USS Baltimore (CA-68) (1943)
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.
The Baltimore-class heavy cruisers were a large class of heavy cruisers in the United States Navy commissioned during and shortly after World War II. Fast and heavily armed, the Baltimore cruisers were mainly used in World War II to protect the fast aircraft carriers in battle groups from air attack. Additionally, their 8-inch (203 mm) main guns and secondary 5-inch (127 mm) guns were regularly used to bombard land targets in support of amphibious landings. After the war, only six Baltimores (St. Paul, Macon, Toledo, Columbus, Bremerton, and Helena) and two Oregon City-class ships (Albany and Rochester) remained in service, while the rest were moved to the reserve fleet. However, all ships except Boston, Canberra, Chicago and Fall River were reactivated for the Korean War.
This is her 1943 configuration. NO MODS REQUIRED!
I heavily referenced CatCattou’s US heavy cruiser hull (https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2780355196&searchtext=des+moine) to make Baltimore’s.
– 3 × triple 8-inch/55-caliber guns
– 6 × twin 5-inch/38-caliber guns
– 12 × quad Bofors 40 mm guns
– 23 × single Oerlikon 20 mm cannons
– Installed power: 94616 hp
– Speed: 36 knots
– Length: 206.8m
– Beam: 23.6m
– Height: 46.1m
– Displacement: 22772 tons
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