Heavy and Light Cruisers
- On 17 July 1920, all First and Second Class Cruisers (armored and protected cruisers) still in service were reclassified as Cruisers (CA). The armored cruisers had had their names changed from states to cities within those states to free up the names for battleships.
- (CA-2) Rochester (ex-New York, ex-Saratoga ACR-2)
- (CA-3) Brooklyn (ex-ACR-3)
- (CA-4) Pittsburgh (ex-Pennsylvania ACR-4)
- (CA-5) Huntington (ex-West Virginia ACR-5)
- (CA-7) Pueblo (ex-Colorado ACR-7)
- (CA-8) Frederick (ex-Maryland ACR-8)
- (CA-9) Huron (ex-South Dakota ACR-9)
- (CA-11) Seattle (ex-Washington ACR-11; later IX-39)
- (CA-12) Charlotte (ex-North Carolina ACR-12)
- (CA-13) Missoula (ex-Montana ACR-13)
- (CA-14) Chicago
- (CA-15) Olympia (ex-C-6)
- (CA-16) Columbia (ex-C-12)
- (CA-17) Minneapolis (ex-C-13)
- (CA-18) St. Louis (ex-C-20)
- (CA-19) Charleston (ex-C-22)
- In the 1920 hull designation system, of the Third Class Cruisers the fast Scout Cruisers became Light Cruisers (CL), and the slower Peace Cruisers were reclassified Patrol Gunboats (PG).
- On 8 August 1921 the system was revised; the surviving protected cruisers and the peace cruiser/patrol gunboats were all grouped with the scout cruisers as Light Cruisers (CL).
- (CL-1) Chester (ex-SCR-1)
- (CL-2) Birmingham (ex-SCR-2)
- (CL-3) Salem (ex-SCR-3)
- (CL-4) Omaha (ex SCR-4, 1923)
- (CL-5) Milwaukee (ex-SCR-5, 1923)
- (CL-6) Cincinnati (ex-SCR-6, 1924)
- (CL-7) Raleigh (ex-SCR-7, 1924)
- (CL-8) Detroit (ex-SCR-8, 1923)
- (CL-9) Richmond (ex-SCR-9, 1923)
- (CL-10) Concord (ex-SCR-10, 1923)
- (CL-11) Trenton (ex-SCR-11, 1924)
- (CL-12) Marblehead (ex-SCR-12, 1924)
- (CL-13) Memphis (ex-SCR-13, 1925)
- (CL-14) Chicago (ex-CA-14; later IX-5 Alton)
- (CL-15) Olympia (ex-CA-15, ex-C-6; later IX-40)
- (CL-16) Denver (ex-PG-28, ex-C-14)
- (CL-17) Des Moines (ex-PG-29, ex-C-15)
- (CL-18) Chattanooga (ex-PG-30, ex-C-16)
- (CL-19) Galveston (ex-PG-31, ex-C-17)
- (CL-20) Tacoma (ex-PG-32, ex-C-18)
- (CL-21) Cleveland (ex-PG-33, ex-C-19)
- (CL-22) New Orleans (ex-PG-34, ex-Amazonas)
- (CL-23) Albany (ex-PG-36, ex-Almirante Abreu)
- The cruisers laid down between the Washington and London Naval Treaties were originally designated Light Cruisers (CL) due to their light protection. In accordance with the London Treaty, they were reclassified as Heavy Cruisers (CA) in 1931 due to their 8-inch guns. Thenceforward heavy and light cruisers were numbered in a single sequence; the last ship of the original CA series, Seattle, was redesignated IX (Unclassified Miscellaneous) in 1941.
- Pensacola class
- (CL/CA-24) Pensacola (1930)
- (CL/CA-25) Salt Lake City (1929)
- Northampton class
- (CL/CA-26) Northampton † (1930)
- (CL/CA-27) Chester (1930)
- (CL/CA-28) Louisville (1931)
- (CL/CA-29) Chicago † (1931)
- (CL/CA-30) Houston † (1930)
- (CL/CA-31) Augusta (1931)
- New Orleans class
- (CL/CA-32) New Orleans (1934)
- Portland class
- (CL/CA-33) Portland (1933)
- New Orleans class
- (CL/CA-34) Astoria † (1934)
- Portland class
- (CL/CA-35) Indianapolis † (1932)
- New Orleans class
- (CL/CA-36) Minneapolis (1934)
- (CA-37) Tuscaloosa (1934)
- (CA-38) San Francisco (1934)
- (CA-39) Quincy † (1936)
- Brooklyn class
- (CL-40) Brooklyn (1937), later Chilean O'Higgins
- (CL-41) Philadelphia (1937), later Brazilian Barroso
- (CL-42) Savannah (1938)
- (CL-43) Nashville (1938), later Chilean Capitan Prat
- New Orleans class
- (CA-44) Vincennes † (1937)
- (CA-45) Wichita (1939)
- Brooklyn class
- (CL-46) Phoenix (1938), later Argentine General Belgrano (†)
- (CL-47) Boise (1938), later Argentine Nueve de Julio
- (CL-48) Honolulu (1938)
- St Louis class
- (CL-49) St. Louis (1939), later Brazilian Almirante Tamandaré
- (CL-50) Helena † (1939)
- Atlanta class
- (CL-51) Atlanta † (1941)
- (CL-52) Juneau † (1942)
- (CL/CLAA-53) San Diego (1942)
- (CL/CLAA-54) San Juan (1942)
- Cleveland class
- (CL-55) Cleveland (1942)
- (CL-56) Columbia (1942)
- (CL-57) Montpelier (1942)
- (CL-58) Denver (1942)
- (CL-59) Amsterdam (completed as Independence (CVL-22))
- (CL-60) Santa Fe (1942)
- (CL-61) Tallahassee (completed as Princeton (CVL-23) †)
- (CL-62) Birmingham (1943)
- (CL-63) Mobile (1943)
- (CL-64) Vincennes (ex-Flint) (1944)
- (CL-65) Pasadena (1944)
- (CL-66) Springfield (1944)
- (CL-67) Topeka (1944)
- Baltimore class
- (CA-68) Baltimore (1943)
- (CA-69) Boston (1943)
- (CA-70) Canberra (ex-Pittsburgh) (1943)
- (CA-71) Quincy (ex-St Paul) (1943)
- (CA-72) Pittsburgh (ex-Albany) (1944)
- (CA-73) St. Paul (1945)
- (CA-74) Columbus (1945)
- (CA-75) Helena (1945)
- Cleveland class
- (CL-76) New Haven (completed as Belleau Wood (CVL-24))
- (CL-77) Huntington (completed as Cowpens (CVL-25))
- (CL-78) Dayton (completed as Monterey (CVL-26))
- (CL-79) Wilmington (completed as Cabot (CVL-28))
- (CL-80) Biloxi (1943)
- (CL-81) Houston (ex-Vicksburg) (1943)
- (CL-82) Providence (1945)
- (CL-83) Manchester (1946)
- (CL-84) Buffalo* canceled 1940
- (CL-85) Fargo (completed as Langley (CVL-27))
- (CL-86) Vicksburg (1944)
- (CL-87) Duluth (1944)
- (CL-88) Newark* canceled 1940
- (CL-89) Miami (1943)
- (CL-90) Astoria (ex-Wilkes-Barre) (1944)
- (CL-91) Oklahoma City (1944)
- (CL-92) Little Rock (1945)
- (CL-93) Galveston (completed as CLG-3)
- (CL-94) Youngstown*
- Atlanta class
- (CL/CLAA-95) Oakland (1943)
- (CL/CLAA-96) Reno (1943)
- (CL/CLAA-97) Flint (1944)
- (CL/CLAA-98) Tucson (1945)
- Cleveland class
- (CL-99) Buffalo (completed as Bataan (CVL-29))
- (CL-100) Newark (completed as San Jacinto (CVL-30))
- (CL-101) Amsterdam (1945)
- (CL-102) Portsmouth (1945)
- (CL-103) Wilkes-Barre (1944)
- (CL-104) Atlanta (1944)
- (CL-105) Dayton (1945)
- Fargo class
- (CL-106) Fargo (1945)
- (CL-107) Huntington (1946)
- (CL-108) Newark *
- (CL-109) New Haven*
- (CL-110) Buffalo *
- (CL-111) Wilmington *
- (CL-112) Vallejo *
- (CL-113) Helena *
- (CL-114) Roanoke *
- CL-115 * canceled unnamed
- (CL-116) Tallahassee *
- (CL-117) Cheyenne *
- (CL-118) Chattanooga *
- Juneau class
- (CL/CLAA-119) Juneau (1946)
- (CL/CLAA-120) Spokane (1946)
- (CL/CLAA-121) Fresno (1946)
- Oregon City class
- (CA-122) Oregon City (1946)
- (CA-123) Albany (1946)
- (CA-124) Rochester (1946)
- (CA-125) Northampton (completed as CLC-1)
- (CA-126) Cambridge *
- (CA-127) Bridgeport *
- (CA-128) Kansas City *
- (CA-129) Tulsa *
- Baltimore class
- (CA-130) Bremerton (1945)
- (CA-131) Fall River (1945)
- (CA-132) Macon (1945)
- (CA-133) Toledo (1946)
- Des Moines class
- (CA-134) Des Moines (1948)
- Baltimore class
- (CA-135) Los Angeles (1945)
- (CA-136) Chicago (1945)
- Oregon City class
- (CA-137) Norfolk *
- (CA-138) Scranton *
- Des Moines class
- (CA-139) Salem (1949)
- (CA-140) Dallas *
- CA-141 * canceled unnamed
- CA-142 * canceled unnamed
- CA-143 * canceled unnamed
- Worcester class
- (CL-144) Worcester (1948)
- (CL-145) Roanoke (1949)
- (CL-146) Vallejo *
- (CL-147) Gary *
- Des Moines class
- (CA-148) Newport News (1949)
- CA-149 * canceled unnamed
- (CA-150) Dallas *
- CA-151 to 153 canceled unnamed
- Worcester class
- CL-154 to 159 canceled unnamed
- (CLGN/CGN-160) Long Beach, completed as CGN-9
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