USS Newport News (CA-148)

USS Newport News underway in the Mediterranean Sea on 9 September 1957
History
United States
NameNewport News
NamesakeNewport News
BuilderNewport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Laid down1 November 1945
Launched6 March 1948
Sponsored byEliza S. Ferguson
Commissioned29 January 1949
Decommissioned27 June 1975
Stricken31 July 1978
Identification
Honours and
awards
See Awards
FateScrapped, 25 February 1993
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeDes Moines-class heavy cruiser
Displacement
  • 17,255 long tons (17,532 t) (standard)
  • 20,980 long tons (21,320 t) (full load)
Length
  • 700 ft (210 m) wl
  • 716 ft 6 in (218.39 m) oa
Beam76 ft 6 in (23.32 m)
Draft22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion
  • 4 shafts
  • General Electric turbines
  • 4 boilers
  • 120,000 shp (89,000 kW)
Speed33 kn (61 km/h)
Range
  • 10,500 nmi at 15 knots
  • 19,400 km at 28 km/h
Boats & landing
craft carried
2–4 × lifeboats
Complement1,799 officers and enlisted
Sensors and
processing systems
Armament
Armor
  • Belt: 4–6 in (102–152 mm)
  • Deck: 3.5 in (89 mm)
  • Turrets: 2–8 in (51–203 mm)
  • Barbettes: 6.3 in (160 mm)
  • Conning tower: 6.5 in (165 mm)
Aviation facilities

USS Newport News (CA–148) was the third and last ship of the Des Moines-class of heavy cruisers in the United States Navy. She was the first fully air-conditioned surface ship and the last active all-gun heavy cruiser in the United States Navy.[1]

  1. ^ "Commissioning (uss-newport-news.com)". Archived from the original on 12 May 2008. Retrieved 6 March 2008.