# Fargo-class cruiser

The Fargo-class cruisers were a modified version of the Cleveland-class cruiser design; the main difference was a more compact pyramidal superstructure with single trunked funnel, intended to improve the arcs of fire of the anti-aircraft (AA) guns. The same type of modification differentiated the Baltimore and Oregon City classes of heavy cruisers, and to a lesser degree the Atlanta and Juneau classes of light cruisers. Changes were made in order to reduce the instability of the Cleveland-class light cruisers, especially their tendency to roll dangerously. The main battery turrets sat about a foot lower and the wing gunhouses (the 5-inch, twin gun mounts on the sides of the ship) were lowered to the main deck. The medium (40 mm) anti-aircraft mounts were also lowered.
In all, 13 ships of the class were planned but only Fargo and Huntington were ever completed, the rest being cancelled at varying states of completion with the de-escalation and eventual end of World War II.
Fargo, the lead ship of the class, was launched on 25 February 1945, but was not commissioned until 9 December 1945, four months after the war ended. Huntington was commissioned early in 1946. The two ships were decommissioned in 1949–1950, and never reactivated.

## Ships in class

Construction data :
| Ship name | Hull no. | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
| Fargo | CL-106 | New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey | 23 August 1943 | 25 February 1945 | 9 December 1945 | 14 February 1950 | Struck 1 March 1970; Sold for scrap, 18 August 1971 |
| Huntington | CL-107 | New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey | 4 October 1943 | 8 April 1945 | 23 February 1946 | 15 June 1949 | Struck 1 September 1961; Sold for scrap, on 16 May 1962 |
| Newark | CL-108 | New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey | 17 January 1944 | 14 December 1945 | — | — | Construction canceled 12 August 1945 when 67.8% completed, launched on 14 December 1945, for use in underwater explosion tests, sold on 2 April 1949 for scrapping |
| New Haven | CL-109 | New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey | 28 February 1944 | — | — | — | Construction cancelled 12 August 1945 and scrapped on slip |
| Buffalo | CL-110 | New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey | 2 April 1944 | — | — | — | Construction cancelled 12 August 1945 and scrapped on slip |
| Wilmington | CL-111 | William Cramp & Sons Shipbuilding Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 5 March 1945 | — | — | — | Construction cancelled 12 August 1945 and scrapped on slip |
| Vallejo | CL-112 | New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey | — | — | — | — | Construction cancelled 5 October 1944 |
| Helena | CL-113 | New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey | — | — | — | — | Construction cancelled 5 October 1944 |
| Roanoke | CL-114 | New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey | — | — | — | — | Construction cancelled 5 October 1944 |
| — | CL-115 | New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey | — | — | — | — | Construction cancelled 5 October 1944 |
| Tallahassee | CL-116 | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia | 31 January 1944 | — | — | — | Construction cancelled 12 August 1945 and scrapped on slip |
| Cheyenne | CL-117 | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia | 29 May 1944 | — | — | — | Construction cancelled 12 August 1945 and scrapped on slip |
| Chattanooga (ex-Norfolk) | CL-118 | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia | 9 October 1944 | — | — | — | Construction cancelled 12 August 1945 and scrapped on slip |