Cleveland-class cruiser

	USS Manchester on 31 October 1952
Class overview
Name	Cleveland class
Builders	New York Ship, NJ (8) ; Newport News , VA (8); Bethlehem, Fore River, MA (6); William Cramp & Sons, PA (5);
Operators	United States Navy
Preceded by	Brooklyn class
Succeeded by	Fargo class
Subclasses	Galveston class; Providence class;
Built	1940–1958
In commission	1942–1979
Planned	52
Completed	27
Canceled	3, with a further 9 converted to light aircraft carriers and 13 reordered as Fargo-class cruisers
Retired	27
Scrapped	22 and 4 sunk as target
Preserved	1 (converted to a Galveston-class guided missile cruiser)
General characteristics
Type	Light cruiser
Displacement	11,744 long tons (11,932 t) (standard); 14,131 long tons (14,358 t) (max);
Length	600 ft (180 m) wl; 608 ft 4 in (185.42 m) oa;
Beam	66 ft 4 in (20.22 m)
Height	113 ft (34 m)
Draft	25 ft 6 in (7.77 m) (mean); 25 ft (7.6 m) (max);
Installed power	4 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers; 100,000 shp (75,000 kW);
Propulsion	4 × geared steam turbines; 4 × screws;
Speed	32.5 knots (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph)
Range	8,640 nmi (16,000 km; 9,940 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	1,255 total; 70 officers; 1,115 enlisted men;
Sensors &; processing systems	2 × Mk34 GFCS (main); 2 × Mk37 GFCS(secondary); Early:; SK-1 air-search radar; SK-2 air-search radar; SG-6 surface-search radar ; SP fighter-direction radar; Later:; AN/SPS-6 air-search radar; SR-3 air-search radar; SP fighter-direction radar;
Armament	Cleveland 1942:; 4 × triple 6"/47 caliber Mark 16 guns; 6 × dual 5"/38 caliber guns; 2 × quad Bofors 40 mm guns ; 2 × dual Bofors 40 mm guns ; 20 × single Oerlikon 20 mm cannons; Vicksburg 1944/1945:; 4 × triple 6 in (150 mm)/47; 6 × dual 5 in (130 mm)/38 caliber; 4 × quad Bofors 40 mm guns; 6 × dual Bofors 40 mm guns ; 10 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons;
Armor	Belt: 3.25–5 in (83–127 mm); Deck: 2 in (51 mm); Bulkheads: 5 in (130 mm); Turrets Face: 6.50 in (165 mm); Turrets Roof: 3 in (76 mm); Turrets Sides: 3 in (76 mm); Turrets Rear: 1.5 in (38 mm); Barbettes: 6 in (150 mm); Conning tower: 2.25–5 in (57–127 mm);
Aircraft carried	4 × floatplanes
Aviation facilities	2 × stern catapults

The Cleveland-class was a group of light cruisers built for the United States Navy during World War II. They were the most numerous class of light cruisers ever built. Fifty-two were ordered, and 36 were completed, 27 as cruisers and nine as the Independence-class of light aircraft carriers. They were deactivated within a few years after the end of the war, but six were converted into missile ships, and some of these served into the 1970s. One ship of the class, USS Little Rock (CL-92), remains as a museum ship.