Des Moines-Class
Automatic 8-inch Gun Cruisers - Des Moines-class featured revolutionary automatic-loading 8-inch guns (10 rpm per barrel). Last US heavy cruisers.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 17255 t
- Displacement (full)
- 21500 t
- Length
- 700.1 ft
- Beam
- 76.4 ft
- Crew
- 1799
- Ships built
- 3
- Commissioned
- 1948-1949
- Decommissioned
- 1961-1993
Performance
- Top speed
- 33 kn
- Range
- 10500
Armament
- Main guns
- 9× 8-inch/55 cal Mark 16 (3× triple, automatic)
- Secondary guns
- 12× 5-inch/38 cal DP (6× twin)
- Torpedoes
- None
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- 6
- Deck
- 3.5
In-Game
- Tier
- T6
- Game power
- 213.83
- Research cost
- 169,353
- Credit cost
- 149,681
Notable
- Automatic 8-inch guns (10 rpm per barrel)
- Last US heavy cruisers built