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Here we see the Northampton class heavy cruiser USS Chester (CA-27) at Mare Island Navy Yard on 16 May 1945, towards the end of a refit that followed her service at Iwo Jima.
US Heavy Cruisers 1941-45: Pre War Classes, Mark Stille. Looks at the 'treaty cruisers' built in the US between the wars, limited by treaty to 10,000 tons and 8in guns. Five classes of treaty cruisers were produced and they played a major role in the fighting during the Second World War, despite the limits imposed on them by the treaty restrictions. [read full review]
