Pensacola (CL/CA-24)
USS Pensacola (CA-24)
USS Pensacola of the United States Navy was the lead ship of her class of heavy cruiser. The third Navy ship to be named after the city of Pensacola, Florida, she was nicknamed the "Grey Ghost" by Tokyo Rose. She received 13 battle stars for her service.She was laid down by the New York Navy Yard...
Philadelphia (C-4)
USS Philadelphia (C-4)
The fourth USS Philadelphia , also known as "Cruiser No. 4", was a cruiser of the United States Navy.She was laid down 22 March 1888 by William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, launched 7 September 1889, sponsored by Miss Minnie Wanamaker, daughter of merchant and philanthropist John...
Philadelphia (CL-41)
USS Philadelphia (CL-41)
USS Philadelphia , a Brooklyn class light cruiser of the United States Navy. She was the fifth ship named for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In the 1950s, she was commissioned into the Brazilian Navy as Almirante Barroso....
Philippines (CB-4) *
Philippine Sea (CG-58)
USS Philippine Sea (CG-58)
USS Philippine Sea is a Flight II Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser on active service in the United States Navy. She is named for the Battle of the Philippine Sea during World War II and is the second ship to bear the name. The Philippine Sea was the first U.S. or allied vessel to launch...
Phoenix (CL-46)
USS Phoenix (CL-46)
USS Phoenix , a Brooklyn-class light cruiser, was the third Phoenix of the United States Navy. After World War II the ship was transferred to Argentina in 1951 and was ultimately renamed the General Belgrano. General Belgrano was sunk during the Falklands War in 1982 by the British nuclear-powered...
Pittsburgh (CA-4)
Pittsburgh (CA-72)
USS Pittsburgh (CA-72)
The third USS Pittsburgh , originally named Albany, was a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser laid down on 3 February 1943 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation's Fore River Shipyard at Quincy, Massachusetts; launched on 22 February 1944, sponsored by Mrs Cornelius D. Scully, wife of the Mayor of...
Portland (CL/CA-33)
USS Portland (CA-33)
USS Portland , the lead ship of her class of heavy cruiser, was the first ship of the United States Navy named after the city of Portland, Maine....
Port Royal (CG-73)
USS Port Royal (CG-73)
USS Port Royal is a United States Navy guided missile cruiser, the 27th and final in the class. She is the second U.S. warship to bear the name of two naval battles of Port Royal Sound, South Carolina, of the American Revolutionary War and the American Civil War...
Portsmouth (CL-102)
USS Portsmouth (CL-102)
USS Portsmouth was a Cleveland class light cruiser of the United States Navy, the third ship to carry the name.Portsmouth was laid down by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company of Newport News, Virginia on 28 June 1943; launched on 20 September 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Marian M. Dale...
Prairie (1890)
Princeton (CG-59)
USS Princeton (CG-59)
USS Princeton is a guided missile cruiser serving in the United States Navy. Armed with naval guns and anti-air, anti-surface, and anti-submarine missiles, plus other weapons, she is equipped for surface-to-air, surface-to-surface, and anti-submarine warfare. She also is the home of two Seahawk...
Providence (CL-82)
Providence (CLG/CG-6)
USS Providence (CLG-6)
USS Providence , a Cleveland-class light cruiser was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named after the city of Providence, Rhode Island.-Construction and commissioning:...
Pueblo (CA-7)
Puerto Rico (CB-5) *
Quincy (CA-39)
USS Quincy (CA-39)
USS Quincy was a United States Navy New Orleans-class heavy cruiser sunk at the Battle of Savo Island in 1942.Quincy, the second ship to carry the name, was laid down by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts on 15 November 1933, launched on 19 June 1935, sponsored by Mrs. Henry S...
Quincy (CA-71)
USS Quincy (CA-71)
USS Quincy , a Baltimore class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy. She was the third ship to carry the name.Quincy was authorized on 17 June 1940; laid down by the Bethlehem Steel Company, Shipbuilding Division, Quincy, Massachusetts as St...
Raleigh (C-8)
USS Raleigh (C-8)
USS Raleigh was a United States Navy protected cruiser commissioned in 1894 and in periodic service until 1919.The second ship named Raleigh, C-8 was laid down on 19 December 1889 at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia; launched 31 March 1892; sponsored by Mrs. Alfred W. Haywood; and...
Raleigh (CL-7)
USS Raleigh (CL-7)
USS Raleigh was an Omaha-class light cruiser of the United States Navy. She was the third Navy ship named for the city of Raleigh, North Carolina....
Ranger (CC-4) *
Reeves (CG-24)
Reno (CL-96)
USS Reno (CL-96)
USS Reno was an updated Atlanta-class light cruiser - sometimes referred to as the "Oakland-class" - designed and built to specialize in antiaircraft warfare. She was the first warship to be named for the city of Reno, Nevada. The one other USS Reno was a destroyer named for Lt. Commander Walter E...
Richmond (CL-9)
USS Richmond (CL-9)
USS Richmond was an Omaha-class light cruiser of the United States Navy. She was the third Navy ship named for the city of Richmond, Virginia....
Richmond K. Turner (CG-20)
USS Richmond K. Turner (CG-20)
USS Richmond K. Turner was a Leahy class destroyer leader in the United States Navy. The ship was named for Admiral Richmond K. Turner, who served during World War II....

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Rochester (CA-2)
Rochester (CA-124)
USS Rochester (CA-124)
The third USS Rochester , an , was laid down 29 May 1944 by Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, Mass.; launched 28 August 1945; sponsored by Mrs. M. Herbert Eisenhart, wife of the president of Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., Rochester, N.Y.; and commissioned 20 December 1946 at the Boston Navy Yard, Capt...
St. Louis (1894)
USS St. Louis (1894)
SS St. Louis, was a transatlantic passenger liner built by the William Cramp & Sons Building & Engine Company, Philadelphia and was launched on 12 November 1894; sponsored by Mrs...
St. Louis (C-20)
USS St. Louis (C-20)
The fourth USS St. Louis, Cruiser No. 20 ', was the lead ship of her class of protected cruisers in the United States Navy. St. Louis was launched on 6 May 1905 by Neafie & Levy Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; sponsored by Miss Gladys Bryant Smith; and commissioned on 18 August 1906, Captain...
St. Louis (CA-18)
St. Louis (CL-49)
USS St. Louis (CL-49)
USS St. Louis , the lead ship of her class of light cruiser, was the fifth ship of the United States Navy named after the city of St. Louis, Missouri. In January 1951, she was commissioned into the Brazilian Navy as Almirante Tamandaré....
St. Paul (1895)
St. Paul (CA-73)
USS Saint Paul (CA-73)
USS Saint Paul , a Baltimore-class cruiser, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for St. Paul, Minnesota....
Salem (CL-3)
USS Salem (CL-3)
USS Salem , Scout Cruiser No. 3, was a of the United States Navy. She was the first Navy ship named for the city of Salem, Massachusetts....
Salem (CA-139)
USS Salem (CA-139)
The third USS Salem is a Des Moines-class heavy cruiser, formerly commissioned in the United States Navy. The world's last all-gun heavy cruiser to enter commission, she is currently open to the public as a museum ship in Quincy, Massachusetts.-Construction and shakedown:Salem was laid down on 4...
Salt Lake City (CL/CA-25)
USS Salt Lake City (CA-25)
USS Salt Lake City of the United States Navy was a Pensacola-class heavy cruiser sometimes known as "Swayback Maru". She had the distinction of having taken part in more engagements than any other ship in the fleet...
Samoa (CB-6) *
San Diego (CA-6)
San Diego (CL-53)
USS San Diego (CL-53)
The second USS San Diego was an Atlanta-class light cruiser of the United States Navy, commissioned just after the US entry into World War II, and active throughout the Pacific theater...
San Francisco (C-5)
USS San Francisco (C-5)
The first USS San Francisco was a steel protected cruiser in the United States Navy. She was later named Tahoe and then Yosemite....
San Francisco (CA-38)
USS San Francisco (CA-38)
USS San Francisco , a New Orleans-class heavy cruiser, was the second ship of the United States Navy named after the city of San Francisco, California. She saw extensive action during World War II....
San Jacinto (CG-56)
USS San Jacinto (CG-56)
USS San Jacinto is a in the United States Navy. She is named for the Battle of San Jacinto, the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution....
San Juan (CL-54)
USS San Juan (CL-54)
The second USS San Juan , an Atlanta-class light cruiser of the United States Navy of World War II. She was laid down on 15 May 1940 by the Bethlehem Steel Co. , Quincy, Massachusetts; launched on 6 September 1941; sponsored by Mrs. Margarita Coll de Santori; and commissioned on 28 February 1942,...
Santa Fe (CL-60)
USS Santa Fe (CL-60)
USS Santa Fe , a Cleveland-class light cruiser was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the city of Santa Fe, New Mexico.-Construction:...
Saratoga (CC-3)
Savannah (CL-42)
USS Savannah (CL-42)
USS Savannah was a light cruiser of the Brooklyn-class. She was laid down on 31 May 1934 by the New York Shipbuilding Association in Camden, New Jersey; launched on 8 May 1937; sponsored by Miss Jayne Maye Bowden, the niece of Senator Richard B. Russell, Jr., of Georgia; and commissioned in the...
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Seattle (CA-11)
Shiloh (CG-67)
USS Shiloh (CG-67)
USS Shiloh is a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser of the United States Navy, named in remembrance of the Battle of Shiloh in the American Civil War. She was built at the Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. The vessel is commanded by Captain James T...
South Carolina (CGN-37)
USS South Carolina (CGN-37)
USS South Carolina was the second ship of the California-class of nuclear powered guided missile cruisers in the United States Navy....
South Dakota (ACR-9)
USS South Dakota (ACR-9)
The second USS South Dakota , also referred to "Armored Cruiser No. 9", and later renamed Huron , was a United States Navy Pennsylvania-class armored cruiser....
Spokane (CL-120)
USS Spokane (CL-120)
USS Spokane was a United States Navy Juneau-class light cruiser laid down on 15 November 1944 at the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in Kearny, New Jersey; launched on 22 September 1945, sponsored by Miss Patrice Munsel; and commissioned on 17 May 1946, with Captain L. E...
Springfield (CL-66)
USS Springfield (CL-66)
USS Springfield was one of 27 Cleveland-class light cruisers built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was the third US Navy ship to be named after Springfield, Illinois. Commissioned in 1944, she served briefly in the Atlantic before transferring to the Pacific...
Springfield (CLG/CG-7)
(CG-31) Sterett
USS Sterett (CG-31)
USS Sterett was a Belknap-class destroyer leader / cruiser. She was the third ship to be named for Master Commandant Andrew Sterett , who served during the Quasi-War with France and the Barbary Wars...
Tacoma (C-18)
Tacoma (CL-20)
USS Tacoma (CL-20)
USS Tacoma was a Denver-class protected cruiser in the United States Navy during World War I. She was the second Navy ship named for the city of Tacoma, Washington....

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Texas (CGN-39)
USS Texas (CGN-39)
USS Texas was the second Virginia-class nuclear guided missile cruiser. She was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of Texas.-Construction:...
Thomas S. Gates (CG-51)
USS Thomas S. Gates (CG-51)
USS Thomas S. Gates is a Ticonderoga-class cruiser in the United States Navy. The warship is named after Thomas S. Gates, Secretary of Defense in the last years of the Eisenhower Administration . Thomas S. Gates was laid down 31 August 1984 at Bath Iron Works, Maine and sponsored by Anne Gates,...
Ticonderoga (CG-47)
USS Ticonderoga (CG-47)
USS Ticonderoga , fifth to bear the name, was a guided-missile cruiser in the service of the United States Navy. Homeported in Pascagoula, Mississippi, the "Tico" was the lead ship of her class.-History of the ship:...
Toledo (CA-133)
USS Toledo (CA-133)
USS Toledo was a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy active during the Korean War.Toledo was laid down on 13 September 1943 at Camden, New Jersey, by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, launched on 6 May 1945, sponsored by Mrs Edward J. Moan, and commissioned at the...
Topeka (CL-67)
USS Topeka (CL-67)
USS Topeka , a Cleveland-class light cruiser was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named after the city of Topeka, Kansas.-Construction and Commissioning:...
Topeka (CLG-8)
Trenton (CL-11)
USS Trenton (CL-11)
USS Trenton was an Omaha-class light cruiser of the United States Navy. She was the second Navy ship named for the city of Trenton, New Jersey....
Truxtun (CGN-35)
Tucson (CL-98)
USS Tucson (CL-98)
USS Tucson was a modified Atlanta-class light cruiser, sometimes referred to as "Oakland-class". She was laid down on 23 December 1942 in San Francisco, California by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation; launched on 3 September 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Emmett S. Claunch, Sr.; and commissioned on 3...

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Valley Forge (CG-50)
USS Valley Forge (CG-50)
USS Valley Forge was a Ticonderoga-class cruiser in the United States Navy. She was named for Valley Forge, where the Continental Army camped during one winter in the American Revolution...
Vella Gulf (CG-72)
USS Vella Gulf (CG-72)
USS Vella Gulf is an American Ticonderoga class Aegis guided missile cruiser. She is named for the Battle of Vella Gulf, a naval engagement in the Solomons campaign of World War II. This engagement was historically significant because it was the first time that destroyers were allowed to operate...
Vesuvius (1888)
USS Vesuvius (1888)
USS Vesuvius, the third ship of the United States Navy named for the Italian volcano, was a unique vessel in the Navy inventory which marked a departure from more conventional forms of main battery armament...
Vicksburg (CL-86)
USS Vicksburg (CL-86)
USS Vicksburg , a light cruiser, was the third ship of the United States Navy named after the city of Vicksburg, Mississippi.Vicksburg was first laid down as Cheyenne on 26 October 1942 at Newport News, Virginia, by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, but, exactly one month later,...
Vicksburg (CG-69)
USS Vicksburg (CG-69)
USS Vicksburg is a guided missile cruiser serving in the United States Navy. She is named for both the land Battle of Vicksburg fought during the American Civil War, and the city of Vicksburg, MS....
Vincennes (CA-44)
USS Vincennes (CA-44)
USS Vincennes was a United States Navy New Orleans-class heavy cruiser sunk at the Battle of Savo Island in 1942. She was the second ship to bear the name....
Vincennes (CL-64)
USS Vincennes (CL-64)
The third USS Vincennes was a Cleveland-class light cruiser of the United States Navy that saw action in the Pacific during the later half of World War II.-Construction and commissioning:...
Vincennes (CG-49)
USS Vincennes (CG-49)
The fourth USS Vincennes is a U.S. Navy Ticonderoga class Aegis guided missile cruiser. On July 3, 1988, the ship shot down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 civilian passengers on board, including 38 non-Iranians and 66 children.The ship was launched 14 April 1984 and...
Virginia (CGN-38)
USS Virginia (CGN-38)
USS Virginia was a nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser, the lead ship of her class, and the eighth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the Commonwealth of Virginia.-Construction:...
Washington (ACR-11)
USS Washington (ACR-11)
The seventh USS Washington , also referred to as "Armored Cruiser No. 11", and later renamed Seattle and renumbered CA-11 and IX-39, was a United States Navy Tennessee-class armored cruiser...
West Virginia (ACR-5)
USS West Virginia (ACR-5)
The first USS West Virginia , also referred to as "Armored Cruiser No. 5", and later renamed Huntington , was a United States Navy armored cruiser....
Wichita (CA-45)
USS Wichita (CA-45)
USS Wichita was a heavy cruiser of the United States Navy. The lead ship and only member of her class, she was the first ship named after the city of Wichita, Kansas...
Wilkes-Barre (CL-103)
USS Wilkes-Barre (CL-103)
USS Wilkes-Barre was a Cleveland-class light cruiser of the United States Navy that served during the last year of World War II...
William H. Standley (CG-32)
USS William H. Standley (CG-32)
USS William H. Standley was a Belknap-class destroyer leader / cruiser. She was named for Admiral William Harrison Standley, former Chief of Naval Operations and ambassador to the Soviet Union. She was launched as DLG-32, a frigate, and reclassified Cruiser on 30 June 1975.The contract to...

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Yale (1889)
USS Yale (1889)
SS Paris—a steamship built between 1888 and 1889 by J. & G. Thompson at Glasgow, Scotland—was acquired by the U. S. Navy on 27 April 1898 under charter from the International Navigation Co.; renamed USS Yale; and commissioned on 2 May 1898, Capt. W. C. Wise in command. In 1918 she was...
Yankee (1892)
USS Yankee (1892)
USS Yankee was originally El Norte, a steamer built in 1892 at Newport News, Virginia, by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.. The ship was acquired by the United States Navy from the Southern Pacific Company on 6 April 1898. The ship was renamed and commissioned at New York on 14 April...
Yorktown (CG-48)
USS Yorktown (CG-48)
USS Yorktown was a in the United States Navy from 1984 to 2004, named for the American Revolutionary War Battle of Yorktown.-History:...
Yosemite (1892)
USS Yosemite (1892)
USS Yosemite was an auxiliary cruiser of the United States Navy.At the beginning of the Spanish-American War, El Sud — a merchant steamer built in 1892 by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. — was acquired by the Navy from the Southern Pacific Company on 6 April 1898. The ship was renamed...
Youngstown (CL-94)
USS Youngstown (CL-94)
USS Youngstown was to have been a United States Navy Cleveland-class light cruiser. She was laid down 4 September 1944. Because of the end of hostilities in the Pacific, the contract was canceled 12 August 1945, when the ship was slightly more than half completed, and she was scrapped on the ways...
CL-115 canceled unnamed
CA-141 canceled unnamed
CA-142 canceled unnamed
CA-143 canceled unnamed
CA-149 canceled unnamed
CG-13 conversion canceled
CG-14 conversion canceled
CG-15 skipped
CGN-42 cancel\led unnamed
CG-43 to CG-46 skipped

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