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.