Post World War Two Cruiser Programs
World War Two cruiser programs reached hull number CL-140 (with hulls 154-159 being canceled in 1945). All heavy (CA), light (CL), and anti-aircraft (CLAA) cruisers were numbered in the same series. Only one ship was added to this series in the postwar period, the LONG BEACH, ordered as CLGN 160, was changed to CGN-160, and was completed as CGN-9.
Further ‘cruiser’ construction was halted in favor of the smaller and less expensive ‘frigates’ that could carry most of a cruiser’s armament.
One cruiser hull was completed as a command ship after the war, the NORTHAMPTON. Begun as a heavy cruiser (CA-125), she was canceled in 1945 when partially complete; she was reordered in 1948 and completed as a tactical command ship in 1953 (CLC-1) and later changed to a national command chip (CC-1). She was stricken in 1977.
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