Light cruisers of the Omaha type are a type of light cruisers of the US Navy during World War II. In total, 10 ships were built: Omaha ( CL-4 [2] Omaha ), Milwaukee ( CL-5 Milwaukee ), Cincinnati ( CL-6 Cincinnati ), Railay ( CL-7 Raleigh ), Detroit "( CL-8 Detroit ), Richmond ( CL-9 Richmond ), Concord ( CL-10 Concord ), Trenton ( CL-11 Trenton ), Marblehead ( CL-12 Marblehead ), Memphis "( CL-121 Memfis ).
| Omaha Light Cruisers | |
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| Omaha class light cruisers | |
 Light cruiser Omaha | |
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| Main characteristics | |
| Displacement | 7250 ... 7300 t (standard), 9150 t (full) |
| Length | 167.6 m / 169.3 m |
| Width | 16.9 m |
| Draft | 4.1 m |
| Booking | Belt - 76 mm; traverses - 76 ... 37 mm; deck - 37 mm; towers and casemates - 6.4 mm; cutting - 32 mm |
| Engines | 4 mal parsons |
| Power | 90 000 liters with. (66.2 Mw ) |
| Travel speed | 34 knots (63 km / h ) |
| Navigation range | 8460 nautical miles at 10 knots |
| Crew | 800 people |
| Armament | |
| Artillery | 2 × 2 + 8 × 1 - 152 mm / 53 (CL-4, 5, 10, 11, 13); 2 × 2 + 7 × 1 - 152 mm / 53 (CL-12); 2 × 2 + 6 × 1 - 152 mm / 53 (CL-6 ... -9) |
| Flak | 8 × 1 - 76 mm / 50, 8 × 1 - 12.7 mm machine gun |
| Mine-torpedo armament | 2 × 3 - 533 mm (1st and 2nd groups) |
| Aviation Group | 2 catapults, 2 seaplanes [1] |
The first full-fledged light cruisers of the US Navy.
Content
Construction
For the first time in American practice, a power plant was located echelon - MOs were between the bow and stern groups of KO [3] .
Service
Omaha - laid down on December 6, 1918, launched on December 14, 1920, went into operation February 24, 1923
“ Milwaukee ” - was laid down on December 13, 1918, launched on March 24, 1921, went into operation on June 20, 1923, since April 20, 1944, as part of the Northern Fleet of the USSR Navy under the name “Murmansk”
" Cincinnati " - laid down May 15, 1920, launched May 23, 1921, went into operation January 1, 1924
" Railay " - laid down on August 16, 1920, launched on October 25, 1922, went into operation on February 6, 1924.
" Detroit " - laid down November 10, 1920, launched June 20, 1922, went into operation July 31, 1923
“ Richmond ” - laid down on February 16, 1920, launched on September 29, 1921, went into operation July 2, 1923
Concorde - laid down on March 29, 1920, launched on December 15, 1921, went into operation on November 3, 1923
" Trenton " - laid down on August 18, 1920, launched on April 16, 1923, went into operation on April 19, 1924
Marblehead - laid down on August 4, 1920, launched on October 9, 1923, went into operation on August 8, 1924
“ Memphis ” - laid down on October 14, 1920, launched on April 17, 1924, went into operation on February 4, 1925
Project Evaluation
Notes
- ↑ All data as of 1941
- ↑ The letters indicate belonging to the class: BB - battleship, SS, CL, SA - respectively, linear, light or heavy cruiser, CV - aircraft carrier, DD - destroyer, SS - submarine, etc.
- ↑ Fleets of the Second World War, 2009 , p. 282.
Links
- Light cruisers of the Omaha type . Date of treatment January 21, 2012. Archived March 19, 2012.
Literature
- Yu. Yu. Nenakhov. Encyclopedia of Cruisers 1910–2005. - Minsk, Harvest, 2007.
- Patyanin S.V. Dashyan A.V. et al . Cruisers of the Second World War. Hunters and Defenders - M .: Collection, Yauza, EKSMO, 2007.
- Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1922-1945 .- Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press, 1996.
- MJ Whitley. Cruisers of World War Two. An international encyclopedia. - London, Arms & Armor, 1995.
- Dashyan A.V., Patyanin S.V., et al. Fleets of the Second World War. - M .: Collection, Yauza, EKSMO, 2009 .-- 608 p. - 2500 copies - ISBN 978-5-699-33872-6 .