Northampton | World Warships

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Northampton

Heavy Cruiser

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Dimension

Length: 182.96m

Beam: 20.14m

Draught: 4.99m

Displacement

Standard: 9200 tons

Armament

Qty	Weapon Type	Configuration	Remarks
9 8 24 28 6	8" 55-caliber Mk 9 5" 25-caliber AA 40mm 60-caliber Bofors AA 20mm AA 21" Torpedo Tube (American)	III x 3 added 1943 III x 2	added 1943

Machinery

Main Engines:

4 Parsons geared steam turbine

Total Power Units: 107000 HP

Props: 4

Speed: 32.5 knots

Complement

Ships Company: 1100

Aircraft

Aircraft Capacity: 2 seaplanes

Boilers

Qty	Make
8	White-Forster

Ships of this Class

Name	Pennant	Builder	Launched	Commisioned	De-Commissioned	Status
Northampton	26	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Fore River Shipyard	5 Sep 1929	17 May 1930	1 Dec 1942	Sunk (Action)
Chester	27	New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden	3 Jul 1929	24 Jun 1930	10 Jun 1946	Scrapped
Louisville	28	Puget Sound Naval Yard, Bremerton	1 Sep 1930	15 Nov 1931	17 Jun 1946	Scrapped
Chicago	29	Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo	10 Apr 1930	9 Mar 1931	30 Jan 1943	Sunk (Action)
Houston	30	Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News	7 Sep 1929	17 Jun 1930	1 Mar 1942	Sunk (Action)
Augusta	31	Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News	1 Feb 1930	30 Jan 1931	16 Jul 1946	Scrapped

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