Baltimore-class cruiser
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The Baltimore-class heavy cruisers were a class of heavy cruisers in the United States Navy commissioned during and shortly after World War II. Fourteen Baltimores were completed, more than any other
USS Bremerton (CA-130) in 1955
USS Bremerton in drydock
USS Baltimore during her reactivation
USS Pittsburgh with her bow ripped off
Boston-class cruiser
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The United States Navy's Boston class were the first guided missile cruisers in the world. Both ships in this experimental class were originally Baltimore-class heavy cruisers that had been decommissi
Baltimore-class cruiser
…cruisers were refitted and converted into some of the first guided missile cruisers in the world, becoming two of the three Albany-class and two Boston-class cruisers. The last of these was decommissioned in 1980, with the Chicago lasting until 1991 in reserve. No example of the Baltimore class still exists…
USS Canberra on 9 January 1961