Portland class cruiser

The Portland class of heavy cruisers consisted of just a pair of ships built by the United States Navy:

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Heavy cruiser - United States Navy

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• Portland (CA-33)
• Indianapolis (CA-35)

Built during the early 1930s, these cruisers used the same three triple-turret layout for their 8-inch guns as the Northampton class, but mounted twice as many 5-inch guns (8 vs 4), and were somewhat heavier.

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1930s - ''Northampton'' class

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The Portlands were superseded by the New Orleans class.

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