USS Baltimore (CA-68) was the lead ship of her class of heavy cruiser, the fifth ship of the United States Navy named after the city of Baltimore, Maryland.
USS Baltimore off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 18 October 1944
Baltimore off the coast of Massachusetts, June 1943
Baltimore being dismantled at Zidell shipbreaking yard in September 1972.
North Korean propaganda poster proclaiming the sinking of Baltimore.
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 class of heavy cruiser, along with another three ships of the Oregon City sub-class. The Baltimores also were the first cruisers in the US Navy to be designed without the limitations of the London Naval Treaty.
USS Bremerton (CA-130) in 1955
USS Bremerton in drydock
USS Baltimore during her reactivation
USS Pittsburgh with her bow ripped off