Fargo class cruiser
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 USS Fargo (CL-106) |
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Fargo class cruiser |
| Operators: |  United States Navy |
| Preceded by: | Cleveland-class cruiser |
| Succeeded by: | Worcester-class cruiser |
| Planned: | 12 |
| Completed: | 2 |
| Cancelled: | 10 |
| Retired: | 2 |
| Preserved: | 0 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Light Cruiser |
| Displacement: | 10,000 tons (standard) 14,464 tons (full) |
| Length: | 608 ft .25 in |
| Beam: | 63 ft .5 in |
| Draft: | 22 ft |
| Propulsion: | 8 Babcock & Wilcox boilers 4 GE geared steam turbines 4 Screws 100,000 Horsepower |
| Speed: | 32.5 knots |
| Complement: | 1,100 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 4 triple 6-inch/47 guns 6 twin 5-inch/38 DP guns 28 40mm AA guns 20 20mm AA guns |
| Armor: | 1.5-5 in belt 2-3 in deck 3-5 in turrets 2.25-5 in conn |
| Aircraft carried: | 3 |
The Fargo-class cruisers were a modified version of the previous Cleveland-class cruiser design; the main difference was a more compact pyramidal superstructure with single trunked funnel, intended to improve AA gun arcs of fire.
The lead ship of the class, the USS Fargo (CL-106) was launched on 25 February 1945.
In all 12 ships of the class were planned but only the Fargo and the USS Huntington (CL-107) were ever completed, the rest being cancelled at varying states of completion with the de-escalation of the second world war.
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