Pensacola-class cruiser

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USS Pensacola (CA-24)
Class overview
Name	Pensacola-class cruiser
Builders	New York Navy Yard New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Operators	United States Navy
Succeeded by	Northampton class
Built	1926-1930
In commission	1929–1947
Planned	2
Completed	2
Retired	2
Preserved	0
General characteristics
Type	Heavy cruiser
Displacement	9,100 long tons (9,246 t) (standard) 11,512 long tons (11,697 t) (full)
Length	570 ft (170 m) wl 585 ft 6 in (178.46 m) oa
Beam	65.0 ft (19.8 m)
Draft	19.5 ft (5.9 m)
Installed power	8 boilers 107,000 hp (80,000 kW)
Propulsion	Steam turbines 4 Screws
Speed	32.5 kn (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph)
Complement	1,200[1]
Armament	10 × 8-inch (203 mm)/55 caliber guns (2×2, 2×3) 8 × single 5-inch (127 mm)/25 caliber guns 2 × 3-pounder (47 mm (1.9 in)) saluting guns 4 × quad 1.1-inch (28 mm)/75 caliber guns (as built) 24 × 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors guns (6x4) (1943) 28 × 20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon cannons (1943) 6 × 21 inches (533 mm) torpedo tubes (removed before 1941)
Armor	Belt: 2.5–4-inch (64–102 mm) Decks: 1–1.75-inch (25–44 mm) Turrets: 0.75–2.5-inch (19–64 mm) Barbettes: 0.75-inch Conning tower: 1.25-inch (32 mm)
Aircraft carried	2
Aviation facilities	2 × catapults no hangars

The Pensacola class was a class of United States Navy heavy cruiser, the first "treaty cruisers" designed under the limitations set by the Washington Naval Treaty, which limited cruisers to a maximum of 10,000 long tons (10,160 t) displacement and a maximum main battery caliber of 8-inch (203 mm).