PASC014 New Orlean 1944
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A descendant of the Portland-class heavy cruisers, the New Orleans-class warships featured much heavier armor than their predecessors. The armor enhancement was made possible by shortening the hull after the en echelon machinery arrangement had been rejected. In 1942, the cruisers of this class were equipped with more powerful AA armament as a result of modernization. The class included seven ships; three of them were sunk by artillery fire and torpedoes from Japanese ships during the Battle of Savo Island in the Guadalcanal campaign in 1942. The remaining ships were decommissioned in 1959.
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These ships participated in the heaviest surface battles of the Pacific War. Astoria, Quincy, and Vincennes were all sunk in the Battle of Savo Island, and three others were heavily damaged in subsequent battles in the Guadalcanal campaign. Only Tuscaloosa, the single ship of the class to spend most of World War II in the Atlantic, got through the war without being damaged. Collectively, ships of the class earned 64 battle stars.
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