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Photo # 80-G-K-5580:  USS Alaska during her shakedown cruise, August 1944

Online Library of Selected Images:
U.S. NAVY SHIPS -- Listed by Hull Number

CB -- Large Cruisers

The short-lived large cruiser (CB) designation was applied only to the to six-ship Alaska class ordered in 1940. Three of these big cruisers were cancelled before construction began, two were completed in 1944 and one was launched but never finished. The CB series became extinct with the sale of the last of these ships in mid-1961.

This page provides the numbers of U.S. Navy large cruisers.


See the list below to locate photographs of individual large cruisers numbered in the CB series.


Large cruisers numbered in the CB series:

  • CB-1: Alaska (1944-1961)
  • CB-2: Guam (1944-1961)
  • CB-3: Hawaii. Launched in 1945 but never completed. Reclassified CBC-1 in 1952-54
  • CB-4: Philippines. Construction cancelled in 1943
  • CB-5: Puerto Rico. Construction cancelled in 1943
  • CB-6: Samoa. Construction cancelled in 1943


NOTES:

  • To the best of our knowledge, the Online Library's pictures are all in the Public Domain, and can therefore be freely downloaded and used for any purpose.

  • Some images linked from this page may bear obsolete credit lines citing the organization name: "Naval Historical Center". Effective 1 December 2008 the name should be cited as: "Naval History and Heritage Command".


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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    Page made 22 August 2002
    Coding updated 23 April 2009