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New Orleans class

Simplified diagram of the New Orleans class, not a photograph
Simplified diagram of the class, drawn for this site. Not a photograph and not a builder's plan.

7 were completed.

Three triple 8-inch turrets and two funnels.

Heavy cruisers. San Francisco, Minneapolis, and New Orleans are three of them.

7 completed

Ships of this class on this site

Sunk
AstoriaCA · CA-34 · USN
Photos and infoBattle of the Coral SeaBattle of MidwayBattle of Savo Island
Afloat
MinneapolisCA · CA-36 · USN
Photos and infoBattle of the Coral SeaBattle of MidwayBattle of TassafarongaGilbert Islands, November 1943Marshall IslandsBattle of the Philippine SeaBattle of Surigao Strait
Afloat
New OrleansCA · CA-32 · USN
Photos and infoAttack on Pearl HarborBattle of the Coral SeaBattle of MidwayBattle of the Eastern SolomonsBattle of TassafarongaMarshall Islands
Sunk
QuincyCA · CA-39 · USN
Photos and infoBattle of Savo Island
Afloat
San FranciscoCA · CA-38 · USN
Photos and infoAttack on Pearl HarborBattle of Cape EsperanceNaval Battle of Guadalcanal, night actionMarshall Islands
Sunk
VincennesCA · CA-44 · USN
Photos and infoBattle of MidwayBattle of Savo Island