Fargo-class cruiser

The Fargo-class cruisers were a modified version of the previous Cleveland-class light cruiser design; the main difference was a more compact pyramidal superstructure with single trunked funnel, intended to improve the arcs of fire of the anti-aircraft (AA) guns. The same type of modification differentiated the Baltimore-class cruiser and Oregon City-class cruiseres of heavy cruisers.

In all, 13 ships of the class were planned but only USS Fargo (CL-106) and USS Huntington (CL-107) were ever completed, the rest being cancelled at varying states of completion with the de-escalation of World War II.

Fargo, the lead ship of the class, was launched on 25 February 1945, but was not commissioned until 9 December 1945, shortly after the war ended. Huntington was commissioned early in 1946. The two ships were decommissioned in 1949-1950, and never reactivated.

Ships in class

 * USS Fargo (CL-106)
 * USS Huntington (CL-107)
 * USS Newark (CL-108) cancelled 1945 after launch.
 * USS New Haven (CL-109) cancelled 1945.
 * USS Buffalo (CL-110) cancelled 1945.
 * USS Wilmington (CL-111) cancelled 1945.
 * USS Vallejo (CL-112) cancelled 1944.
 * USS Helena (CL-113) cancelled 1944.
 * USS Roanoke (CL-114) cancelled 1944.
 * Unnamed (CL-115) cancelled 1944.
 * USS Tallahassee (CL-116) cancelled 1945.
 * USS Cheyenne (CL-117) cancelled 1945.
 * USS Chattanooga (CL-118) cancelled 1945.