USS New Orleans (CA-32)
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USS New Orleans (CL/CA-32) was the lead New Orleans-class cruiser in service with the United States Navy. The New Orleans-class cruisers were the last U.S. cruisers built to the specifications and standards of the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922. Such ships, with a limit of 10,000 long tons (10,160 t) standard displacement and 8-inch (203-millimetre) calibre main guns may be referred to as "treaty cruisers." Originally classified a light cruiser, because of her thin armor, she was reclassified, soon after being laid down, a heavy cruiser, because of her 8-inch guns. The term "heavy cruiser" was not defined until the London Naval Treaty in 1930.
USS New Orleans (CA-32), steams through a tight turn in Elliott Bay, Washington, on 30 July 1943, following battle damage repairs and overhaul at the Puget Sound Navy Yard.
New Orleans with torpedo damage in Tulagi Harbor on 1 December 1942 after The Battle of Tassafaronga.
Damage to New Orleans with everything ahead of Turret No. 2 missing after being hit by a single torpedo that detonated her forward magazines. Photographed after the Battle of Tassafaronga, which occurred on 30 November 1942.
New Orleans seen after the Battle of Tassafaronga near Tulagi on 1 December 1942. The PT boat in the foreground is carrying survivors from Northampton.
New Orleans-class cruiser
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The New Orleans-class cruisers were a class of seven heavy cruisers built for the United States Navy (USN) in the 1930s.
USS New Orleans
1943 ONI identification image for the New Orleans class