List of United States Navy cruisers

This list of cruisers of the United States Navy includes all ships that were ever called "cruiser", either publicly or in internal documentation.

The Navy has 17 cruisers in active service, as of 29 September 2022, with the last tentatively scheduled for decommissioning in 2027. With the cancellation of the CG(X) program in 2010, the Navy currently has no cruiser replacement program planned.Defense News
The Navy is looking to the AEGIS-equipped destroyers to increasingly fill the role of the cruiser in the protection of the carrier strike group, as it could be well into the 2030s before any possible cruiser replacement program is up and running.

Ship status is indicated as either currently active (including ready reserve), inactive or precommissioning Ships in the inactive category include only ships in the inactive reserve, ships which have been disposed from US service have no listed status. Ships in the precommissioning category would include ships under construction or on order; as described above there currently are no such cruisers.

Historical overview

Nomenclature

Comprehension of the history of cruisers as shown in these lists requires some understanding of the unique role (sharing both independent and combined fleet operations) that cruisers were expected to support in the US fleet, and of the consequent influence this role had on design. In one example, the Navy's Bureau of Ships issued a memorandum in 1947 listing the ways in which cruiser hulls differed from destroyer hulls, including details such as double hull construction, electrical generation and distribution, water mains for firefighting, fuel lines and tankage, and fresh water distillation.

CGN-9 ''Long Beach'', commissioned in 1961, was the last US cruiser built on a true cruiser hull. All subsequent cruisers, including nuclear powered cruisers, were based on the less expensive and less capable destroyer hulls - the one attempt since ''Long Beach'' to revert to the advantages of a "cruiser hull" design was the canceled CSGN nuclear strike cruiser (the CSGN proposal mentioned the greater powerplant survivability from the separation of the two nuclear reactors in a cruiser hull over the adjacent reactors in a destroyer hull).

The sole example of a destroyer built on a cruiser hull was the experimental DL-1 ''Norfolk'', which was originally classed as a hunter-killer cruiser (CLK-1).

Overview of hull classifications

Since the cruiser nomenclature predates the hull numbering system, and there were several confusing renumberings and renamings, there are multiple entries on these lists referring to the same physical ship. Combat history summaries (wars and battle stars) are listed only for the specific hull classification and number; for example, the World War II battle stars for a heavy cruiser (CA) and the Vietnam War battle stars for the same ship after its conversion to a guided missile cruiser (CG) are listed separately in each ship type list.

Hull reclassifications and skipped hull numbers

CA-1, CA-6 and CA-10 were never used, as ACR-1 ''Maine'', ACR-6 ''California/San Diego'' and ACR-10 ''Tennessee/Memphis'' were lost prior to the 1920 redesignation, and their sisters' original hull numbers were carried over. CA-20 through CA-23 were skipped with the merger of the CA and CL sequences, which allowed the reclassification of the Washington Treaty CLs as CAs without re-numbering.

Heavy cruisers CA-149 and CA-151 to CA-153, light cruisers CL-154 to CL-159, hunter-killer cruiser CLK-2, and nuclear guided missile cruiser CGN-42 were canceled before being named.

Guided missile cruisers CG-1 through 8 and CG-10 through 12 were converted from World War II cruisers. CAG-1 USS ''Boston'' and CAG-2 USS ''Canberra'' retained most of their original gun armament and were later returned to their gun cruiser designations CA-69 and CA-70. CGN-9, ''Long Beach'', originally held the last designation in the heavy-light cruiser sequence, CLGN-160.

CG-15 was skipped so the ''Leahy''-class guided missile frigates (CG-16 class) could be redesignated without renumbering. The other missing numbers in the guided-missile cruiser series, 43–46, were not used so that DDG-47 ''Ticonderoga'' and DDG-48 ''Yorktown'' could be similarly redesignated. (It has been argued in some sources that the DDG-993 guided missile destroyers, which were essentially identically armed to the s, should have been redesignated CG-43 through −46.)

Before 30 June 1975, CG-16 USS ''Leahy'' through CGN-38 USS ''Virginia'' were designated DLG or DLGN (Destroyer Leader, Guided Missile (Nuclear powered)). They were redesignated cruisers in the 1975 ship reclassification. CGN-39 USS ''Texas'' and CGN-40 USS ''Mississippi'' were laid down as DLGNs but redesignated CGN before commissioning. CG-47 ''Ticonderoga'' and CG-48 ''Yorktown'' were ordered as guided missile destroyers (DDG) but were redesignated to guided missile cruisers (CG) before any ship was laid down. CGN-41 ''Arkansas'' and CG-49 through 73 were ordered, laid down and delivered as guided missile cruisers, although as ''Virginia'' or ''Ticonderoga''-class ships they had not been designed as cruisers.

Lists by type

Cruisers without hull designations

The first three modern cruisers in the Navy, the ''Atlanta'', ''Boston'', and ''Chicago'', were most successful as technology demonstrators that stimulated the US industrial base, with features such as steel hulls and electricity generation. The last two protected cruisers which initially served without hull classification numbers, the ''New Orleans'' and ''Albany'', were purchased from a British builder during mobilization for the 1898 Spanish–American War.

* ''Atlanta'' (1884), protected cruiser
* ''Boston'' (1884), protected cruiser – Spanish–American War, later ''Despatch'' (IX-2)
* ''Chicago'' (1885), protected cruiser
* ''Vesuvius'' (1888), experimental dynamite guns – Spanish–American War

''New Orleans''-class
* ''New Orleans'' (1898), ex-Brazilian ''Amazonas'' – Spanish–American War, WW1
* ''Albany'' (1899), ex-Brazilian ''Almirante Abreu'' – Spanish–American War, WW1

Armed merchant cruisers

Beginning in 1891 Congress subsidized a number of fast ocean liners with plans to requisition them in wartime. ''St. Louis'', ''St. Paul'', ''Harvard'', and ''Yale'' were the largest and were chartered by the Navy for the Spanish–American War, and seven others were purchased in 1898.
* ''St. Louis'' (1894) – Spanish–American War
* ''St. Paul'' (1895) – Spanish–American War
* ''Harvard'' (1898), ex- SS ''City of New York'' – Spanish–American War, later WW1 as troopship USS ''Plattsburg'' SP-1645
* ''Yale'' (1889), ex- SS''City of Paris'' – Spanish–American War, later WW1 as troopship USS ''Harrisburg'' ID-1663
* ''Badger'' (1889), ex-''Yumuri'' – Spanish–American War
* ''Panther'' (1889), ex-''Austin'' – Spanish–American War, later WW1 as destroyer tender AD-6
* ''Prairie'' (1890), ex-''El Sol'' – Spanish–American War, United States occupation of Veracruz, later WW1 as destroyer tender AD-5
* ''Buffalo'' (1892), ex-''El Cid'', later WW1 as destroyer tender AD-8
* ''Yankee'' (1892), ex-''El Norte'' – Spanish–American War, sank 4 December 1908 after grounding
* ''Yosemite'' (1892), ex-''El Sud'' – Spanish–American War, scuttled on or after 15 November 1900 after typhoon damage
* ''Dixie'' (1893), ex-''El Rio'' – Spanish–American War, later WW1 as destroyer tender, later AD-1

German war prize

* ''Frankfurt'' (1915), sunk as target

Armored cruisers

Officially these ships were e.g., "Armored Cruiser No. 1". Unofficially, top naval officers initially referred to these ships as battleships because they cost almost as much, shared many features with them, and were intended to accompany them in fleet actions; they took care to ensure that Congress never heard their opinion. The 1905 Russo-Japanese War showed armored cruisers did not perform as well as either battleships or as other cruiser types. As battleship technology advanced they were judged obsolete for their original role about the time the last U.S. armored cruiser was commissioned (this advance in part led to the development of battlecruisers as a replacement), and so they were retained for other cruiser roles despite their deficiencies. During 1912–1920 the U.S. armored cruisers had their names changed from states to cities within those states to free up the names for battleships.

* (ACR-1) ''Maine'' (1895), later classed as a second class battleship, sunk by explosion 15 February 1898, 286 killed
* (ACR-2) ''New York'' (1893) – Spanish–American War, later ''Saratoga'', WW1 as ''Rochester'', later CA-2
* (ACR-3) ''Brooklyn'' (1896) – Spanish–American War, later CA-3

* (ACR-4) ''Pennsylvania'' (1905), later ''Pittsburgh'' – United States occupation of Veracruz, WW1, later CA-4
* (ACR-5) ''West Virginia'' (1905), later ''Huntington'' – WW1, later CA-5
* (ACR-6) ''California'' (1907), later ''San Diego'' – WW1, sunk by mine 19 July 1918, 6 killed
* (ACR-7) ''Colorado'' (1905), later ''Pueblo'' – WW1, later CA-7
* (ACR-8) ''Maryland'' (1905), later ''Frederick'' – WW1, later CA-8
* (ACR-9) ''South Dakota'' (1908) – WW1, later ''Huron'' CA-9

* (ACR-10) ''Tennessee'' (1906), later ''Memphis'', wrecked 29 August 1916, 43 killed and missing
* (ACR-11) ''Washington'' (1906), later ''Seattle'' – WW1, later CA-11
* (ACR-12) ''North Carolina'' (1908) – WW1, later ''Charlotte'' CA-12
* (ACR-13) ''Montana'' (1908), later ''Missoula'' – WW1, later CA-13

Protected and Peace cruisers

In the pre-1920 period abbreviations were informal and not standardized; officially these ships were, e.g., "Cruiser No. 1". Only the ''Montgomery'' class were unprotected cruisers, all the rest were protected cruisers. The Navy often referred to unprotected cruisers and obsolete protected cruisers (and some large gunboats without cruiser features) as ''peace cruisers'' due to their use in major policing and diplomatic roles.

* (C-1) ''Newark'' (1891) – Spanish–American War
* (C-2) ''Charleston'' (1889) – Spanish–American War, wrecked 2 November 1899
* (C-3) ''Baltimore'' (1890) – Spanish–American War, WW1, later minelayer CM-1
* (C-4) ''Philadelphia'' (1890), later IX-24
* (C-5) ''San Francisco'' (1890) – Spanish–American War, WW1, later minelayer CM-2
* (C-6) ''Olympia'' (1895) – Spanish–American War, WW1
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* (C-7) ''Cincinnati'' (1894) – Spanish–American War, WW1
* (C-8) ''Raleigh'' (1894) – Spanish–American War, WW1

* (C-9) ''Montgomery'' (1894) – Spanish–American War, WW1 as ''Anniston''
* (C-10) ''Detroit'' (1893) – Spanish–American War
* (C-11) ''Marblehead'' (1894) – Spanish–American War, WW1, later PG-27

* (C-12) ''Columbia'' (1894) – Spanish–American War, WW1, later CA-16
* (C-13) ''Minneapolis'' (1894) – Spanish–American War, WW1, later CA-17

* (C-14) ''Denver'' (1904) – WW1, later PG-28, CL-16
* (C-15) ''Des Moines'' (1904) – WW1, later PG-29, CL-17
* (C-16) ''Chattanooga'' (1904) – WW1, later PG-30, CL-18
* (C-17) ''Galveston'' (1905) – WW1, later PG-31, CL-19
* (C-18) ''Tacoma'' (1904) – United States occupation of Veracruz, WW1, later PG-32, CL-20
* (C-19) ''Cleveland'' (1903), later PG-33, CL-22

* (C-20) ''St. Louis'' (1906) – WW1, later CA-18
* (C-21) ''Milwaukee'' (1906), wrecked 13 January 1917
* (C-22) ''Charleston'' (1905) – WW1, later CA-19

While classified as patrol gunboats by the Navy and as sloops by the London Naval Treaty, the 2,000 ton displacement ''Erie''-class gunboats were designed to fulfill the role of peace cruisers in Asia and the Caribbean as detailed in internal Navy documents.

''Erie''-class
* (PG-50) ''Erie'' (1936) – WW2: 1 battle star, burned out and beached after torpedo hit 12 November 1942, 7 killed
* (PG-51) ''Charleston'' (1936) – WW2: 1 battle star

Cruiser minelayers

In 1919 two cruisers were reclassified as Cruiser Minelayers (CM); they had laid mines in the North Sea during WW1. Other large minelayers with no cruiser features or history were later given this hull symbol, and the 'cruiser' nomenclature was dropped.

* (CM-1) ''Baltimore'', ex-C-3
* (CM-2) ''San Francisco'', ex-C-5

Scout cruisers

The use of fast armed merchant cruisers in the Spanish–American War and the fleet exercises of 1902-03 convinced the Navy that it needed fast scout cruisers. The ''Chester'' class was built in part to test high speed propulsion plants. The ''Omaha'' class would become the oldest U.S. cruisers to serve in World War II. Officially these ships were, e.g., "Scout Cruiser No. 1", and sometimes abbreviated SC or SCR; on 8 August 1921 all would be reclassed as light cruisers.

* (CS-1) ''Chester'' (1908) – United States occupation of Veracruz, WW1; later CL-1
* (CS-2) ''Birmingham'' (1908) – WW1, later CL-2
* (CS-3) ''Salem'' (1908) – WW1, later CL-3

''Omaha'' class
* (CS-4) ''Omaha'' (laid down 1918) – later CL-4
* (CS-5) ''Milwaukee'' (laid down 1918) – later CL-5
* (CS-6) ''Cincinnati'' (laid down 1920) – later CL-6
* (CS-7) ''Raleigh'' (ordered 1916) – later CL-7
* (CS-8) ''Detroit'' (ordered 1916) – later CL-8
* (CS-9) ''Richmond'' (laid down 1920) – later CL-9
* (CS-10) ''Concord'' (ordered 1916) – later CL-10
* (CS-11) ''Trenton'' (ordered 1916) – later CL-11
* (CS-12) ''Marblehead'' (ordered 1916) – later CL-12
* (CS-13) ''Memphis'' (ordered 1916) – later CL-13

Battlecruisers

The United States laid down its only six battlecruisers as part of the 1917 construction program; in accordance with the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty four were scrapped incomplete and two converted during construction into the s.

* (CC-1) ''Lexington'' – completed as
* (CC-2) ''Constellation'' – canceled
* (CC-3) ''Saratoga'' – completed as
* (CC-4) ''Ranger'' – canceled
* (CC-5) ''Constitution'' – canceled
* (CC-6) ''United States'' – canceled

Heavy and light cruisers

Post-World War I

On 17 July 1920, all First and Second Class Cruisers (armored and protected cruisers) still in service were reclassified as Armored Cruisers (CA).
* (CA-1) skipped
* (CA-2) ''Rochester'' (ex-ACR-2)
* (CA-3) ''Brooklyn'' (ex-ACR-3)

''Pennsylvania''-class
* (CA-4) ''Pittsburgh'' (ex-ACR-4)
* (CA-5) ''Huntington'' (ex-ACR-5)
* (CA-6) skipped
* (CA-7) ''Pueblo'' (ex-ACR-7)
* (CA-8) ''Frederick'' (ex-ACR-8)
* (CA-9) ''Huron'' (ex-ACR-9)

''Tennessee''-class
* (CA-10) skipped
* (CA-11) ''Seattle'' (ex-ACR-11; later IX-39)
* (CA-12) ''Charlotte'' (ex-ACR-12)
* (CA-13) ''Missoula'' (ex-ACR-13)

other classes
* (CA-14) ''Chicago'' (from 1885 unclassified)
* (CA-15) ''Olympia'' (ex-C-6)

''Columbia''-class
* (CA-16) ''Columbia'' (ex-C-12)
* (CA-17) ''Minneapolis'' (ex-C-13)

''St. Louis''-class (1905)
* (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 ''New Orleans'' and ''Denver''-class "peace cruisers" were reclassified as Patrol Gunboats (PG).

On 8 August 1921 the system was revised; the surviving protected cruisers (except for the "semi-armored" ''St Louis'' class) and the peace cruiser/patrol gunboats were all grouped with the scout cruisers as Light Cruisers (CL).

''Chester''-class
* (CL-1) ''Chester'' (ex-CS-1)
* (CL-2) ''Birmingham'' (ex-CS-2)
* (CL-3) ''Salem'' (ex-CS-3)

''Omaha''-class
* (CL-4) ''Omaha'' (ex-CS-4, 1923) – WW2: 1 battle star
* (CL-5) ''Milwaukee'' (ex-CS-5, 1923) – WW2: 1 battle star
* (CL-6) ''Cincinnati'' (ex-CS-6, 1924) – WW2: 1 battle star
* (CL-7) ''Raleigh'' (ex-CS-7, 1924) – WW2: 3 battle stars
* (CL-8) ''Detroit'' (ex-CS-8, 1923) – WW2: 6 battle stars
* (CL-9) ''Richmond'' (ex-CS-9, 1923) – WW2: 2 battle stars
* (CL-10) ''Concord'' (ex-CS-10, 1923) – WW2: 1 battle star
* (CL-11) ''Trenton'' (ex-CS-11, 1924) – WW2: 1 battle star
* (CL-12) ''Marblehead'' (ex-CS-12, 1924) – WW2: 2 battle stars
* (CL-13) ''Memphis'' (ex-CS-13, 1925)

other classes
* (CL-14) ''Chicago'' (ex-CA-14; later IX-5 ''Alton'')
* (CL-15) ''Olympia'' (ex-C-6, ex-CA-15, later IX-40, then museum ship)

''Denver''-class
* (CL-16) ''Denver'' (ex-C-14, ex-PG-28)
* (CL-17) ''Des Moines'' (ex-C-15, ex-PG-29)
* (CL-18) ''Chattanooga'' (ex-C-16, ex-PG-30)
* (CL-19) ''Galveston'' (ex-C-17, ex-PG-31)
* (CL-20) ''Tacoma'' (ex-C-18, ex-PG-32), wrecked 1924
* (CL-21) ''Cleveland'' (ex-C-19, ex-PG-33)

''New Orleans''-class (1896)
* (CL-22) ''New Orleans'' (ex-''Amazonas'', ex-PG-34)
* (CL-23) ''Albany'' (ex-''Almirante Abreu'', ex-PG-36)

The CA/CL overlap of hull numbers would persist until the last armored cruiser of the original CA series, ''Seattle'', was reclassed as IX-39.

Washington Naval Treaty

The first cruisers of the ''Pensacola'', ''Northampton'', ''New Orleans'', and ''Portland'' classes – which were designed after the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty, so quickly that the last design was complete before sea trial of the first were finished – were originally designated Light Cruisers (CL) due to their light protection. Later, in accordance with the 1930 London Naval Treaty, they were reclassified as "Heavy Cruisers" (CA) in 1931 due to their guns. ''Thenceforward new heavy and light cruisers were numbered in a single sequence.'' These four classes were known as "Treaty cruisers" and "Tinclads" and were seen even before World War II as deficient by the Navy due to the treaty limitations, but despite their high losses in the early days of the war they performed well.

* (CL/CA-24) ''Pensacola'' (1930) – WW2: 13 battle stars
* (CL/CA-25) ''Salt Lake City'' (1929) – WW2: 11 battle stars

* (CL/CA-26) ''Northampton'' (1930) – WW2: 6 battle stars, sunk by torpedoes 1 December 1942
* (CL/CA-27) ''Chester'' (1930) – WW2: 11 battle stars
* (CL/CA-28) ''Louisville'' (1931) – WW2: 13 battle stars
* (CL/CA-29) ''Chicago'' (1931) – WW2: 3 battle stars, sunk by air attack 30 January 1943, 62 killed
* (CL/CA-30) ''Houston'' (1930) – WW2: 2 battle stars, sunk by torpedoes 1 March 1942, 693 killed and 77 POWs died
* (CL/CA-31) ''Augusta'' (1931) – WW2: 3 battle stars

* (CL/CA-32) ''New Orleans'' (1934) – WW2: 17 battle stars

* (CL/CA-33) ''Portland'' (1933) – WW2: 16 battle stars

''New Orleans'' class
* (CL/CA-34) ''Astoria'' (1934) – WW2: 3 battle stars, sunk by gunfire 9 August 1942, 219 killed

''Portland'' class
* (CL/CA-35) ''Indianapolis'' (1932) – WW2: 10 battle stars, sunk by torpedoes 30 July 1945, 879 killed

''New Orleans'' class
* (CL/CA-36) ''Minneapolis'' (1934) – WW2: 17 battle stars
* (CA-37) ''Tuscaloosa'' (1934) – WW2: 7 battle stars
* (CA-38) ''San Francisco'' (1934) – WW2: 17 battle stars
* (CA-39) ''Quincy'' (1936) – WW2: 1 battle star, sunk by gunfire and torpedoes 9 August 1942, 370 killed

London Naval Treaty

The terms of the 1930 London Naval Treaty motivated the signatories to de-emphasize heavy cruiser construction in favor of light cruisers. The resultant nine ship ''Brooklyn''-class of light cruisers had a strong influence on US cruiser design. Nearly all subsequent US cruisers, heavy and light, were directly or indirectly based on them, including the unique heavy cruiser ''Wichita''.

* (CL-40) ''Brooklyn'' (1937) – WW2: 4 battle stars, later Chilean ''O'Higgins''
* (CL-41) ''Philadelphia'' (1937) – WW2: 5 battle stars, later Brazilian ''Barroso''
* (CL-42) ''Savannah'' (1938) – WW2: 3 battle stars
* (CL-43) ''Nashville'' (1938) – WW2: 10 battle stars, later Chilean ''Capitan Prat ''

''New Orleans'' class
* (CA-44) ''Vincennes'' (1937) – WW2: 2 battle stars, sunk by gunfire and torpedoes 9 August 1942, 332 killed

''Wichita'' class
* (CA-45) ''Wichita'' (1939) – WW2: 13 battle stars

''Brooklyn'' class
* (CL-46) ''Phoenix'' (1938) – WW2: 11 battle stars, later ARA ''General Belgrano'', sunk by torpedo 2 May 1982
* (CL-47) ''Boise'' (1938) – WW2: 11 battle stars, later ARA ''Nueve de Julio''
* (CL-48) ''Honolulu'' (1938) – WW2: 8 battle stars

''Brooklyn'' class (''St. Louis'' subclass)
* (CL-49) ''St. Louis'' (1939) – WW2: 11 battle stars, later Brazilian ''Almirante Tamandaré''
* (CL-50) ''Helena'' (1939) – WW2: 7 battle stars, war loss 6 July 1943, 168 killed

Second London Naval Treaty

The 1936 Second London Naval Treaty would also influence the Navy's light cruiser program. It imposed limits that resulted in the smaller displacement ''Atlanta'' class with a dual purpose rapid fire main gun battery, the first such ship in the Navy. Parallel to the ''Atlanta'' design was an abortive attempt to design a super-''Atlanta'' known as the Cruiser-Destroyer, or CLD.

* (CL-51) ''Atlanta'' (1941) – WW2: 5 battle stars, scuttled after torpedo damage 13 November 1942
* (CL-52) ''Juneau'' (1942) – WW2: 4 battle stars, sunk by torpedoes 13 November 1942
* (CL-53) ''San Diego'' (1942) – WW2: 18 battle stars
* (CL-54) ''San Juan'' (1942) – WW2: 13 battle stars

World War II

When the United States entered World War II it had three major classes of cruisers under construction: the ''Atlanta'' and ''Cleveland'' light cruiser classes (with 5-inch and 6-inch main batteries, respectively), and the ''Baltimore''-class of heavy cruisers. These ships would form the bulk of the cruiser war construction effort, with eight ''Atlanta''-class, twenty-seven ''Cleveland''-class, and fourteen ''Baltimore''-class cruisers ultimately completed. Early in the war nine ''Cleveland'' hulls would be diverted for conversion into light aircraft carriers (CVLs). By the end of the war three ''Cleveland'' hulls would be canceled, and one incomplete hull would later be converted to a guided missile cruiser.

* (CL-55) ''Cleveland'' (1942) – WW2: 13 battle stars
* (CL-56) ''Columbia'' (1942) – WW2: 10 battle stars
* (CL-57) ''Montpelier'' (1942) – WW2: 13 battle stars
* (CL-58) ''Denver'' (1942) – WW2: 11 battle stars
* (CL-59) ''Amsterdam'' (completed as )
* (CL-60) ''Santa Fe'' (1942) – WW2: 13 battle stars
* (CL-61) ''Tallahassee'' (completed as )
* (CL-62) ''Birmingham'' (1943) – WW2: 8 battle stars
* (CL-63) ''Mobile'' (1943) – WW2: 11 battle stars
* (CL-64) ''Vincennes'' (ex-''Flint'') (1944) – WW2: 6 battle stars
* (CL-65) ''Pasadena'' (1944) – WW2: 5 battle stars
* (CL-66) ''Springfield'' (1944) – WW2: 2 battle stars, later converted to CLG-7
* (CL-67) ''Topeka'' (1944) – WW2: 2 battle stars, later converted to CLG-8

* (CA-68) ''Baltimore'' (1943) – WW2: 9 battle stars
* (CA-69) ''Boston'' (1943) – WW2: 10 battle stars, later converted to CAG-1
* (CA-70) ''Canberra'' (ex-''Pittsburgh'') (1943) – WW2: 7 battle stars, later converted to CAG-2
* (CA-71) ''Quincy'' (ex-''St Paul'') (1943) – WW2: 5 battle stars
* (CA-72) ''Pittsburgh'' (ex-''Albany'') (1944) – WW2: 2 battle stars
* (CA-73) ''St. Paul'' (1945) – WW2: 1 battle star, Korea: 8 stars, Vietnam: 9 stars
* (CA-74) ''Columbus'' (1945) – later converted to CG-12
* (CA-75) ''Helena'' (ex-''Des Moines'') (1945) – WW2: 4 battle stars

''Cleveland'' class
* (CL-76) ''New Haven'' (completed as )
* (CL-77) ''Huntington'' (completed as )
* (CL-78) ''Dayton'' (completed as )
* (CL-79) ''Wilmington'' (completed as )
* (CL-80) ''Biloxi'' (1943) – WW2: 9 battle stars
* (CL-81) ''Houston'' (ex-''Vicksburg'') (1943) – WW2: 3 battle stars
* (CL-82) ''Providence'' (1945) – later converted to CLG-6
* (CL-83) ''Manchester'' (1946) – Korea: 9 battle stars
* (CL-84) ''Buffalo'' – canceled
* (CL-85) ''Fargo'' (completed as )
* (CL-86) ''Vicksburg'' (1944) – WW2: 2 battle stars
* (CL-87) ''Duluth'' (1944) – WW2: 2 battle stars
* (CL-88) ''Newark'' – canceled
* (CL-89) ''Miami'' (1943) – WW2: 6 battle stars
* (CL-90) ''Astoria'' (ex-''Wilkes-Barre'') (1944) – WW2: 5 battle stars
* (CL-91) ''Oklahoma City'' (1944) – WW2: 2 battle stars, later converted to CLG-5
* (CL-92) ''Little Rock'' (1945) – later converted to CLG-4
* (CL-93) ''Galveston'' (completed as CLG-3)
* (CL-94) ''Youngstown'' – canceled after construction started

''Atlanta'' class (''Oakland'' subclass)
* (CL-95) ''Oakland'' (1943) – WW2: 9 battle stars
* (CL-96) ''Reno'' (1943) – WW2: 3 battle stars
* (CL-97) ''Flint'' (1944) – WW2: 4 battle stars
* (CL-98) ''Tucson'' (1945) – WW2: 1 battle star

''Cleveland'' class
* (CL-99) ''Buffalo'' (completed as )
* (CL-100) ''Newark'' (completed as )
* (CL-101) ''Amsterdam'' (1945) – WW2: 1 battle star
* (CL-102) ''Portsmouth'' (1945)
* (CL-103) ''Wilkes-Barre'' (1944) – WW2: 4 battle stars
* (CL-104) ''Atlanta'' (1944) – WW2: 2 battle stars, later IX-304
* (CL-105) ''Dayton'' (1945) – WW2: 1 battle star

As the Navy gained experience with World War II combat conditions, it was decided that the ''Atlanta'', ''Cleveland'', and ''Baltimore'' classes needed improvement. However, major improvements would cause unacceptable delays in the construction programs. A new generation of cruisers with minor improvements would consist of the ''Juneau'' and ''Fargo'' classes of light cruisers (respectively 5-inch and 6-inch main batteries), and the ''Oregon City''-class of heavy cruisers. Due to the near-total destruction of the Imperial Japanese Navy, the number of the ships of this generation to be completed as gun cruisers would be small: three ''Juneau''-class, two ''Fargo''-class, and three ''Oregon City''-class cruisers. A fourth ''Oregon City''-class cruiser would be completed postwar as a command cruiser. Seventeen hulls from among the three classes were canceled.

* (CL-106) Fargo (1945)
* (CL-107) Huntington (1946)
* (CL-108) ''Newark'' – canceled after construction started
* (CL-109) ''New Haven'' – canceled after construction started
* (CL-110) ''Buffalo'' – canceled after construction started
* (CL-111) ''Wilmington'' – canceled after construction started
* (CL-112) ''Vallejo'' – canceled
* (CL-113) ''Helena'' – canceled
* (CL-114) ''Roanoke'' – canceled
* (CL-115) – canceled unnamed
* (CL-116) ''Tallahassee'' – canceled after construction started
* (CL-117) ''Cheyenne'' – canceled after construction started
* (CL-118) ''Chattanooga'' – canceled after construction started

* (CL-119) ''Juneau'' (1946)
* (CL-120) ''Spokane'' (1946)
* (CL-121) ''Fresno'' (1946)

''Oregon City'' class
* (CA-122) ''Oregon City'' (1946)
* (CA-123) ''Albany'' (1946) – later converted to CG-10
* (CA-124) ''Rochester'' (1946) – Korea: 6 battle stars
* (CA-125) ''Northampton'' (completed as CLC-1)
* (CA-126) ''Cambridge'' – canceled after construction started
* (CA-127) ''Bridgeport'' – canceled after construction started
* (CA-128) ''Kansas City'' – canceled after construction started
* (CA-129) ''Tulsa'' – canceled

''Baltimore'' class
* (CA-130) ''Bremerton'' (1945) – Korea: 2 battle stars
* (CA-131) ''Fall River'' (1945)
* (CA-132) ''Macon'' (1945)
* (CA-133) ''Toledo'' (1946) – Korea: 5 battle stars

Post-World War II

The Navy agreed in the waning days of World War II to construct a small number of cruisers for the purpose of operationally testing new gun designs and other major improvements incorporating the lessons learned of World War II combat: the 'CL-154' and ''Worcester'' classes of light cruisers (respectively 5-inch and 6-inch main batteries), and the ''Des Moines''-class of heavy cruisers. Initially the Navy wanted at least one squadron of six ships of each class, but in the end only two ''Worcester''-class and three ''Des Moines''-class cruisers would be completed, and the CL-154 class would be cancelled in its entirety. A total of seventeen hulls from among the three planned classes would be canceled.

* (CA-134) ''Des Moines'' (1948)

''Baltimore'' class
* (CA-135) ''Los Angeles'' (1945) – WW2: 1 battle star, Korea: 5 stars
* (CA-136) ''Chicago'' (1945) – WW2: 1 battle star, later converted to CG-11

''Oregon City'' class
* (CA-137) ''Norfolk'' – canceled after construction started
* (CA-138) ''Scranton'' – canceled after construction started

''Des Moines'' class
* (CA-139) ''Salem'' (1949), museum ship
* (CA-140) ''Dallas'' – canceled after construction started
* CA-141 to 143 – canceled unnamed

* (CL-144) ''Worcester'' (1948) – Korea: 2 battle stars
* (CL-145) ''Roanoke'' (1949)
* (CL-146) ''Vallejo'' – canceled after construction started
* (CL-147) ''Gary'' – canceled after construction started

''Des Moines'' class
* (CA-148) ''Newport News'' (1949) – Vietnam: 3 battle stars
* (CA-149) – canceled unnamed
* (CA-150) ''Dallas'' – canceled
* CA-151 to 153 – canceled unnamed

CL-154 class
* CL-154 to 159 – canceled unnamed

The last ship to be assigned a hull number in the Heavy and Light Cruiser sequence would be the 1950's era nuclear powered ''Long Beach'', though this ship would be assigned another number and designation before launch.

''Long Beach'' class
* CLGN/CGN-160 ''Long Beach'', completed as CGN-9 (1961)

Large cruisers

The motivation for the large cruiser concept came from the deployment of Germany's so-called pocket battleships in the early 1930s, and from concerns that Japan would follow with similar ships. These large cruisers had design features intermediate between heavy cruisers and battleships (such as the unique and highly effective 12-inch/50-caliber Mark 8 guns); this was unlike the designs of the earlier battlecruisers, the last design of which had the same guns as battleships but less armor and more speed. Despite these differences large cruisers and battlecruisers were intended to serve much the same role.

* (CB-1) ''Alaska'' (1944) – WW2: 3 battle stars
* (CB-2) ''Guam'' (1944) – WW2: 2 battle stars
* (CB-3) ''Hawaii'' – construction stopped after launching, conversion to a missile ship (CBG-3) and then a command ship (CBC-1) canceled
* (CB-4) ''Philippines'' – canceled
* (CB-5) ''Puerto Rico'' – canceled
* (CB-6) ''Samoa'' – canceled

German cruiser war prize

* (IX-300) ''Prinz Eugen'' (1940 Germany heavy cruiser, entered USN service in 1945 after award as war prize and expended in nuclear testing in 1946)

Hunter-Killer cruisers

CLK-1 was authorized in 1947 as an anti-submarine hunter killer. She was designed on a light cruiser hull so she could carry a greater variety of detection gear than a destroyer.
* (CLK-1) ''Norfolk'', reclassified as Destroyer Leader DL-1 prior to launch
* (CLK-2) – canceled unnamed

Antiaircraft cruisers

On 18 March 1949, the surviving light cruisers of the ''Atlanta'' and ''Juneau'' classes were redesignated as antiaircraft cruisers (CLAA) without changing their hull numbers; ''San Diego'', ''San Juan'', and ''Flint'' were redesignated even though they had been decommissioned and were in reserve. The CL-154 class would also have received this designation had they not been canceled.
''Atlanta'' class
* (CLAA-53) ''San Diego''
* (CLAA-54) ''San Juan''

''Atlanta'' class (''Oakland'' subclass)
* (CLAA-95) ''Oakland''
* (CLAA-96) ''Reno''
* (CLAA-97) ''Flint''
* (CLAA-98) ''Tucson''

''Juneau'' class
* (CLAA-119) ''Juneau'' – Korea: 5 battle stars
* (CLAA-120) ''Spokane'', later AG-191
* (CLAA-121) ''Fresno''

Command cruisers

By the end of World War II the Navy had gained favorable experience with dedicated amphibious command ships, and desired similar but faster ships to accompany aircraft carriers for fleet command, which would also relieve overcrowded fleet command facilities on other ships. The result would be the highly capable but expensive command cruisers.

* (CLC/CC-1) ''Northampton'' (ex-CA-125) (1953)
* (CBC-1) ''Hawaii'' (ex-CB-3, ex-CBG-3) – conversion canceled
* (CC-2) ''Wright'' (ex-CVL-49, ex-AVT-7) (1963)
* (CC-3) ''Saipan'' (ex-CVL-48, ex-AVT-6), - conversion canceled, later AGMR-2 as ''Arlington''

Guided missile cruisers

'Cruiser hulls'

With the exception of the purpose-built nuclear powered guided missile cruiser ''Long Beach'', all of the early guided missile cruisers were converted heavy or light cruisers from the World War II era. The early conversions (CAG and CLG) were 'single-enders' which placed the missile facilities aft and conservatively retained their forward main gun batteries; the later conversions (CG) were 'double-enders' which eliminated the main guns. In 1975 the surviving 'single enders' would be reclassified as CG even though they retained their guns.

''Alaska'' class
* (CBG-3) ''Hawaii'' (ex-CB-3) – conversion canceled

* (CAG-1) ''Boston'' (ex-CA-69, 1955) – Vietnam: 5 battle stars
* (CAG-2) ''Canberra'' (ex-CA-70, 1956) – Vietnam: 4 battle stars

* (CLG-3) ''Galveston'' (ex-CL-93, 1958) – Vietnam: 2 battle stars
* (CLG/CG-4) ''Little Rock'' (ex-CL-92, 1960), museum ship
* (CLG/CG-5) ''Oklahoma City'' (ex-CL-91, 1960) – Vietnam: 11 battle stars

* (CLG/CG-6) ''Providence'' (ex-CL-82, 1959) – Vietnam: 6 battle stars
* (CLG/CG-7) ''Springfield'' (ex-CL-66, 1960)
* (CLG-8) ''Topeka'' (ex-CL-67, 1960) – Vietnam: 3 battle stars

''Long Beach'' class
* (CGN-9) ''Long Beach'' (ex-CLGN-160, 1961) – Vietnam: 7 battle stars

* (CG-10) ''Albany'' (ex-CA-123, 1962)
* (CG-11) ''Chicago'' (ex-CA-136, 1964) – Vietnam: 11 battle stars
* (CG-12) ''Columbus'' (ex-CA-74, 1962)
* (CG-13) ''Rochester'' – conversion canceled
* (CG-14) ''Bremerton'' – conversion canceled

'Destroyer hulls'

Following the conversion of the ''Albany'' class, all guided missile cruisers would be built on 'destroyer hulls'; the pre-1975 ships were originally classified as destroyers (DDG) or as destroyer leaders (DLG) and termed 'frigates' before reclassification as cruisers.

* (CG-15) skipped to redesignate the ''Leahy''-class frigates without renumbering

* (DLG/CG-16) ''Leahy'' (1962) – Gulf War: 2 battle stars
* (DLG/CG-17) ''Harry E. Yarnell'' (1963)
* (DLG/CG-18) ''Worden'' (1963) – Vietnam: 9 battle stars, Gulf War: 2 stars
* (DLG/CG-19) ''Dale'' (1963) – Vietnam: 8 battle stars, Gulf War: 1 star
* (DLG/CG-20) ''Richmond K. Turner'' (1964) – Vietnam: 6 battle stars, Gulf War 3 stars
* (DLG/CG-21) ''Gridley'' (1963) – Vietnam: 6 battle stars, Gulf War 1 star
* (DLG/CG-22) ''England'' (1963) – Vietnam: 6 battle stars, Gulf War 1 star
* (DLG/CG-23) ''Halsey'' (1963) – Vietnam: 8 battle stars, Gulf War: 1 star
* (DLG/CG-24) ''Reeves'' (1964) – Vietnam: 9 battle stars

''Bainbridge'' class
* (DLGN/CGN-25) ''Bainbridge'' (1962) – Vietnam: 8 battle stars, Gulf War: 1 star

* (DLG/CG-26) ''Belknap'' (1964) – Vietnam: 3 battle stars
* (DLG/CG-27) ''Josephus Daniels'' (1965) – Vietnam: 3 battle stars
* (DLG/CG-28) ''Wainwright'' (1966) – Vietnam: 4 battle stars
* (DLG/CG-29) ''Jouett'' (1966) – Vietnam: 7 battle stars, Gulf War: 1 star
* (DLG/CG-30) ''Horne'' (1967) – Vietnam: 6 battle stars, Gulf War: 1 star
* (DLG/CG-31) ''Sterett'' (1967) – Vietnam: 7 battle stars
* (DLG/CG-32) ''William H. Standley'' (1966) – Vietnam: 4 battle stars
* (DLG/CG-33) ''Fox'' (1966) – Vietnam: 4 battle stars, Gulf War: 1 star
* (DLG/CG-34) ''Biddle'' (1967) – Vietnam: 6 battle stars, Gulf War: 2 star

''Truxtun'' class
* (DLGN/CGN-35) ''Truxtun'' (1967) – Vietnam: 7 battle stars

* (DLGN/CGN-36) ''California'' (1974) – Gulf War: 1 battle star
* (DLGN/CGN-37) ''South Carolina'' (1975) – Gulf War: 1 battle star

* (DLGN/CGN-38) ''Virginia'' (1976) – Gulf War: 2 battle stars
* (DLGN/CGN-39) ''Texas'' (1977) – Gulf War: 1 battle star
* (CGN-40) ''Mississippi'' (1978) – Gulf War: 2 battle stars
* (CGN-41) ''Arkansas'' (1980) – Gulf War: 1 battle star

CSGN class

The CSGN class, a proposed nuclear-powered Aegis strike cruiser, canceled unnamed and unnumbered; this was the sole proposal since 1961 to use 'cruiser hull' standards in a ship designated 'cruiser'.

CGN-42 class
* CGN-42, ''Virginia''-class derivative nuclear-powered Aegis cruiser, proposed as a cheaper alternative to the CSGN, canceled unnamed

The ''Ticonderoga'' class ships were originally planned as Aegis guided missile destroyers - they were built on destroyer hulls - but were then reclassed as cruisers.

* CG-43 to CG-46 skipped to allow redesignation of DDG-47 ''Ticonderoga'' without renumbering.
Ticonderoga class with the Mark 26 missile launch system
* (DDG/CG-47) ''Ticonderoga'' (1983) – Gulf War: 1 battle star
* (DDG/CG-48) ''Yorktown'' (1984)
* (CG-49) ''Vincennes'' (1985)
* (CG-50) ''Valley Forge'' (1986) – Gulf War: 3 battle stars
* (CG-51) ''Thomas S. Gates'' (1987) – Gulf War: 2 battle stars, GWOT
''Ticonderoga'' class with the Vertical Launch System (VLS)
* (CG-52) ''Bunker Hill'' (1986) – Gulf War: 2 battle stars, GWOT
* (CG-53) ''Mobile Bay'' (1987) – Gulf War: 2 battle stars, Iraq War, GWOT
* (CG-54) ''Antietam'' (1987) – Gulf War: 1 battle star, Iraq War: 1 star, GWOT
* (CG-55) ''Leyte Gulf'' (1987) – Gulf War: 2 battle stars, GWOT
* (CG-56) ''San Jacinto'' (1988) – Gulf War: 2 battle stars, GWOT
* (CG-57) ''Lake Champlain'' (1988) – Gulf War: 1 battle star, GWOT
* (CG-58) ''Philippine Sea'' (1989) – Gulf War: 2 battle stars, GWOT
* (CG-59) ''Princeton'' (1989) – Gulf War: 3 battle stars, GWOT
* (CG-60) ''Normandy'' (1989) – Gulf War: 2 battle stars, Iraq War, GWOT
* (CG-61) ''Monterey'' (1990)
* (CG-62) ''Chancellorsville'' (1989) – Gulf War: 1 battle star, GWOT
* (CG-63) ''Cowpens'' (1991) – Gulf War: 1 battle star, GWOT
* (CG-64) ''Gettysburg'' (1991)
* (CG-65) ''Chosin'' (1991) – Gulf War: 1 battle star, GWOT
* (CG-66) ''Hué City'' (1991) – Gulf War: 1 battle star, GWOT
* (CG-67) ''Shiloh'' (1992) – Gulf War: 1 battle star, GWOT
* (CG-68) ''Anzio'' (1992) – Iraq War: 2 battle stars, GWOT
* (CG-69) ''Vicksburg'' (1992) – Gulf War: 1 battle star, GWOT
* (CG-70) ''Lake Erie'' (1993) – Gulf War: 1 battle star, GWOT
* (CG-71) ''Cape St. George'' (1993) – Iraq War: 1 battle star, GWOT
* (CG-72) ''Vella Gulf'' (1993) – GWOT
* (CG-73) ''Port Royal'' (1994)

CG(X) class

The CG(X) class was intended to apply the same technology used in the ''Zumwalt''-class destroyers within a larger hull, nuclear power was a consideration, but was canceled unbuilt and unnamed.

Nuclear-powered cruisers

To date all nuclear cruisers have been guided missile cruisers.

''Long Beach'' class
* (CGN-9) ''Long Beach''

''Bainbridge'' class
* (CGN-25) ''Bainbridge''

''Truxtun'' class
* (CGN-35) ''Truxtun''

''California'' class
* (CGN-36) ''California''
* (CGN-37) ''South Carolina''

''Virginia'' class
* (CGN-38) ''Virginia''
* (CGN-39) ''Texas''
* (CGN-40) ''Mississippi''
* (CGN-41) ''Arkansas''

CGN-42 class
* CGN-42 – cancelled

List by name

Names without links were not completed, or completed as aircraft carriers.

*
* ''Albany'' (1899/PG-36/CL-23)
* ''Albany'' (CA-123/CG-10)
* ''Amsterdam'' (CL-59)
*
* * *
* ''Astoria'' (CL/CA-34)
*
* ''Atlanta'' (1884)
*
* ''Atlanta'' (CL-104/IX-304)
* ''Augusta'' (CL/CA-31)
* ''Badger'' (1889)
* ''Bainbridge'' (DLGN/CGN-25)
*
*
* ''Belknap'' (DLG/CG-26)
* ''Biddle'' (DLG/CG-34)
*
* ''Birmingham'' (CS/CL-2)
*
*
* ''Boston'' (1884)
* ''Boston'' (CA-69/CAG-1)
* ''Bremerton'' (CA-130/CG-14)
* ''Bridgeport'' (CA-127)
* ''Brooklyn'' (ACR/CA-3)
*
*
* ''Buffalo'' (CL-84)
* ''Buffalo'' (CL-99)
* ''Buffalo'' (CL-110)
* *
* ''California'' (DLGN/CGN-36)
* ''Cambridge'' (CA-126)
* ''Canberra'' (CA-70/CAG-2)
* * *
* ''Charleston'' (C-22/CA-19)
*
* ''Charlotte'' (ACR/CA-12)
* ''Chattanooga'' (C-16/PG-30/CL-18)
* ''Chattanooga'' (CL-118)
* ''Chester'' (CS/CL-1)
* ''Chester'' (CL/CA-27)
* ''Cheyenne'' (CL-117)
* ''Chicago'' (1885/CA-14/CL-14/IX-5)
* ''Chicago'' (CL/CA-29)
* ''Chicago'' (CA-136/CG-11)
* *
* ''Cincinnati'' (CS/CL-6)
* ''Cleveland'' (C-19/PG-33/CL-21)
*
*
* ''Columbia'' (C-12/CA-16)
*
* ''Columbus'' (CA-74/CG-12)
* ''Concord'' (CS/CL-10)
* ''Constellation'' (CC-2)
* ''Constitution'' (CC-5)
* * ''Dale'' (DLG/CG-19)
* ''Dallas'' (CA-140)
* ''Dallas'' (CA-150)
* ''Dayton'' (CL-78)
*
* ''Denver'' (C-14/PG-28/CL-16)
*
* ''Des Moines'' (C-15/PG-29/CL-17)
*
*
* ''Detroit'' (CS/CL-8)
* ''Dixie'' (1893)
*
* ''England'' (DLG/CG-22)
*
*
* ''Fargo'' (CL-85)
*
* ''Flint'' (CL/CLAA-97)
* ''Fox'' (DLG/CG-33)
* ''Frankfurt'' (1915)
* ''Frederick'' (ACR/CA-8)
* ''Fresno'' (CL/CLAA-121)
* ''Galveston'' (C-17/PG-31/CL-19)
* ''Galveston'' (CL-93/CLG-3)
* ''Gary'' (CL-147)
* * ''Gridley'' (DLG/CG-21)
*
* ''Halsey'' (DLG/CG-23)
* ''Harry E. Yarnell'' (DLG/CG-17)
* ''Harvard'' (1888)
* ''Hawaii'' (CB-3/CBG-3/CBC-1)—launched, not completed, held in reserve
*
*
* ''Helena'' (CL-113)
*
* ''Horne'' (DLG/CG-30)
* ''Houston'' (CL/CA-30)
*
* * ''Huntington'' (ACR/CA-5)
* ''Huntington'' (CL-77)
*
* ''Huron'' (ACR/CA-9)
* ''Indianapolis'' (CL/CA-35)
* ''Josephus Daniels'' (DLG/CG-27)
* ''Jouett'' (DLG/CG-29)
*
* ''Juneau'' (CL/CLAA-119)
* ''Kansas City'' (CA-128)
* * * ''Leahy'' (DLG/CG-16)
* ''Lexington'' (CC-1)
* * ''Little Rock'' (CL-92/CLG-4/CG-4), museum ship
* ''Long Beach'' (CLGN-160/CGN-160/CGN-9)
*
* ''Louisville'' (CL/CA-28)
*
*
*
* ''Marblehead'' (C-11/PG-27)
* ''Marblehead'' (CS/CL-12)
*
*
* ''Memphis'' (CS/CL-13)
*
*
* ''Milwaukee'' (CS/CL-5)
* ''Minneapolis'' (C-13/CA-17)
* ''Minneapolis'' (CL/CA-36)
*
* ''Missoula'' (ACR/CA-13)
*
* *
* *
*
*
*
* ''Newark'' (CL-88)
* ''Newark'' (CL-100)
* ''Newark'' (CL-108)
* ''New Haven'' (CL-76)
* ''New Haven'' (CL-109)
* ''New Orleans'' (1896/PG-34/CL-22)
* ''New Orleans'' (CL/CA-32)
*
*
* ''Norfolk'' (CA-137)
* * ''Northampton'' (CL/CA-26)
* ''Northampton'' (CA-125/CLC-1/CC-1)
*
* ''Oakland'' (CL/CLAA-95)
* ''Oklahoma City'' (CL-91/CLG-5/CG-5)
* ''Olympia'' (C-6/CA-15/CL-15/IX-40), museum ship
* ''Omaha'' (CS/CL-4)
*
* ''Panther'' (1889)
*
*
* ''Pensacola'' (CL/CA-24)
*
*
* ''Philippines'' (CB-4)
* *
* ''Pittsburgh'' (ACR/CA-4)
*
* ''Portland'' (CL/CA-33)
* *
* ''Prairie'' (1890)
* * ''Providence'' (CL-82/CLG-6/CG-6)
* ''Pueblo'' (ACR/CA-7)
* ''Puerto Rico'' (CB-5)
*
*
*
* ''Raleigh'' (CS/CL-7)
* ''Ranger'' (CC-4)
* ''Reeves'' (DLG/CG-24)
* ''Reno'' (CL/CLAA-96)
* ''Richmond'' (CS/CL-9)
* ''Richmond K. Turner'' (DLG/CG-20)
* ''Roanoke'' (CL-114)
*
* ''Rochester'' (ACR/CA-2)
* ''Rochester'' (CA-124/CG-13)
* ''St. Louis'' (1894)
* ''St. Louis'' (C-20/CA-18)
*
* ''St. Paul'' (1895)
*
* ''Salem'' (CS/CL-3)
* , museum ship
* ''Saipan'' (CVL-48/AVT-6/CC-3)
* ''Salt Lake City'' (CL/CA-25)
* ''Samoa'' (CB-6)
*
* ''San Diego'' (CL/CLAA-53)
*
*
* * ''San Juan'' (CL/CLAA-54)
*
*
* ''Saratoga'' (CC-3)
*
* ''Scranton'' (CA-138)
* ''Seattle'' (ACR-11/CA-11/IX-39)
* * ''South Carolina'' (DLGN/CGN-37)
*
* ''Spokane'' (CL-120/CLAA-120/AG-191)
* ''Springfield'' (CL-66/CLG-7/CG-7)
* ''Sterett'' (DLG/CG-31)
* ''Tacoma'' (C-18/PG-32/CL-20)
* ''Tallahassee'' (CL-61)
* ''Tallahassee'' (CL-116)
*
* ''Texas'' (DLGN/CGN-39)
*
* ''Ticonderoga'' (DDG/CG-47)
*
* ''Topeka'' (CL-67/CLG-8)
* ''Trenton'' (CS/CL-11)
* ''Truxtun'' (DLGN/CGN-35)
* ''Tucson'' (CL/CLAA-98)
* ''Tulsa'' (CA-129)
*
* ''United States'' (CC-6)
* ''Vallejo'' (CL-112)
* ''Vallejo'' (CL-146)
* * * ''Vesuvius'' (1888)
*
*
*
*
*
* ''Virginia'' (DLGN/CGN-38)
*
*
*
*
* ''William H. Standley'' (DLG/CG-32)
* ''Wilmington'' (CL-79)
* ''Wilmington'' (CL-111)
*
* ''Worden'' (DLG/CG-18)
* ''Wright'' (CVL-49/AVT-7/CC-2)
* ''Yale'' (1889)
* ''Yankee'' (1892)
* ''Yorktown'' (DDG/CG-48)
* ''Yosemite'' (1892)
* ''Youngstown'' (CL-94)

List of unnamed ships by hull number

* CL-115 canceled
* CA-141 to 143 canceled
* CA-149 canceled
* CA-151 to 153 canceled
* CL/CLAA-154 to 159 canceled
* CLK-2 canceled
* CGN-42 canceled

List of canceled conversions

* ''Bremerton'' (CG-14) 1959
* ''Hawaii'' (CBG-3) 1950s
* ''Hawaii'' (CBC-1) 1950s
* ''Rochester'' (CG-13) 1959
* ''Saipan'' (CC-3) 1963

List of skipped hull numbers

* CA-1, CA-6, CA-10
* CG-15
* CG-43 to CG-46

See also

* List of cruisers of World War II
* List of current ships of the United States Navy
* List of light cruisers of the United States Navy
* List of US Navy ships sunk or damaged in action during World War II § Heavy cruiser (CA)
* List of US Navy ships sunk or damaged in action during World War II § Light cruiser (CL)

References

Citations

General and cited sources

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External links

Museum ships

USS Little Rock (CG-4)
- Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park, Buffalo, NY

USS Olympia (CL-15)
- Independence Seaport Museum, Philadelphia, PA

USS Salem (CA-139)
- United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum, Quincy, MA

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