page_title: List of cruisers of the United States Navy
section_title: Heavy and light cruisers
hierarchical_section_title: List of cruisers of the United States Navy / Heavy and light cruisers
caption_attribution_description: English: The U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS Salt Lake City (CA-25) at Dutch Harbor, Alaska (USA), on 29 March 1943, three days after the Battle of the Komandorski Islands.
context_page_description: This list of cruisers of the United States Navy includes all ships that were ever called "cruiser". Since the nomenclature predates the hull numbering system, and there were several confusing renumberings and renamings, there are multiple entries referring to the same physical ship.
  A "*" following the entry indicates a ship that was canceled before completion. Ships in bold saw combat service. A "†" indicates a ship lost to enemy action.
  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 sunk 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, and light cruisers CL-154 to CL-159 were canceled before being named.
  CG-15 was skipped so the Leahy-class guided missile frigates could be redesignated without renumbering.
context_section_description: On 17 July 1920, all First and Second Class Cruisers (armored and protected cruisers) still in service were reclassified as Armored Cruisers (CA). The armored cruisers had had their names changed from states to cities within those states to free up the names for battleships.
  (CA-2) Rochester (ex-New York, ex-Saratoga ACR-2)
  (CA-3) Brooklyn (ex-ACR-3)
  Pennsylvania-class cruiser
  (CA-4) Pittsburgh (ex-Pennsylvania ACR-4)
  (CA-5) Huntington (ex-West Virginia ACR-5)
  (CA-7) Pueblo (ex-Colorado ACR-7)
  (CA-8) Frederick (ex-Maryland ACR-8)
  (CA-9) Huron (ex-South Dakota ACR-9)
  Tennessee-class cruiser
  (CA-11) Seattle (ex-Washington ACR-11; later IX-39)
  (CA-12) Charlotte (ex-North Carolina ACR-12)
  (CA-13) Missoula (ex-Montana ACR-13)
  (CA-14) Chicago
  (CA-15) Olympia (ex-C-6)
  Columbia-class cruiser
  (CA-16) Columbia (ex-C-12)
  (CA-17) Minneapolis (ex-C-13)
  St. Louis-class cruiser (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 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 cruiser
  (CL-1) Chester (ex-SCR-1)
  (CL-2) Birmingham (ex-SCR-2)
  (CL-3) Salem (ex-SCR-3)
  Omaha-class cruiser
  (CL-4) Omaha (ex SCR-4, 1923)
  (CL-5) Milwaukee (ex-SCR-5, 1923)
  (CL-6) Cincinnati (ex-SCR-6, 1924)
  (CL-7) Raleigh (ex-SCR-7, 1924)
  (CL-8) Detroit (ex-SCR-8, 1923)
  (CL-9) Richmond (ex-SCR-9, 1923)
  (CL-10) Concord (ex-SCR-10, 1923)
  (CL-11) Trenton (ex-SCR-11, 1924)
  (CL-12) Marblehead (ex-SCR-12, 1924)
  (CL-13) Memphis (ex-SCR-13, 1925)
  (CL-14) Chicago (ex-CA-14; later IX-5 Alton)
  (CL-15) Olympia (ex-CA-15, ex-C-6; later IX-40)
  Denver-class cruiser
  (CL-16) Denver (ex-PG-28, ex-C-14)
  (CL-17) Des Moines (ex-PG-29, ex-C-15)
  (CL-18 Chattanooga (ex-PG-30, ex-C-16)
  (CL-19) Galveston (ex-PG-31, ex-C-17)
  (CL-20) Tacoma (ex-PG-32, ex-C-18)
  (CL-21) Cleveland (ex-PG-33, ex-C-19)
  New Orleans-class cruiser (1896)
  (CL-22) New Orleans (ex-PG-34, ex-Amazonas)
  (CL-23) Albany (ex-PG-36, ex-Almirante Abreu)
  The cruisers laid down between the Washington and First London Naval Treaties were originally designated Light Cruisers (CL) due to their light protection.  In accordance with the London Treaty, they were reclassified as "Heavy Cruisers" (CA) in 1931 due to their 8-inch guns. Thenceforward heavy and light cruisers were numbered in a single sequence; the last armored cruiser of the original CA series, Seattle, was redesignated IX (Unclassified Miscellaneous) in 1941.
  Pensacola class 
  (CL/CA-24) Pensacola (1930)
  (CL/CA-25) Salt Lake City (1929)
  Northampton class
  (CL/CA-26) Northampton † (1930)
  (CL/CA-27) Chester (1930)
  (CL/CA-28) Louisville (1931)
  (CL/CA-29) Chicago † (1931)
  (CL/CA-30) Houston † (1930)
  (CL/CA-31) Augusta (1931)
  New Orleans class
  (CL/CA-32) New Orleans (1934)
  Portland class
  (CL/CA-33) Portland (1933)
  New Orleans class
  (CL/CA-34) Astoria † (1934)
  Portland class
  (CL/CA-35) Indianapolis † (1932)
  New Orleans class
  (CL/CA-36) Minneapolis (1934)
  (CA-37) Tuscaloosa (1934)
  (CA-38) San Francisco (1934)
  (CA-39) Quincy † (1936)
  Brooklyn class
  (CL-40) Brooklyn (1937), later Chilean O'Higgins
  (CL-41) Philadelphia (1937), later Brazilian Barroso
  (CL-42) Savannah (1938)
  (CL-43) Nashville (1938), later Chilean Capitan Prat 
  New Orleans class
  (CA-44) Vincennes † (1937)
  (CA-45) Wichita (1939)
  Brooklyn class
  (CL-46) Phoenix (1938), later Argentine General Belgrano (†)
  (CL-47) Boise (1938), later Argentine Nueve de Julio
  (CL-48) Honolulu (1938)
  St. Louis class
  (CL-49) St. Louis (1939), later Brazilian Almirante Tamandaré
  (CL-50) Helena † (1939)
  Atlanta class
  (CL-51) Atlanta † (1941)
  (CL-52) Juneau † (1942)
  (CL/CLAA-53) San Diego (1942)
  (CL/CLAA-54) San Juan (1942)
  Cleveland class 
  (CL-55) Cleveland (1942)
  (CL-56) Columbia (1942)
  (CL-57) Montpelier (1942)
  (CL-58) Denver (1
caption: USS Salt Lake City
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