USS New Orleans (CA-32)

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USS New Orleans (CA-32), steams through a tight turn in Elliott Bay, Washington, on 30 July 1943, following battle damage repairs and overhaul at the Puget Sound Navy Yard.
History
United States
Name	New Orleans
Namesake	City of New Orleans, Louisiana
Ordered	13 February 1929
Awarded	12 July 1929 (date assigned to ship yard) 2 June 1930 (beginning of construction period)
Builder	Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York
Cost	$12,000,000 (limit of price)
Laid down	14 March 1931
Launched	12 April 1933
Sponsored by	Miss Cora S. Jahncke
Commissioned	15 February 1934
Decommissioned	10 February 1947
Reclassified	CA-32, 1 July 1931
Stricken	1 March 1959
Identification	Hull symbol: CL-32 Hull symbol:CA-32 Code letters: NABJ
Nickname(s)	NO Boat[1]
Honors and awards	17 × battle stars American Defense Service Medal American Campaign Medal Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal World War II Victory Medal
Fate	Sold for scrap 22 September 1959
General characteristics (as built)[2]
Class and type	New Orleans-class cruiser
Displacement	9,950 long tons (10,110 t) (standard)
Length	588 ft (179 m) oa 574 ft (175 m) pp
Beam	61 ft 9 in (18.82 m)
Draft	19 ft 5 in (5.92 m) (mean) 23 ft 6 in (7.16 m) (max)
Installed power	8 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers 107,000 shp (80,000 kW)
Propulsion	4 × Westinghouse geared turbines 4 × screws
Speed	32.7 kn (37.6 mph; 60.6 km/h)
Capacity	Fuel oil: 1,650 tons
Complement	96 officers 819 enlisted
Armament	9 × 8 in (203 mm)/55 caliber guns (3x3) 8 × 5 in (127 mm)/25 caliber anti-aircraft guns 2 × 3-pounder 47 mm (1.9 in) saluting guns 8 × caliber 0.50 in (13 mm) machine guns
Armor	Belt: 3–5 in (76–127 mm) Deck: 1+1⁄4–2+1⁄4 in (32–57 mm) Barbettes: 5 in (130 mm) Turrets: 1+1⁄2–8 in (38–203 mm) Conning Tower: 5 in (127 mm)
Aircraft carried	4 × floatplanes
Aviation facilities	2 × Amidship catapults
General characteristics (1945)[3]
Armament	9 × 8 in (203 mm)/55 caliber guns (3x3) 8 × 5 in (127 mm)/25 caliber anti-aircraft guns 2 × 3-pounder 47 mm (2 in) saluting guns 6 × quad 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors anti-aircraft guns 28 × single 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft cannons
Aviation facilities	1 × Amidship catapult

USS New Orleans (CL/CA-32) was the lead New Orleans-class cruiser in service with the United States Navy. The New Orleans-class cruisers were the last U.S. cruisers built to the specifications and standards of the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922. Such ships, with a limit of 10,000 long tons (10,160 t) standard displacement and 8-inch (203-millimetre) calibre main guns may be referred to as "treaty cruisers." Originally classified a light cruiser, because of her thin armor, she was reclassified, soon after being laid down, a heavy cruiser, because of her 8-inch guns. The term "heavy cruiser" was not defined until the London Naval Treaty in 1930.