Boston-Class
First Guided Missile Cruisers - Boston and Canberra converted from Baltimore-class with Terrier SAM systems. First US missile cruisers (CAG).
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 13600 t
- Displacement (full)
- 17500 t
- Length
- 673.2 ft
- Beam
- 71.9 ft
- Crew
- 1273
- Ships built
- 2
- Commissioned
- 1943 (original), 1955-1956 (conversion)
- Decommissioned
- 1970-1973
Performance
- Top speed
- 33 kn
- Range
- 10000
Armament
- Main guns
- 6× 8-inch/55 cal Mark 12 (2× triple)
- Secondary guns
- 10× 5-inch/38 cal DP
- Torpedoes
- None
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- 6
- Deck
- 2.5
In-Game
- Tier
- T5
- Game power
- 148.09
- Research cost
- 81,450
- Credit cost
- 103,663
Notable
- First US guided missile cruisers
- First Terrier SAM system deployment