US Navy Cruisers

Cruisers are large ships that can perform a variety of military functions—from supporting carrier or amphibious forces, working independently or acting as flagships. Cruisers have often been used to protect U.S. interests during periods of civil unrest in foreign countries, and they have played a part in every U.S. conflict since the Spanish-American War.

Cruisers have been used by the U.S. Navy for well over a hundred years. Today’s cruisers carry Tomahawk cruise missiles, which gives them the ability to strike from long range. Some modern cruisers also have Ballistic Missile Defense capability.

As it does for other types of vessels, the Navy uses certain traditions in naming cruisers. Generally, they are named for U.S. cities. But certain types of cruisers follow other patterns: armored cruisers carried the names of states, large cruisers were named for territories of the United States, and battle cruisers were named after famous ships. As cruisers were reclassified, it was not uncommon for their names to change as well. Today’s cruisers take their names from a number of different sources.

Construction of the very first cruisers—the USS Atlanta, USS Boston and USS Chicago—was authorized in May 1883. The design and construction of the steel cruisers heralded a new stage of shipbuilding and an early move away from the old wood and sail ships. Congress authorized seven additional cruisers—including the USS New York and the USS Olympia—in September 1888. USS New York, the Navy’s first armored cruiser, was commissioned in August 1893.

During the Spanish-American War, cruisers were relied on heavily. The demand for cruisers exceeded the supply and a number of civilian ships were converted into service as auxiliary cruisers.

Cruisers also provided an important stepping-stone in the creation of the aircraft carrier. On Nov. 14, 1910, 24-year-old civilian barnstormer Eugene B. Ely piloted the first flight off a ship when he took off from a wooden platform built over the bow of the USS Birmingham (CL 2). Two months later, Ely was also the first to land a plane on a ship, this time on a platform built over the USS Pennsylvania (ACR 4).

On Dec. 14, 1911, Pearl Harbor was opened as a fleet base when an armored cruiser—the USS California—steamed up the channel and into the harbor.

The U.S. naval involvement in World War I began in late May 1918 when the Russian revolution and Russia’s withdrawal from the war left large quantities of arms and munitions unprotected at Archangel. The Allies determined to occupy Archangel to prevent the supplies from falling into the wrong hands, and the cruiser USS Olympia (C 6) landed the forces to occupy Murmansk, without opposition. In June, the Allied forces advanced and occupied Archangel. At the end of July, the USS New Orleans (CL 22) transported a marine detachment to Tyutuke Bay, Russia to protect American interests there.

The U.S. Navy was relatively unscathed during World War I. When the armored cruiser USS San Diego hit a mine off Fire Island and sunk, it was the Navy’s only loss of a major warship for the war.

The cruisers were a major presence during World War II. In August 1941,the USS Augusta (CA 31) took President Roosevelt to a secret meeting with Winston Churchill at Placentia Bay, Argentina, Newfoundland, where the leaders reached an initial agreement on the principles of the Atlantic charter. Once the U.S. officially entered the war, the cruisers participated in many battles in the Pacific. The naval battles were fierce, and losses were heavy on both sides. Mines and torpedoes from Japanese ships and submarines, as well as the onslaught of Kamikaze cost the U.S. forces significant loss of life and the loss of a number of fighting ships.

The light cruiser USS Juneau (CL 119) provided the first naval support of the Korean War when it shelled enemy troops at Okkye in June 1950.

The USS Galveston (CL 93/CLG 3), commissioned on May 28, 1958, was the first cruiser to carry TALOS antiaircraft missiles.

The world’s first nuclear-powered task group, formed in May 1964, was comprised of guided missile cruiser USS Long Beach (CGN 9), along with attack carrier USS Enterprise (CVAN 65) and frigate USS Bainbridge (DLGN 256). Later that summer, the group circumnavigated the globe without stopping for replenishment—covering 30,565-nautical-mile between July 31 and October 1.

In April 1965, heavy cruiser USS Canberra (CAG 2) was the United States’ first navy vessel to use a communication satellite to relay an operational message. Using the Syncom III, the message was sent from the coast of Vietnam to the Naval Communications Station in Honolulu.

The first amphibious assault on Vietnam, called Operation Starlite, took place on Aug. 18, 1965 when marines supported by the USS Galveston (CLG 3) and two destroyers attacked the Van Tuong Peninsula 14 miles south of Chu Lai. In this first large-scale action between U.S. and Viet Cong forces, U.S. troops ravaged the Viet Cong 1st Regiment, leaving 964 dead and taking 125 Viet Cong prisoners. Among the marines, there were about 50 dead and 125 wounded.

The cruisers and other naval vessels continued to support U.S. troops in Vietnam. In March 1967, heavy cruiser USS Canberra (CAG 2) worked with destroyers USS Keppler (DD 765) and USS Ingersoll (DD 652) to take out shore batteries near Vinh, North Vietnam.

The following lists reflects the bulk of the cruisers that have been used by the U.S. Navy. The following list of cruisers does not include foreign-built ships captured and used by the U.S. Navy or civilian ships that were converted for military use as auxillary cruisers. Follow the links to learn more about specific cruisers. Come back often to learn more as we add additional cruiser profiles.

  • USS Alaska (CB 1), commissioned 17 June 1944; decommissioned 16 Feb 1947
  • USS Albany (PG 36/CL 23) (ex Almirante Abreu), commissioned 29 May 1900, last decommissioned 10 Oct 1922
  • USS Albany (CA 123/CG 10), commissioned 15 June 1946, last decommissioned 29 Aug 1980
  • USS Amsterdam(CL 101), commissioned 8 Jan 1945, decommissioned 30 June 1947
  • USS Antietam (CG 54), commissioned 6 June 1987, still active
  • USS Anzio (CG 68), commissioned 2 May 1992, still active
  • USS Arkansas (CGN 41), commissioned 18 Oct 1980, decommissioned 7 July 1998
  • USS Astoria (CL 34/CA 34), commissioned 28 April 1934, sunk 9 Aug 1942
  • USS Astoria(CL 90), commissioned 17 May 1944, decommissioned 1 July 1949
  • USS Atlanta, commissioned 19 July 1886, last decommissioned 23 March 1912
  • USS Atlanta (CL 51), commissioned 24 Dec 1941, wrecked 12 Nov 1942
  • USS Atlanta (CL 104/IX 304), commissioned 3 Dec 1944, decommissioned 1 July 1949
  • USS Augusta (CL 31/CA 31), commissioned 30 Jan 1931, decommissioned 16 July 1946
  • USS Bainbridge (DLG 25/CGN 25), commissioned 6 Oct 1962, decommissioned 13 Sept 1996
  • USS Baltimore (C 3), commissioned 7 Jan 1890, last decommissioned 15 Sept 1922
  • USS Baltimore (CA 68), commisssioned 15 April 1943, decommissioned 31 May 1956
  • USS Belknap (DLG 26/CG 26), commissioned 7 Nov 1964, decommissioned 15 Feb 1995
  • USS Belleau Wood (CL 76/CV 24/CVL 24) (ex New Haven), commissioned 32 Mar 1943, decommissioned 13 Jan 1947
  • USS Biddle (DLG 34/CG 34), commissioned 21 Jan 1967, decommissioned 30 Nov 1993
  • USS Biloxi (CL 80), commissioned 31 Aug 1943, decommissioned 29 Oct 1946
  • USS Birmingham (CS 1/CL 2), commissioned 11 April 1908, last decommissioned 1 Dec 1923
  • USS Birmingham (CL 62), commissioned 29 Jan 1943, decommissioned 2 Jan 1947
  • USS Boise (CL 47), commissioned 12 Aug 1938, decommissioned 1 July 1946
  • USS Boston (IX 1), commissioned 2 May 1887, scuttled at sea 8 April 1946
  • USS Boston (CA 69/CAG 1/CA 69), commissioned 30 June 1943, decommissioned 5 May 1970
  • USS Bremerton (CA 130), commissioned 29 April 1945, last decommissioned 29 July 1960
  • USS Bridgeport (CA 127), canceled
  • USS Brooklyn (ACR 3), commissioned 1 Dec 1896, decommissioned 9 May 1921
  • USS Brooklyn (CL 40), commissioned 30 Sept 1937, last decommissioned 14 Jan 1992 (aka O’Higgins)
  • USS Bataan (CL 99/CV 29/CVL 29/AVT 4) (ex Buffalo), commissioned 13 May 1943, last decommissioned 9 April 1954
  • USS Buffalo (CL 110), canceled
  • USS Bunker Hill (CG 52), commissioned 20 Sept 1986, still active
  • USS Cabot (CL 79/CV 28/CVL 28/AVT 3) (ex Wilmington), commissioned 24 July 1943, last decommissioned 5 Aug 1989
  • USS California (ACR 6), commissioned 1 Aug 1907, sunk 19 July 1918 (aka San Diego)
  • USS California (DLGN 36/CGN 36), commissioned 16 Feb 1974, decommissioned 9 July 1999
  • USS Cambridge (CA 126), canceled
  • USS Canberra (CA 70/CAG 2/CA 70) (ex Pittsburgh), commissioned 14 Oct 1943, decommissioned 2 Feb 1970
  • USS Cape St. George (CG 71), commissioned 12 June 1993, still active
  • USS Chancellorsville (CG 62), commissioned 4 Nov 1989, still active
  • USS Charleston (C 2), commissioned 26 Dec 1889, wrecked 2 Nov 1899
  • USS Charleston (C 22), commissioned 17 Oct 1905, last decommissioned 4 Dec 1923
  • USS Charleston (PG 51), commissioned 8 July 1936, decommissioned 10 May 1946
  • USS Charlotte (see USS North Carolina (CA 12/ACR 12))
  • USS Chattanooga (C 16/PG 30/CL 18), commissioned 11 Oct 1904, last decommissioned 19 July 1921
  • USS Chattanooga (CL 118), canceled
  • USS Chester (CS 1/CL 1), commissioned 25 April 1908, decommissioned 10 June 1921 (aka York)
  • USS Chester (CL 27/CA 27), commissioned 24 June 1930, decommissioned 10 June 1946
  • USS Cheyenne (CL 117), canceled
  • USS Chicago (CA 14/IX 5), commissioned 17 April 1889, last decommissioned 30 Sept 1923
  • USS Chicago (CL 29/CA 29), commissioned 9 March 1931, sunk 30 Jan 1943
  • USS Chicago (CA 136/CG 11), commissioned 10 Jan 1945, last decommissioned 1 March 1980
  • USS Chosin (CG 65), commissioned 12 Jan 1991, still active
  • USS Cincinnati (CS 6/CL 6), commissioned 1 Jan 1924, decommissioned 1 Nov 1945
  • USS Cincinnati (C 7), commissioned 16 June 1894, last decommissioned 20 April 1919
  • USS Cleveland (C 19/PG 33/CL 21), commissioned 2 Nov 1903, last decommissioned 1 Nov 1929
  • USS Cleveland (CL 55), commissioned 15 June 1942, decommissioned 7 Feb 1947
  • USS Colorado (ACR 7), commissioned 19 Jan 1905, last decommissioned 28 Sept 1927 (aka Pueblo)
  • USS Columbia (C 12/CA 16), commissioned 23 April 1894, last decommissioned 29 June 1921
  • USS Columbia (CL 56), commissioned 29 July 1942, decommissioned 30 Nov 1946
  • USS Columbus (CA 74/CG 12), commissioned 8 June 1945, last decommissioned 31 Jan 1975
  • USS Concord (CS 10/CL 10), commissioned 3 Nov 1923, decommissioned 12 Dec 1945
  • USS Constellation (CC 2), cancelled
  • USS Constitution (CC 5) (ex Ranger), cancelled
  • USS Cowpens (CL 77/CV 25/CVL 25/AVT 1) (ex Huntington), commissioned 28 May 1943, decommissioned 13 Jan 1947
  • USS Cowpens (CG 63), commissioned 9 March 1991, still active
  • USS Dale (DLG 19/CG 19), commissioned 23 Nov 1962, decommissioned and stricken 23 Sept 1994
  • USS Dallas (CA 140), canceled
  • USS Dallas (CA 150), canceled
  • USS Dayton (CL 105), commissioned 7 Jan 1945, decommissioned 1 March 1949
  • USS Denver (C 14/PG 28/CL 16), commissioned 17 May 1904, last decommissioned 14 Feb 1931
  • USS Denver (CL 58), commissioned 15 Oct 1942, decommissioned 7 Feb 1947
  • USS Detroit (C 10), commissioned 20 July 1894, last decommissioned 1 Aug 1905
  • USS Detroit (CS 8/CL 8), commissioned 31 July 1923, decommissioned 11 Jan 1946
  • USS Des Moines (C 15/PG 29/CL 17), commissioned 5 March 1904, decommissioned 9 April 1921
  • USS Des Moines (CA 134), commissioned 16 Nov 1948, decommissioned 14 July 1961
  • USS Duluth (CL 87), commissioned 18 Sept 1944, last decommissioned 21 Jan 1994
  • USS Erie (PG 50), commissioned 8 July 1936, sank 5 Dec 1942
  • USS Fall River (CA 131), commissioned 1 July 1945, decommissioned 31 Oct 1947
  • USS Fargo (CL 106), commissioned 9 Dec 1945, decommissioned 14 Feb 1950
  • USS Flint (CL 97/CLAA 97), commissioned 31 Aug 1944, decommissioned 6 May 1947
  • USS Fox (DLG 33/CG 33), commissioned 28 May 1966, decommissioned 15 April 1994
  • USS Frederick (see USS Maryland (CA 8/ACR 8))
  • USS Fresno (CL 121/CLAA 121), commissioned 27 Nov 1946, decommissioned 17 May 1949
  • USS Galveston (C 17/PG 31/CL 19), commissioned 15 Feb 1905, last decommissioned 2 Sept 1930
  • USS Galveston (CL 93/CLG 93/CLG 3), commissioned 28 May 1958, decommissioned 25 May 1970
  • USS Gary (CL 147), canceled
  • USS Gettysburg (CG 64), commissioned 22 June 1991, still active
  • USS Gridley (DLG 21/CG 21), commissioned 25 May 1963, decommissioned 21 Jan 1994
  • USS Guam (CB 2), commissioned 17 Sept 1944; decommissioned 17 Feb 1947
  • USS Halsey (DLG 23/CG 23), commissioned 29 July 1963, decommissioned 28 Jan 1994
  • USS Harry E. Yarnell (DLG 17/CG 17), commissioned 2 Feb 1963, decommissioned 20 Oct 1993
  • USS Hawaii (CB 3/CBC 1/CB 3), canceled
  • USS Helena (CL 50), commissioned 18 Sept 1939, sunk 6 July 1943
  • USS Helena (CA 75) (ex Des Moines), commissioned 4 Sept 1945, decommissioned 29 June 1963
  • USS Helena (CL 113), canceled
  • USS Horne (DLG 30/CG 30), commissioned 15 April 1967, decommissioned 4 Feb 1994
  • USS Honolulu (CL 48), commissioned 15 June 1938, decommissioned 3 Feb 1947
  • USS Houston (CL 30/CA 30), commissioned 17 June 1930, sunk 1 March 1942
  • USS Houston (CL 81) (ex Vicksburg), commissioned 20 Dec 1943, decommissioned 15 Dec 1947
  • USS Hue City (CG 66), commissioned 14 Sept 1991, still active
  • USS Huntington (CL 107), commissioned 23 Feb 1946, decommissioned 15 June 1949
  • USS Huntington (see USS West Virginia (CA 5/ACR 5))
  • USS Huron (see USS South Dakota (CA 9/ACR 9))
  • USS Independence (CL 59/CV 22/CVL 22) (ex Amsterdam), commissioned 14 Jan 1943, decommissioned July 1946
  • USS Indianapolis (CL 35/CA 35), commissioned 15 Nov 1932, sunk 30 July 1945
  • USS Josephus Daniels (DLG 27/CG 27), commissioned 8 May 1965, decommissioned 22 Jan 1994
  • USS Jouett (DLG 29/CG 29), commissioned 3 Dec 1966, decommissioned 28 Jan 1994
  • USS Juneau (CL 52), commissioned 14 Feb 1942, sunk 13 Nov 1942
  • USS Juneau (CL 119/CLAA 119), commissioned 15 Feb 1946, decommissioned 23 July 1956
  • USS Kansas City (CA 128), canceled
  • USS Lake Champlain (CG 57), commissioned 12 Aug 1988, still active
  • USS Lake Erie (CG 70), commissioned 24 July 1993, still active
  • USS Langley (CL 85/CV 27/CVL 27) (ex Crown Point, ex Fargo), commissioned 31 Aug 1943, decommissioned 11 Feb 1947
  • USS Leahy (DLG 16/CG 16), commissioned 4 Aug 1962, decommissioned 1 Oct 1993
  • USS Lexington (CC 1/CV 1), cancelled (reordered and commissioned as carrier)
  • USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55), commissioned 26 Sept 1987, still active
  • USS Little Rock (CL 92/CLG 4/CG 4), commissioned 17 June 1945, last decommissioned 22 Nov 1976
  • USS Long Beach (CLGN 160/CGN 160/CGN 9), commissioned 9 Sept 1961, decommissioned 1 May 1996
  • USS Los Angeles (CA 135), commissioned 22 July 1945, decommissioned 15 Nov 1963
  • USS Louisville (CL 28/CA 28), commissioned 15 Jan 1931, decommissioned 17 June 1946
  • USS Macon (CA 132), commissioned 26 Aug 1945, last decommissioned 10 March 1961
  • USS Maine (ACR 1), commissioned 17 Sept 1895, sunk 15 Feb 1898
  • USS Manchester (CL 83), commissioned 29 Oct 1946, decommissioned 27 June 1956
  • USS Marblehead (C 11), commissioned 2 April 1894, last decommissioned 21 Aug 1919
  • USS Marblehead (CS 12/CL 12), commissioned 8 Sept 1924, decommissioned 1 Nov 1945
  • USS Maryland (CA 8/ACR 8), commissioned 18 April 1905, decommissioned 14 Feb 1922 (aka Frederick)
  • USS Memphis (CA 10) (see USS Tennessee)
  • USS Memphis (CS 13/CL 13), commissioned 4 Feb 1925, decommissoned 17 Dec 1945
  • USS Miami (CL 89), commissioned 28 Dec 1943, decommissioned 30 June 1947
  • USS Milwaukee (C 21), commissioned 10 Dec 1906, last decommissioned 6 March 1917
  • USS Milwaukee (CS 5/CL 5), commissioned 24 Feb 1923, decommissioned 20 April 1944
  • USS Minneapolis (C 13), commissioned 13 Dec 1894, last decommissioned 15 March 1921
  • USS Minneapolis (CL 36/CA 36), commissioned 19 May 1934, decommissioned 10 Feb 1947
  • USS Mississippi (DLGN 40/CGN 40), commissioned 5 Aug 1978, decommissioned 28 July 1997
  • USS Missoula (CA 13) (see USS Montana (ACR 13))
  • USS Mobile (CL 63), commissioned 24 March 1943, decommissioned 9 May 1947
  • USS Mobile Bay (CG 53), commissioned 21 Feb 1987, still active
  • USS Montana (ACR 13), commissioned 21 July 1908, decommissioned 2 Feb 1921 (aka Missoula)
  • USS Monterrey (CL 78/CV 26/CVL 26/AVT 2) (ex Dayton), comissioned 17 June 1943, last decommissioned 16 Jan 1956
  • USS Monterey (CG 61), commissioned 16 June 1990, still active
  • USS Montgomery (C 9)
  • USS Montpelier (CL 57), commissioned 9 Sept 1942, decommissioned 24 Jan 1947
  • USS Nashville (CL 43), commissioned 6 June 1938, decommissioned 24 June 1946
  • USS New Haven (CL 109)
  • USS New Haven (CLK 2), canceled
  • USS New Orleans (ex Amazonas) (PG 34/CL 22), commissioned 18 March 1898, last decommissioned 16 Nov 1922
  • USS New Orleans (CL 32/CA 32), commissioned 15 Feb 1934, decommissioned 10 Feb 1947
  • USS New York (ACR 2), commissioned 1 Aug 1893, last decommissioned 23 April 1923 (aka Saratoga, Rochester)
  • USS Newport News (CA 148), commissioned 29 Jan 1949, decommissioned 27 June 1975
  • USS Newark (C 1), commissioned 2 Feb 1891, last decommissioned 16 June 1913
  • USS Newark (CL 100/CV 30/CVL 30/AVT 5), see San Jacinto
  • USS Newark (CL 108), canceled
  • USS Norfolk (CA 137), canceled
  • USS Norfolk (CLK 1/DL 1), commissioned 4 March 1953, decommissioned 15 Jan 1970
  • USS Normandy (CG 60), commissioned 9 Dec 1989, still active
  • USS North Carolina (CA 12/ACR 12), commissioned 7 May 1908, decommissioned 18 Feb 1921 (aka Charlotte)
  • USS Northampton (CL 26/CA 26), commissioned 17 May 1930, sunk 30 Nov 1942
  • USS Northampton (CA 125/CLC 1/CC 1), commissioned 7 March 1953, decommissioned 8 April 1970
  • USS Oakland (CL 95/CLAA 95), commissioned 17 July 1943, decommissioned 1 July 1949
  • USS O’Higgins (see USS Brooklyn (CL 40))
  • USS Oklahoma City(CL 91/CLG 5/CG 5), commissioned 22 Dec 1944, last decommissioned 15 Dec 1979
  • USS Olympia (C 6/CA 15/CL 15), commissioned 5 Feb 1895, last decommissioned 9 Dec 1922
  • USS Omaha (CS 4/CL 4), commissioned 24 Feb 1923, decommissioned 1 Nov 1945
  • USS Oregon City (CA 122), commissioned 16 Feb 1946, decommissioned 15 Dec 1947
  • USS Panther
  • USS Pasadena (CL 65), commissioned 8 June 1944, decommissioned 12 Jan 1950
  • USS Pennsylvania (ACR 4), commissioned 9 March 1905, decommissioned 10 July 1931 (aka Pittsburgh)
  • USS Pensacola (CL 24/CA 24), commissioned 6 Feb 1930, decommissioned 26 Aug 1946
  • USS Philadelphia (C 4), commissioned 28 July 1890, last decommissioned 22 Sept 1902
  • USS Philadephia (CL 41), commissioned 23 Sept 1937, decommissioned 3 Feb 1947
  • USS Philippine Sea (CG 58), commissioned 18 March 1989, still active
  • USS Philippines (CB 4), canceled
  • USS Phoenix (CL 46), commissioned 3 Oct 1938, decommissioned 3 July 1946
  • USS Pittsburg (CA 4) (see USS Pennsylvania (ACR 4))
  • USS Pittsburgh (CA 72) (ex Albany), commissioned 10 Oct 1944, last decommissioned 28 Aug 1956
  • USS Portland (CL 33/CA 33), commissioned 23 Feb 1933, decommissioned 12 July 1946
  • USS Port Royal (CG 73), commissioned 9 July 1994, still active
  • USS Portsmouth (CL 102), commissioned 25 June 1945, decommissioned 15 June 1949
  • USS Prairie
  • USS Princeton (CL 61/CV 23/CVL 23) (ex Tallahassee), commissioned 25 Feb 1943, bombed 24 Oct 1944, later abandoned and scuttled
  • USS Princeton (CG 59), commissioned 11 Feb 1989, still active
  • USS Providence (CL 82/CLG 6/CG 6), commissioned 15 May 1945, decommissioned 31 Aug 1973
  • USS Pueblo (CA 7) (see USS Colorado (ACR 7))
  • USS Puerto Rico (CB 5), canceled
  • USS Quincy (CA 39), commissioned 9 June 1936, sunk 9 Aug 1942
  • USS Quincy (CA 71) (ex St. Paul), commissioned 15 Dec 1943, decommissioned 2 July 1954
  • USS Raleigh (CS 7/CL 7), commissioned 6 Feb 1924, decommissioned 2 Nov 1945
  • USS Raleigh (C 8), commissioned 17 April 1894, last decommissioned 21 April 1919
  • USS Ranger (CC 4) (ex Lexington), cancelled
  • USS Reeves (DLG 24/CG 24), commissioned 15 May 1964, decommissioned 12 Nov 1993
  • USS Reno (CL 96/CLAA 96), commissioned 28 Dec 1943, decommissioned 4 Nov 1946
  • USS Reprisal (CL 100/CV 30/CVL 30/AVT 5), see San Jacinto
  • USS Resolute
  • USS Richmond (CS 9/CL 9), commissioned 2 July 1923, decommissioned 21 Dec 1945
  • USS Richmond K. Turner (DLG 20/CG 20), commissioned 13 June 1964, decommissioned 31 March 1995
  • USS Roanoke (CL 114), canceled
  • USS Roanoke (CL 145), commissioned 4 April 1949, decommissioned 31 Oct 1958
  • USS Rochester (CA 2) (see USS New York (ACR 2))
  • USS Rochester (CA 124), commissioned 20 Dec 1946, decommissioned 15 Aug 1961
  • USS Salem (CS 3/CL 3), commissioned 1 Aug 1908, decommissioned 16 Aug 1921
  • USS Saipan (CV 48/CVL 48/AVT 6/CC 3/AGMR 3), commissioned 14 July 1946, last decommissioned 14 Jan 1970
  • USS Salem (CA 139), commissioned 14 May 1949, decommissioned 30 Jan 1959
  • USS Salt Lake City (CL 25/CA 25), commissioned 11 Dec 1929, decommissioned 29 Aug 1946
  • USS Samoa (CB 6), canceled
  • USS San Diego (CA 6) (see USS California (ACR 6))
  • USS San Diego (CL 53/CLAA 53), commissioned 10 Jan 1942, decommissioned 4 Nov 1946
  • USS San Francisco (C 5), commissioned 15 Nov 1890, last decommissioned 21 Dec 1921 (aka Tahoe and Yosemite)
  • USS San Francisco (CA 38), commissioned 10 Feb 1934, decommissioned 10 Feb 1946
  • USS San Jacinto (CL 100/CV 30/CVL 30/AVT 5) (ex Reprisal, ex Newark), commissioned 15 Dec 1943, decommissioned 1 Mar 1947
  • USS San Jacinto (CG 56), commissioned 23 Jan 1988, still active
  • USS San Juan (CL 54/CLAA 54), commissioned 28 Feb 1942, decommissioned 8 Nov 1946
  • USS Santa Fe (CL 60), commissioned 24 Nov 1942, decommissioned 19 Oct 1946
  • USS Saratoga (CC 3/CV 3), cancelled (reordered and commissioned as carrier)
  • USS Saratoga (see USS New York (ACR 2))
  • USS Savannah (CL 42), commissioned 10 Feb 1938, decommissioned 22 April 1946
  • USS Scranton (CA 138), canceled
  • USS Seattle (CA 11) (see USS Washington (ACR 11))
  • USS Shiloh (CG 67), commissioned 18 July 1992, still active
  • USS South Carolina (DGLN 37/CGN 37), commissioned 25 Jan 1975, decommissioned 30 July 1999
  • USS South Dakota (CA 9/ACR 9), commissioned 27 Jan 1908, decommissioned 17 June 1927 (aka Huron)
  • USS Spokane (CL 120/CLAA 120/AG 191), commissioned 17 May 1946, decommissioned 27 Feb 1950
  • USS Springfield (CL 66/CLG 7/CG 7), commissioned 9 Sept 1944, decommissioned 15 May 1974
  • USS St. Louis (C 20), commissioned 18 Aug 1906, last decommissioned 3 March 1922
  • USS St. Louis(CL 49), commissioned 10 May 1939, decommissioned 20 June 1946
  • USS St. Paul (CA 73) (ex Rochester), commissioned 17 Feb 1945, decommissioned 30 April 1971
  • USS Sterret (DLG 31/CG 31), commissioned 8 April 1967, decommissioned 24 March 1994
  • USS Tacoma (C 18/PG 32/CL 20), commissioned 30 Jan 1904, wrecked 16 Jan 1924
  • USS Tahoe (see USS San Francisco (C 5))
  • USS Tallahassee (CL 116), canceled
  • USS Tennessee (ACR 10/CA 10), commissioned 17 July 1906, wrecked 29 Aug 1917 (aka Memphis)
  • USS Texas (DLGN 39/CGN 39), commissioned 10 Sept 1977, decommissioned 16 July 1993
  • USS Thomas S. Gates (CG 51), commissioned 22 Aug 1987, still active
  • USS Ticonderoga (DDG 47/CG 47), commissioned 22 Jan 1983, still active
  • USS Toledo (CA 133), commissioned 27 Oct 1946, decommissioned 21 May 1960
  • USS Topeka (PG 35/IX 35) (ex Diogenes), commissioned 2 April 1898, last decommissioned 2 Dec 1929
  • USS Topeka (CL 67/CLG 8), commissioned 23 Dec 1944, decommissioned 5 June 1969
  • USS Trenton (CS 10/CL 11), commissioned 19 April 1924, decommissioned 20 Dec 1945
  • USS Truxtun (DLGN 35/CGN 35), commissioned 27 May 1967, decommissioned 11 Sept 1995
  • USS Tucson (CL 98/CLAA 98), commissioned 3 Feb 1945, decommissioned 11 June 1949
  • USS Tulsa (CA 129), canceled
  • USS Tuscaloosa (CA 37), commissioned 7 Aug 1934, decommissioned 13 Feb 1946
  • USS United States (CC 6), canceled
  • USS Vallejo (CL 112), canceled
  • USS Vallejo (CL 146), canceled
  • USS Valley Forge (DDG 50/CG 50), commissioned 11 Jan 1986, still active
  • USS Vella Gulf (CG 72), commissioned 29 Aug 1993, still active
  • USS Vesuvius (IX), commissioned 2 June 1890, last decommissioned 21 Oct 1921
  • USS Vicksburg (CG 69) (ex Port Royal), commissioned 14 Nov 1992, still active
  • USS Vicksburg (CL 86), commissioned 12 June 1944, decommissioned 30 June 1947
  • USS Vincennes (CA 44), commissioned 24 Feb 1937, sunk 9 Aug 1942
  • USS Vincennes (CL 64) (ex Flint), commissioned 21 Jan 1944, decommissioned 10 Sept 1946
  • USS Vincennes (DDG 49/CG 49), commissioned 6 July 1985, still active
  • USS Virginia (DLGN 38/CGN 38), commissioned 11 Sept 1976, decommissioned 10 Nov 1994
  • USS Wainwright (DLG 28/CG 28), commissioned 8 Jan 1966, decommissioned 10 Nov 1993
  • USS Washington (ACR 11), commissioned 7 Aug 1906, decommissioned 28 June 1946 (aka Seattle)
  • USS West Virginia (CA 5/ACR 5), commissioned 23 Feb 1905, decommissioned 1 Sept 1920 (aka Huntington)
  • USS Wichita (CA 45), commissioned 16 Feb 1939, decommissioned 3 Feb 1947
  • USS Wilkes Barre (CL 103), commissioned 1 July 1944, decommissioned 9 Oct 1947
  • USS William H. Standley (DLG 32/CG 32), commissioned 9 July 1966, decommissioned 11 Feb 1994
  • USS Wilmington (CL 111), canceled
  • USS Worcester (CL 144) commissioned 26 June 1948, decommissioned 19 Dec 1958
  • USS Worden (DLG 18/CG 18), commissioned 3 Aug 1963, decommissioned and stricken 1 Oct 1993
  • USS Wright (CV 49/CVL 49/AVT 7/CC 2), commissioned 9 Feb 1947, last decommissioned 27 May 1970
  • USS York (see USS Chester (CS 1/CL 1))
  • USS Yorktown (DDG 48/CG 48), commissioned 4 July 1984, still active
  • USS Yosemite (see USS San Francisco (C 5))
  • USS Youngstown (CL 94), canceled

Sources include:

U.S. Navy, The Cruisers

Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS) Online–Cruisers

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