World War 2 at sea
CA68 USS Baltimore (1945)
Last week, the Baltimore-class heavy cruiser USS Baltimore joined my fleet, I just didn’t find the time to post her.
In the interwar-period, the 2nd London Naval Treaty prohibited the construction of heavy cruisers. When the treaty became obsolete with the outbreak of war in 1939, the U.S. Navy immediately initiated studies which culminated in the conception and building of the Baltimore-class heavy cruisers, the first of which was commissioned in 1943. They proved to be an effective design and stayed in service long after the end of World War 2.
I present the first ship in the class, the USS Baltimore – like all ships in my U.S. Navy as she appeared in 1945.
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