The simulations showed that without fire control directors and computers, the ships of the fleet would be almost helpless against the density of aircraft attacks envisioned in any future war. Navy began to deploy drones to use as targets for anti-aircraft targets, which could simulate both dive and torpedo bombers. Navy took up a renewed interest in the 6" gun-armed light cruiser, partially due to the Navy complaining about the 8" gun's slow rate of fire of three rounds per minute compared to the ten rounds per minute of 6" guns. Īfter the London Naval Treaty of 1930, the U.S. One ship of the class remains as a museum ship.Ī development of the preceding Brooklyn-class cruiser, the Cleveland class was designed with increased cruising range, anti-aircraft armament, and torpedo protection compared with earlier U.S. They were deactivated within a few years after the end of the war, but six were converted into missile ships, and some of these served into the 1970s. Fifty-two were ordered, and 36 were completed, 27 as cruisers and nine as light aircraft carriers. They were the most numerous class of light cruisers ever built. The Cleveland class was a group of light cruisers built for the U.S. 3, with a further 9 converted to light aircraft carriers and 13 reordered as Fargo-class cruisersġ (converted to a Galveston-class guided missile cruiser)Ĩ,640 nmi (16,000 km 9,940 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h 17 mph)
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