Atlanta-class cruiser

The Atlanta-class cruisers were eight United States Navy light cruisers which were designed as fast scout cruisers, flotilla leaders, or destroyer leaders, but which proved to be effective anti-aircraft cruisers during World War II. They were also known as the Atlanta-Oakland class. The Atlanta class originally had 16 x 5-inch (127 mm)/38 caliber guns in eight two-gun turrets, arranged with three superfiring turrets forward, three more superfiring aft and two waist mounts, one port and one starboard, giving the first four Atlanta-class cruisers the heaviest anti-aircraft armament of any cruiser of World War II. The last four ships of the class, starting with Oakland, had a slightly revised armament with a reduced main gun battery - the waist turrets being deleted - as they were further optimized for anti-aircraft fire in light of war experience.

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1941  Wikimedia, Wikidata
8 produced, 
light cruiser, Bethlehem Steel, United States Navy, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, United States, 

Cleveland-class cruiser, 

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  USS Atlanta ⓘ
  1941 Atlanta-class cruiser

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  USS Flint ⓘ
  1944 USS Flint

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  USS Juneau ⓘ
  1941 Atlanta-class cruiser

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  USS Oakland ⓘ
  1942 Atlanta-class cruiser

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  USS Reno ⓘ
  1942 Atlanta-class cruiser

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  USS San Diego ⓘ
  1941 Atlanta-class cruiser

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  USS San Juan ⓘ
  1941 Atlanta-class cruiser

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  USS Tucson ⓘ
  1944 Atlanta-class cruiser

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1941 Atlanta-class cruiser

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Frameless

Pattern sheet, MS-33 24D for Atlanta class

Pattern sheet, MS-32 1C for Atlanta class

Damaged flight deck of USS Enterprise (CV-6) in August 1942

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
object	watercraft		USS Atlanta	light cruiser, Atlanta-class cruiser	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Flint	light cruiser, Atlanta-class cruiser	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Juneau	light cruiser, Atlanta-class cruiser	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Oakland	light cruiser, Atlanta-class cruiser	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Reno	light cruiser, Atlanta-class cruiser	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS San Diego	Atlanta-class cruiser, light cruiser	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS San Juan	light cruiser, Atlanta-class cruiser	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Tucson	light cruiser, Atlanta-class cruiser	Wikidata
commons	image		Pattern sheet, MS-33 24D for Atlanta class		Commons
commons	image		Pattern sheet, MS-32 1C for Atlanta class		Commons
commons	image		Damaged flight deck of USS Enterprise (CV-6) in August 1942		Commons