USS Newport News (CA-148)

USS Newport News underway in the Mediterranean Sea on 9 September 1957
History
United States
Name	Newport News
Namesake	Newport News
Builder	Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Laid down	1 November 1945
Launched	6 March 1948
Sponsored by	Eliza S. Ferguson
Commissioned	29 January 1949
Decommissioned	27 June 1975
Stricken	31 July 1978
Identification	Callsign: NIQQ Hull number: CA-148
Honours and awards	See Awards
Fate	Scrapped, 25 February 1993
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General characteristics
Class and type	Des 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
Beam	76 ft 6 in (23.32 m)
Draft	22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion	4 shafts General Electric turbines 4 boilers 120,000 shp (89,000 kW)
Speed	33 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
Complement	1,799 officers and enlisted
Sensors and processing systems	AN/SPS-6 air-search radar AN/SPS-8A height-finding radar AN/SPS-29 early-warning radar AN/URN-3 TACAN AN/URD-4 radio direction finder
Armament	3 × triple 8"/55 caliber guns 6 × twin 5"/38 caliber guns 12 × twin 3"/50 caliber guns 12 × single Oerlikon 20 mm cannons
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	2 × aircraft catapults Helipad (later conversion)

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]