Allied Warships

Heavy cruisers

US Navy


The heavy cruiser USS San Francisco of the New Orleans class.

All Heavy cruiser classes (in service with the US Navy).

ClassCommissioned
 Pensacola (2)1929 - 1930
 Northampton (6)1930 - 1931
 Portland (2)1932 - 1933
 New Orleans (7)1934 - 1937
 Wichita (1)1939 - 1939
 Baltimore (18)1943 - 1946


Please note that we list the classes by navies that initiated/owned the class. Often vessels of certain classes were then built for other nations (or lent), those ships are not visible here but only through the navies pages or by looking into each class.

War losses: Heavy cruisers


 DateVesselClass

1941

26 Mar 1941HMS York (90)York 

1942

1 Mar 1942HMS Exeter (68)York 
1 Mar 1942USS Houston (i) (CA 30)Northampton 
5 Apr 1942HMS Cornwall (56)Kent 
5 Apr 1942HMS Dorsetshire (40)Dorsetshire 
9 Aug 1942HMAS Canberra (D 33)Kent 
9 Aug 1942USS Astoria (i) (CA 34)New Orleans 
9 Aug 1942USS Quincy (i) (CA 39)New Orleans 
9 Aug 1942USS Vincennes (i) (CA 44)New Orleans 
27 Nov 1942FR ColbertSuffren 
27 Nov 1942FR FochSuffren 
1 Dec 1942USS Northampton (CA 26)Northampton 

1943

30 Jan 1943USS Chicago (i) (CA 29)Northampton 

1945

30 Jul 1945USS Indianapolis (CA 35)Portland 

14 Heavy cruisers lost. See all Allied Warship losses.

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