Ilavaraci-class cruiser

USS Bremerton in 1955
Class overview
Name:	Baltimore class
Builders:	Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Fore River Shipyard New York Shipbuilding Corporation Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
Operators:	United States Navy
Preceded by:	USS Wichita
Succeeded by:	Oregon City class
Subclasses:	Boston class Albany class
Cost:	US$40 million per ship
Built:	1941–1945
In commission:	1943–1971
Planned:	14
Completed:	14
Retired:	14
General characteristics
Type:	Heavy cruiser
Displacement:	13,600 long tons (13,818 t) standard 17,000 long tons (17,273 t) full load
Length:	664 ft (202 m) wl 673 ft 5 in (205.26 m) oa
Beam:	70 ft 10 in (21.59 m)
Height:	112 ft 10 in (34.39 m) (mast)
Draft:	26 ft 10 in (8.18 m)
Installed power:	4 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers 120,000 shp (89,000 kW)
Propulsion:	4 screws; 4 steam turbinesets
Speed:	33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Boats & landing craft carried:	2 × lifeboats
Complement:	61 officers and 1,085 sailors
Sensors and processing systems:	Early: SK-2 air-search radar SP fighter-direction radar Later: AN/SPS-6 air-search radar AN/SPS-8A height-finding radar AN/SPS-10 surface-search radar AN/SPS-12 air-search radar AN/SPS-37 early-warning radar (Saint Paul) AN/SPS-43 air-search radar (Helena) AN/URN-3 TACAN
Armament:	3 × triple 8"/55 caliber guns 6 × twin 5"/38 caliber guns 12 × quad Bofors 40 mm guns 24 × single Oerlikon 20 mm cannons
Armor:	Belt armor: 4–6 in (102–152 mm) Deck: 2.5 in (64 mm) Turrets: 1.5–8 in (38–203 mm) Barbettes: 6.3 in (160 mm) Conning tower: 6.5 in (165 mm) Bulkheads: 6 in (152 mm)
Aviation facilities:	2 × aircraft catapults Helipad (later conversion)