Specifications

October 1943 – March 1947

Catalog #: 2016.8.7

Baltimore Class Heavy Cruiser CA-70

  • Displacement: 13,600 tons
  • Length: 673′ 5″
  • Beam: 70′ 10″
  • Draft 20′ 6″
  • Speed: 33 knots
  • Crew: 1142 officers and enlisted men

Armament:

  • 9 – 8″ guns
  • 12 – 5″ guns
  • 48 – 40mm guns
  • 24 – 20mm guns

4 Aircraft

June 1956 – May 1968

Catalog #: 2016.2.64

Reclassified as Boston Class Guided Missile Heavy Cruiser CAG-2

Aft 8″ turret (Turret III) was removed and replaced with 2 Convair RIM-2 Terrier anti-aircraft missile launchers.

Both aircraft catapults removed

May 1968

Reclassified as Heavy Cruiser CA-70

July 1969

Both Terrier missile launchers removed and 2 Corvus Chaff Rocket Launchers installed.

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