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USS Wichita was a unique heavy cruiser of the United States Navy built in the 1930s. The last American cruiser designed to meet the limits of the London Naval Treaty, she was originally intended to be a New Orleans -class heavy cruiser, accordingly with the maximum main armament of three triple 8-inch (203 mm) gun turrets.
USS Wichita (CA 45) Operating in the Atlantic Ocean, out of Norfolk, Virginia, on 1 May 1940. Note the markings on her turret tops (bars on the forward turrets, a circle on the after turret). These scheme was used on several other heavy cruisers in 1939-40.
18 lut 2020 · USS Wichita (CA-45) fires on Japanese ships during the Battle off Cape Engaño, 25 October 1944.jpg 768 × 572; 222 KB
19 lip 2020 · On the 28th of April, USS Wichita started her first Arctic convoy escort mission, watching the PQ 11 and PQ 15. She was part of TF 99 (Washington, Wichita, Tuscaloosa, four destroyers) and was assisted by the aircraft carrier HMS Victorious, battleship King George V, a cruiser, and five destroyers.
17 kwi 2020 · The last heavy cruiser to have entered service for the United States before the start of World War II, USS Wichita was a unique warship, and in fact, the only unit to be produced of her class.
Online Library of Selected Images: -- U.S. NAVY SHIPS -- USS Wichita (CA-45), 1939-1959. USS Wichita, a 10,000-ton heavy cruiser, was built at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania. Commissioned in February 1939, her initial cruise took her to the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean.
Wichita rode out the storm well until the seaplane tender Albemarle (AV-5) began to drag her anchors in the gale, as did the nearby merchantman SS West Nohno. Wichita maneuvered to avoid Albemarle, but West Nohno fouled the heavy cruiser's anchor cable and struck her side against Wichita's bow.
