Omaha-class cruiser
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The Omaha-class cruisers were a class of light cruisers built for the United States Navy. They were the oldest class of cruiser still in active service with the Navy at the outbreak of World War II, being an immediate post-World War I design.
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USS Concord in 1943 | |
Class overview | |
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Name | Omaha class |
Operators | |
Preceded by | Chester class |
Succeeded by | Brooklyn class |
Built | 1918–1925 |
In commission | 1923–1949 |
Planned | 10 |
Completed | 10 |
Scrapped | 10 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Light cruiser |
Displacement | 7,050 long tons (7,163 t) standard, 9,508 long tons (9,661 t) full |
Length | |
Beam | 55 ft 4 in (16.87 m) |
Draft | 20 ft 0 in (6.10 m) |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 35 kn (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
Endurance | 9,000 nmi (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Boats & landing craft carried | 2 × lifeboats |
Complement | 29 officers 429 enlisted (peace time) |
Sensors and processing systems | SK-1 air-search radar |
Armament |
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Armor |
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Aircraft carried | 2 × floatplanes |
Aviation facilities | 2 × aircraft catapults |
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