PASC007 Cleveland 1945
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? | |InTheGame_performance= Sometimes nicknamed "The Cleaver" or the more accepted "Cheatland" due to its absurd rate of fire at its tier, the Cleveland is one light cruiser you would be very impressed with. Packing twelve 152mm guns in four triple mount turrets, when fully upgraded she has the capability to virtually pummel any ship she encounters into submission due to the fast rate of fire each turret at 7.5RPM which enables her to have an outstanding damage output. Even as a light cruiser, you should not take this ship very lightly as she can deal copious amounts of damage with her impressive gunnery that makes destroyers literally evaporate, other cruisers giving it priority when engaging, battleships checking their hit points and carriers being utterly wary of the ship as the Cleveland can set their deck on fire continuously while destroying air groups when it | + | |InTheGame_performance= Sometimes nicknamed "The Cleaver" or the more accepted "Cheatland" due to its absurd rate of fire at its tier, the Cleveland is one light cruiser you would be very impressed with. Packing twelve 152mm guns in four triple mount turrets, when fully upgraded she has the capability to virtually pummel any ship she encounters into submission due to the fast rate of fire each turret at 7.5RPM which enables her to have an outstanding damage output. Even as a light cruiser, you should not take this ship very lightly as she can deal copious amounts of damage with her impressive gunnery that makes destroyers literally evaporate, other cruisers giving it priority when engaging, battleships checking their hit points and carriers being utterly wary of the ship as the Cleveland can set their deck on fire continuously while destroying air groups when it is zeroed in. It is also a fairly durable for a light cruiser which gives you enough of a time to cause as much damage as you can. The Cleveland serves as an excellent AA screen for any ship as its AA suite is capable of harming any air group it will face. | |
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? | * Excellent rate of fire with | + | * Excellent rate of fire with 4x3 turrets causing insane fire damage with HE. | |
* Fantastic AA defense causes havoc for all Aircraft Carriers and is a great battleship escort. | * Fantastic AA defense causes havoc for all Aircraft Carriers and is a great battleship escort. | |||
* Durable for a light cruiser. | * Durable for a light cruiser. |
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Sometimes nicknamed "The Cleaver" or the more accepted "Cheatland" due to its absurd rate of fire at its tier, the Cleveland is one light cruiser you would be very impressed with. Packing twelve 152mm guns in four triple mount turrets, when fully upgraded she has the capability to virtually pummel any ship she encounters into submission due to the fast rate of fire each turret at 7.5RPM which enables her to have an outstanding damage output. Even as a light cruiser, you should not take this ship very lightly as she can deal copious amounts of damage with her impressive gunnery that makes destroyers literally evaporate, other cruisers giving it priority when engaging, battleships checking their hit points and carriers being utterly wary of the ship as the Cleveland can set their deck on fire continuously while destroying air groups when it is zeroed in. It is also a fairly durable for a light cruiser which gives you enough of a time to cause as much damage as you can. The Cleveland serves as an excellent AA screen for any ship as its AA suite is capable of harming any air group it will face.
Early Research
- First, get the hull to improve survivability, AA and maneuverability.
- Second, reasearch and mount the improved guns to deal much heavier amounts of damage.
- Go from there.
Pros
- Excellent rate of fire with 4x3 turrets causing insane fire damage with HE.
- Fantastic AA defense causes havoc for all Aircraft Carriers and is a great battleship escort.
- Durable for a light cruiser.
- Effective against destroyers and other light cruisers.
- Ship versatility can enable you to react as needed.
Cons
- As it is a light cruiser, its armor is considerably thin and vulnerable to HE.
- Fairly easy to hit its citadel.
- Rather small caliber of guns (152mm) which can force you to be reliant on HE.
- High priority target for experienced players.
Historical Info
52 light cruisers of this class were originally planned, but nine of them were completed as the light aircraft carriers of the Independence class, and two of them were completed to a somewhat different design, with more compact superstructures and just a single stack. These two were called the Fargo class. Of the 27 Cleveland-class cruisers that were commissioned, one (USS Galveston) was completed as a guided missile cruiser and five were later modified as Galveston and Providence-class guided missile cruisers. Following the naming convention at the time, all the ships completed as cruisers were named for U.S. cities and towns.
Technical drawing of a Cleveland-class cruiser.
The Cleveland-class cruisers served mainly in the Pacific Fleet during World War II, especially in the Fast Carrier Task Force, but some of them served off the coasts of Europe and Africa in the U.S. Atlantic Fleet. All of these warships, though hard worked in both the Atlantic and Pacific fleets, and in some cases heavily damaged in combat, survived the war. Except for USS Manchester, which remained in service until 1956, and the guided missile cruisers all of these cruisers were decommissioned by 1950. They suffered from increasing stability problems as anti-aircraft armament and additional radar was added during the war. None were recommissioned for the Korean War, as they required almost as large a crew as the Baltimore-class ships, and those ships were reactivated instead. All non-converted ships were sold off from the reserve fleet for scrapping beginning in 1959. The six that were completed as or converted into guided missile cruisers were reactivated during the 1950s and then served into the 1970s. All particularly the Talos armed ships suffered from greater stability problems, than the original design, due to the extra radar and equipment and top weight, which was particularly severe in USS Galveston, leading to its premature decommissioning in 1970 and USS Oklahoma City and USS Little Rock had to have a large amount of ballast and internal rearrangement to allow continued service in the 1970s. The last of these in service, Oklahoma City, was decommissioned in December 1979.
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