The most powerful conventional cruiser ever built. Nine 8-inch rapid-fire guns capable of 10 rounds per minute per barrel . a rate of fire no cruiser has matched before or since. Lead ship of the last all-gun cruiser class in the world.

The last surviving all-gun heavy cruiser in the world. Now a museum ship at the United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum, Quincy, MA. If you want to stand on the deck of the most powerful gun cruiser ever built, this is where you go.

The last U.S. heavy cruiser to fire guns in combat . naval gunfire support throughout the Vietnam War. Her number three turret exploded during firing in 1972, killing 20 sailors. Decommissioned 1975. The closing chapter of a century of gun cruiser history.