Cleveland-class cruiser

	USS Manchester on 31 October 1952
Class overview
Name	Cleveland-class
Builders	New York Shipbuilding, NJ (8) ; Newport News Shipbuilding, VA (8); Bethlehem Fore River, MA (6) ; Cramp & Sons, PA (5);
Operators	United States Navy
Preceded by	Atlanta class
Succeeded by	Fargo class
Subclasses	Galveston class ; Providence class;
Built	1940-1958
In commission	1942–79
Planned	52
Completed	27
Cancelled	3, with a further 9 converted to light aircraft carriers and 13 reordered as Fargo-class cruisers
Active	0
Lost	0
Retired	27
Scrapped	22 and 4 sunk as target
Preserved	1 (converted to a Galveston-class guided missile cruiser)
General characteristics
Type	Light cruiser
Displacement	11,744 long tons (11,932 t) (standard); 14,131 long tons (14,358 t) (max);
Length	600 ft (180 m) wl; 608 ft 4 in (185.42 m) oa;
Beam	66 ft 4 in (20.22 m)
Height	113 ft (34 m)
Draft	25 ft 6 in (7.77 m) (mean); 25 ft (7.6 m) (max);
Installed power	4 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers; 100,000 shp (75,000 kW);
Propulsion	4 × geared steam turbines; 4 × screws;
Speed	32.5 knots (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph)
Range	8,640 nmi (16,000 km; 9,940 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	1,255 Total; 70 officers; 1,115 enlisted men;
Sensors and ; processing systems	2 × Mk34 GFCS (main); 2 × Mk37 GFCS(secondary); Early:; SK-1 air-search radar; SK-2 air-search radar; SG-6 surface-search radar ; SP fighter-direction radar; Later:; AN/SPS-6 air-search radar; SR-3 air-search radar; SP fighter-direction radar;
Armament	Cleveland 1942:; 4 × triple 6"/47 caliber Mark 16 guns; 6 × dual 5"/38 caliber guns; 2 × quad Bofors 40 mm guns ; 2 × dual Bofors 40 mm guns ; 20 × single Oerlikon 20 mm cannons; Vicksburg 1944/1945:; 4 × triple 6 in (150 mm)/47; 6 × dual 5 in (130 mm)/38 caliber; 4 × quad Bofors 40 mm guns; 6 × dual Bofors 40 mm guns ; 10 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons;
Armor	Belt: 3.25–5 in (83–127 mm); Deck: 2 in (51 mm); Bulkheads: 5 in (130 mm); Turrets Face: 6.50 in (165 mm); Turrets Roof: 3 in (76 mm); Turrets Sides: 3 in (76 mm); Turrets Rear: 1.5 in (38 mm); Barbettes: 6 in (150 mm); Conning tower: 2.25–5 in (57–127 mm);
Aircraft carried	4 × floatplanes
Aviation facilities	2 × stern catapults

The Cleveland class was a group of light cruisers built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. They were the most numerous class of light cruisers ever built. Fifty-two were ordered, and 36 were completed, 27 as cruisers and nine as light aircraft carriers. They were deactivated within a few years after the end of the war, but six were converted into missile ships, and some of these served into the 1970s. One ship of the class remains as a museum ship.

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