USS Maryland (Armored Cruiser # 8, later CA-8), 1905-1930. Renamed Frederick in November 1916 --Selected Views. USS Maryland, a 13,680 ton Pennsylvania class armored cruiser built at Newport News, Virginia, was placed in commission in mid-April 1905. She served in the western Atlantic and Caribbean until September 1906, then began a long voyage ...

ARMORED CRUISER MARYLAND HOLDS RECORD FOR SPEED The armored cruiser Maryland (ACR-8), which was built for the United States government by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock company, attained on its official trial trip an average speed cf 22.35 knots an hour, thereby exceeding the contract requirement of twenty-two knots.

USS Baltimore (CA-68) was the lead ship of her class of heavy cruiser, the fifth ship of the United States Navy named after the city of Baltimore, Maryland. Baltimore was 664 feet (202.4 m) long at the waterline and 673 ft 5 in (205.26 m) long overall. She had a beam of 70 ft 10 in (21.59 m) and a draft of 24 ft (7.3 m).

USS Salem (CA-139) is a Des Moines -class heavy cruiser completed for the United States Navy shortly after World War II and commissioned in 1949. The second ship of her class, she was the world's last heavy cruiser to enter service and is the last remaining. She was decommissioned in 1959 after serving in the Atlantic and Mediterranean.

USS Salem (CA 139) At anchor in Palmas Bay, Sardinia, on 19 May 1950, two days after she became flagship of the Sixth Fleet. She is dressed with flags and flies the three-star flag of Commander, Sixth Fleet, from her foremast. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center #NH 97604.

The USS Newport News (CA-148) was the only one of the three Des Moines Class Heavy Cruisers to see combat: 3 tours to the gun-line in Vietnam 1967 thru 1972. Decommissioned on June 27, 1975, the NEWPORT NEWS spent the following years laid up at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, Penn.

USS United States was designed with the primary mission of carrying long-range bomber aircraft that could carry a heavy enough load to undertake nuclear bombardment missions. It would also carry long range escort fighters that would fly along and protect its bombers.

The USNSM is home to the USS Salem, the world’s only preserved Heavy Cruiser. We are located in the former Quincy Fore River Shipyard, once one of the Nation’s largest Shipbuilding Enterprises, in historic Quincy, Massachusetts.

USS Newport News (CA-148) Sixth Fleet - Second Fleet -Vietnam. The Heavy Cruiser USS Newport News (CA-148) served as Flag Ship for the 2nd & 6th fleets. Clicking on the years below you'll step back in time and relive the history of this Great Warship.

2020年4月7日 · USS Salem (CA-139) was part of the twelve-planned ships of the Des Moines-class heavy cruisers of the United States Navy (USN) during World War 2 (1939-1945). Only three of the group were completed as they arrived too late to see fighting in the global conflict (the rest were ultimately cancelled in the post-war drawdown).