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World War II

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Ship

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s is a comparative listing ranking the main armament broadside weight of major vessels in service during World War II

World War II

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Pound (mass)

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Salvo

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Rate of fire

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Salvo

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Items are listed in order of broadside weight.

Country	Vessel	No. built	Main gun: No and Caliber	Broadside weight		Maximum range		Maximum Rate of fire (/min)
				(lb)	(kg)	(yd)	(km)
Japan	Yamato class battleship Yamato class battleship The were battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy constructed and operated during World War II. Displacing at full load, the vessels were the heaviest and most powerfully armed battleships ever constructed. The class carried the largest naval artillery ever fitted to a warship, nine naval...	2	9 x 46 cm (18.1 in) 45 cal Type 94 40 cm/45 Type 94 The Japanese was the largest bore gun ever mounted on any warship. They were actually 46 cm guns, but were designated 40 cm in an effort to hide their true size.-Description:...	28,971	13,141	45,960	42.0	2
USA	Iowa class battleship Iowa class battleship The Iowa-class battleships were a class of fast battleships ordered by the United States Navy in 1939 and 1940 to escort the Fast Carrier Task Forces which would operate in the Pacific Theater of World War II. Six were ordered during the course of World War II, but only four were completed in...	4	9 x 16" 50 cal Mark 7	24,300	11,022	42,345	38.7	2
USA	North Carolina class battleship North Carolina class battleship The North Carolina class was a group of two fast battleships, North Carolina and Washington, built for the United States Navy in the late 1930s and early 1940s...	2	9 x 16" 45 cal Mark 6 16"/45 caliber Mark 6 gun The 16"/45 caliber Mark 6 gun was a naval gun designed in 1936 by the United States Navy for their Treaty battleships. It was first introduced in 1941 aboard their North Carolina-class battleships, replacing the originally intended 14"/50 caliber Mark B guns and was also used for the followup South...	24,300	11,022	40,180	36.7	2
USA	South Dakota class battleship South Dakota class battleship (1939) The South Dakota-class was a group of four fast battleships built by the United States Navy. They were the second class of battleships to be named after the 40th State; the first class was designed in the 1920s and canceled under the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty. The class comprised four...	4	9 x 16" 45 cal Mark 6	24,300	11,022	40,180	36.7	2
UK	Nelson class battleships Nelson class battleship The Nelson class was a class of two battleships of the British Royal Navy, built shortly after, and under the terms of, the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922...	2	9 x 16" 45 cal Mk I	18,432	8,360	39,780	36.4	1.5
USA	Tennessee class battleship Tennessee class battleship The Tennessee class was a class of battleships of the United States Navy. The class comprised two ships: and the . They were modified versions of the featuring improved underwater armor for better torpedo protection and 30 degree elevation on their main batteries, as opposed to 15 degrees for...	2	12 x 14" 50 cal Marks 7 & 11 14"/50 caliber gun The 14"/50 caliber gun was a naval gun mounted on and s. These ships also featured the first "three-gun" turrets, meaning that each gun in each turret could be "individually sleeved" to elevate separately...	18,000	8,165	36,300	33.2	2
USA	New Mexico class battleship New Mexico class battleship The New Mexico class battleships of the United States Navy, all three of whose construction began in 1915, were improvements on the design introduced three years earlier with the Nevada class....	3	12 x 14" 50 cal Marks 7 & 11	18,000	8,165	36,300	33.2	2
USA	Pennsylvania class battleship Pennsylvania class battleship The Pennsylvania-class battleships, of the United States Navy, were an enlargement of the Nevada class; having two additional 45-caliber main battery guns, greater length and displacement, four propellers and slightly higher speed...	2	12 x 14" 45 cal Marks 8,9,10&12 14"/45 caliber gun The 14"/45 caliber gun, known initially as the Mark 1, 2, 3, and 5, and later as the Mark 8, 9, 10, and 12, were the first 14-inch guns to be employed with the United States Navy. They were installed aboard the United States Navy's New York, Nevada, and Pennsylvania-class battleships as the primary...	18,000	8,165	36,000	33.0	2
Japan	Nagato class battleship Japanese battleship Nagato Nagato was a battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy; the lead ship of her class. She was the first battleship in the world to mount 16 inch guns, her armour protection and speed made her one of the most powerful capital ships at the time of her commissioning.She was the flagship of Admiral...	2	8 x 16" 45 cal 3rd Year Type	17,992	8,161	42,000	38.4	2
USA	Colorado class battleship Colorado class battleship The Colorado class battleships was a group of four battleships built by the United States Navy after World War I. However, only three of the ships were completed: , , and . The fourth, , was over 75% completed when she was canceled under the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty in 1922...	3	8 x 16" 45 cal Mark 5	17,920	8,128	35,000	32.0	2
Japan	Ise class battleship Ise class battleship Originally intended as sister ships of the preceding Fusō class, the of the Imperial Japanese Navy were considered sufficiently different to warrant separate classification....	2	12 x 14" 45 cal 41st Year Type Vickers 14 inch/45 naval gun The Vickers 14 inch 45 calibre gun was designed and built by Vickers and initially installed on the battlecruiser Kongō which it was building for the Imperial Japanese Navy...	17,820	8,083	38,770	35.5	2
Japan	Fusō class battleship Fuso class battleship The Fusō-class battleships were two battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy constructed during World War I. Displacing upon completion, and , the vessels of this class, were the first super-dreadnoughts of the IJN. They were completed from 1915 to 1917, both in Japanese shipyards...	2	12 x 14" 45 cal 41st Year Type	17,820	8,083	38,770	35.5	2
Italy	Vittorio Veneto class battleship Littorio class battleship The Littorio class, also known as the Vittorio Veneto class,Vittorio Veneto and Littorio were laid down on the same date, so ambiguity exists in the naming of the class. was a class of battleship of the Regia Marina, the Italian navy. The class was composed of four ships: Littorio, Vittorio Veneto,...	3	9 x 15" 50 cal Ansaldo 1934 381mm / 50 Model 1934 naval gun The 381 mm/50 Ansaldo was the main battery gun of Italy's most modern battleships: Vittorio Veneto, Littorio, and Roma. These built-up guns consisted of a liner, a cylinder over the chamber and part of the rifle bore, a full length cylinder, and a 3/4 length jacket with a hydro-pneumatically...	17,559	7,964	46,216	42.3	1.3
UK	King George V class battleship King George V class battleship (1939) The King George V-class battleships were the most modern British battleships used during World War II. Five ships of this class were built and commissioned: King George V , Prince of Wales , Duke of York , Howe , and Anson .The Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 limiting all of the number,...	5	10 x 14" 45 cal Mk VII BL 14 inch Mk VII naval gun The BL 14 inch Mk VII naval gun was designed for the ships of the Royal Navy in the late 1930s. This gun armed the King George V class battleships.-Background:...	15,900	7,212	38,560	35.3	2
France	Richelieu class battleship French battleship Richelieu (1939) The Richelieu was a battleship of the French Navy, lead ship of her class. She served during World War II, on the Vichy Regime side, notably fending off an Allied attempt on Dakar, and later with Allied forces in the Indian Ocean in 1944 and 1945...	2	8 x 15" 45 cal Modèle 1935	15,592	7,070	45,600	41.7	2
UK	Queen Elizabeth class battleships Queen Elizabeth class battleship The Queen Elizabeth-class battleships were a class of five super-dreadnoughts of the Royal Navy. The lead ship was named after Elizabeth I of England...	5	8 x 15" 42 cal Mk I	15,504	7,030	33,550	30.7	2
UK	Revenge class battleships Revenge class battleship The Revenge class battleships were five battleships of the Royal Navy, ordered as World War I loomed on the horizon, and launched in 1914–1916...	5	8 x 15" 42 cal Mk I	15,504	7,030	33,550	30.7	2
UK	Admiral or Hood class battlecruiser Admiral class battlecruiser The Admiral-class battlecruisers were a class of four British Royal Navy battlecruisers designed near the end of World War I. Their design began as a improved version of the s, but it was recast as a battlecruiser after Admiral John Jellicoe, commander of the Grand Fleet, pointed out that there was...	1	8 x 15" 42 cal Mk I	15,360	6,970	30,180	27.6	2
USA	Nevada class battleship Nevada class battleship The Nevada class battleships were the United States Navy's first battleship design equipped with triple gun turrets , as well as introducing the so-called "all or nothing" armor scheme, in which protection of vital areas was optimized against heavy caliber guns, leaving other parts...	2	10 x 14" 45 cal Marks 8,9,10&12	15,000	6,800	36,000	33.0	2
USA	New York class battleship New York class battleship The New York class battleship was the fifth series of two super-dreadnought battleships of the United States Navy which served during World War I and World War II. The class represented the first use of the 14" naval gun by the U.S. Navy...	2	10 x 14" 45 cal Marks 8,9,10&12	15,000	6,800	36,000	33.0	2
Germany	Bismarck class battleship Bismarck class battleship The Bismarck class was a pair of battleships built by the German Kriegsmarine shortly before the outbreak of World War II. The ships were the largest warships built by the German Navy and the heaviest capital ships ever completed in Europe...	2	8 x 15" 47 cal SK C/34	14,112	6,400	38,880	35.6	3
France	Bretagne class battleship Bretagne class battleship The Bretagne class battleships were the first "super-dreadnoughts" built for the French Navy during the First World War. The class comprised three vessels: Bretagne, the lead ship, Provence, and Lorraine. They were an improvement of the previous , and mounted ten guns instead of twelve guns as on...	3	10 x 13.4" 45 cal M1912 340mm/45 Modèle 1912 gun The 340mm/45 Modèle 1912 gun was a heavy naval gun of the French Navy.While the calibres of the naval guns of the French Navy were usually very close to those of their British counterparts, the calibre of 340 mm is specific to the French Navy....	12,680	5,752	29,090	26.6	2
USSR	Gangut class battleship Gangut class battleship The Gangut-class battleships were the first dreadnoughts begun for the Imperial Russian Navy before World War I. They had a convoluted design history involving several British companies, evolving requirements, an international design competition, and foreign protests...	4	12 x 12" 52 cal P1907	12,456	5,650	32,080	29.3	2-3
Japan	Kongō class battlecruiser Kongo class battlecruiser The were a class of ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy constructed immediately before World War I. Designed by British naval architect George Thurston, the lead ship of the class was the last Japanese capital ship constructed outside of Japan. Displacing upon completion, the vessels of this...	4	8 x 14" 45 cal 41st Year Type	11,880	5,389	38,770	35.5	2
UK	Renown class battlecruiser Renown class battlecruiser The Renown class consisted of a pair of battlecruisers built during the First World War for the Royal Navy. They were originally laid down as improved versions of the s. Their construction was suspended on the outbreak of war on the grounds they would not be ready in a timely manner...	2	6 x 15" 42 cal Mk I	11,628	5,274	33,550	30.7	2
Italy	Andrea Doria class battleship Andrea Doria class battleship The Andrea Doria class was a class of dreadnought battleships of the Regia Marina . Only two were built, in the La Spezia and Castellammare shipyards, in Italy, between 1912 and 1915....	2	10 x 12.6" 44 cal M1936	11,570	5,248	31,280	28.6	2
Italy	Conte di Cavour class battleship Conte di Cavour class battleship The Conte di Cavour class was a battleship class of the Regia Marina in World War I and World War II.-Design:This class was the second group of dreadnoughts in the Regia Marina. The ships were designed by Admiral Edoardo Masdea....	2	10 x 12.6" 44 cal M1934	11,570	5,248	31,280	28.6	2
France	Courbet class battleship French battleship Paris Paris was the third ship of the s, the first dreadnoughts built for the French Navy. She was completed before World War I as part of the 1911 naval building programme. She spent the war in the Mediterranean, spending most of 1914 providing gunfire support for the Montenegrin Army until her sister...	2	12 x 12" 45 cal M1910 305mm/45 Modèle 1906 gun The 305mm/45 Modèle 1906 gun was a heavy naval gun of the French Navy.The type was used on the s, mounted in two twin turrets. An improved variant, the 305mm/45 Modèle 1910 gun, was installed on the Courbet class.-See also:...	11,424	5,182	25,150	23.0	2
Argentina	Rivadavia class battleship Rivadavia class battleship The Rivadavia class was a two-ship group of battleships designed by the American Fore River Shipbuilding Company for the Argentine Navy...	2	12 x 12" 50 cal Bethlehem 12"/50 caliber gun (Argentina) The 12"/50 caliber Bethlehem gun was a US naval gun designed in 1910 as the main armament for the Argentine Navy’s dreadnought battleships of the Rivadavia class.- Design :...	10,440	4,736	24,000	22.0	2-3
USA	Battleship USS Arkansas USS Arkansas (BB-33) USS Arkansas , a was the third ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the 25th state.A dreadnought battleship, Arkansas was laid down on 25 January 1910 at Camden, New Jersey, by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation. She was launched on 14 January 1911 sponsored by Miss Nancy Louise...	1	12 x 12" 50 cal Mark 7	10,440	4,736	24,000	22.0	3
USA	Alaska class cruiser Alaska class cruiser The Alaska-class cruisers were a class of six very large cruisers ordered prior to World War II for the United States Navy. Although often called battlecruisers, officially the Navy classed them as Large Cruisers . Their intermediate status is reflected in their names relative to typical U.S....	2	9 x 12" 50 cal Mark 8 12"/50 caliber Mark 8 gun The 12"/50 caliber gun Mark 8 was a US naval gun mounted on the s.-Initial designs:The gun was designed in 1939, and a prototype was tested in 1942...	10,260	4,654	38,573	35.3	3
Brazil	Battleship Minas Gerais Brazilian battleship Minas Gerais Minas Geraes,Pronounced in Portuguese. spelled Minas Gerais in some sources,Geraes was the spelling when the ship was commissioned, but later changes to Portuguese orthography deprecated it in favor of Gerais. was an encouraçado built for the Brazilian Navy...	2	12 x 12" 45 cal EOC	10,200	4,627	18,850	17.2	3
France	Dunkerque class battlecruiser French battleship Dunkerque The Dunkerque was the first unit of a new class of warships of the French Navy built in the 1930s, officially rated as battleships, or even «navires de ligne» , as Dunkerque and Strasbourg constituted, from the commissionig of Strasbourg to some days after Mers-el Kebir, the «1ère Division de Ligne»...	2	8 x 13" 50 cal M1931 330mm/50 Modèle 1931 gun The 330mm/50 Modèle 1931 gun was a heavy naval gun of the French Navy.The built-up gun was carried by the Dunkerque class fast battleships, in quadruple turrets inspired by those intended for the Normandie class. They had one of the longest range, while firing quite powerful projectiles: APC -...	9,880	4,481	45,600	41.7	2
Turkey	Battlecruiser Yavuz SMS Goeben SMS Goeben was the second of two Moltke-class battlecruisers of the Imperial German Navy, launched in 1911 and named after the German Franco-Prussian War veteran General August Karl von Goeben...	1	10 x 11.1" 50 cal SK 28 cm SK L/50 gun The 28 cm SK L/50 The 28 cm SK L/50 The 28 cm SK L/50 (SK - Schnelladekanone (quick loading cannon) L - Länge (with a 50 caliber barrel) was a German naval gun that was used in World War I and World War II. Originally a naval gun, it was adapted for land service after World War I....	6,660	3,020	23,730	21.7	3
Germany	Scharnhorst class battleship Scharnhorst class battleship The Scharnhorst class were the first capital ships, alternatively referred to as battlecruisers or battleships, built for the German Navy after World War I. The class comprised two vessels: the lead ship Scharnhorst and Gneisenau...	2	9 x 11.1" 54.5 cal SK C/34	6,552	2,972	44,760	40.9	3
Germany	Deutschland class cruiser Deutschland class cruiser The Deutschland class was a series of three panzerschiffe , a form of heavily armed cruiser, built by the Reichsmarine officially in accordance with restrictions imposed by the Treaty of Versailles...	3	6 x 11.1" 52 cal SK C/28 28 cm SK C/28 naval gun The German 28 cm C/28 naval gun was a 283 mm 52-caliber built-up gun designed in 1928 used on the Deutschland class "pocket battleships".-History:-Characteristics:...	3,966	1,799	39,890	36.5	2
UK	Roberts class monitor Roberts class monitor The Roberts class of monitors of the Royal Navy consisted of two heavily-gunned vessels built during the Second World War. They were the Roberts, completed in 1941, and Abercrombie, completed in 1943....	2	2 x 15" 42 cal Mk I	3,840	1,742	32,500	29.7	2
UK	Erebus class monitor Erebus class monitor The Erebus class of monitors of the Royal Navy consisted of two ships: HMS Erebus and HMS Terror.* HMS Erebus was built by Harland and Wolff, Govan. She was laid down 12 October 1915, launched on 19 June 1916 and commissioned in September 1916...	2	2 x 15" 42 cal Mk I	3,840	1,742	32,500	29.7	2
USA	5 of 7 New Orleans class cruiser New Orleans class cruiser (1931) The New Orleans class cruisers were a class of seven heavy cruisers built for the United States Navy in the 1930s, the last built under the Washington Naval Treaty before World War II. They were an improvement on the heavy cruisers... s	5	9 x 8" 55 cal Marks 12 & 15 8"/55 caliber gun The 8"/55 caliber gun formed the main battery of United States Navy heavy cruisers and two early aircraft carriers...	3,015	1,368	30,050	27.5	4
USA	Baltimore class cruiser Baltimore class cruiser The Baltimore class cruiser was a type of heavy cruiser in the United States Navy from the last years of the Second World War. Fast and heavily armed, ships like the Baltimore cruisers were mainly used by the Navy in World War II to protect the fast aircraft carriers in carrier battle groups...	12	9 x 8" 55 cal Marks 12 & 15	3,015	1,368	30,050	27.5	4
Japan	Takao class cruiser Takao class cruiser - Notes :...	4	10 x 8" 50 cal 3rd Year Type GÔ2 20 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval gun Third year type 20 cm/50 caliber guns formed the main battery of Japan's World War II heavy cruisers. These guns were also mounted on two early aircraft carriers...	2,770	1,256	32,150	29.4	4
Japan	Mogami class cruiser Mogami class cruiser The were a class of four heavy cruisers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the mid-1930s. All four fought in World War II, and were sunk.-Design:...	4	10 x 8" 50 cal 3rd Year Type GÔ2	2,770	1,256	32,150	29.4	4
Japan	Myoko class cruiser Myoko class cruiser -External links:*...	4	10 x 8" 50 cal 3rd Year Type GÔ2	2,770	1,256	32,150	29.4	4
USA	Pensacola class cruiser Pensacola class cruiser The Pensacola class of United States Navy heavy cruisers were the first "treaty cruisers", designed under the limitations set by the Washington Naval Treaty, which limited cruisers to a maximum of 10,000 tons displacement and a maximum main battery caliber of 8 inches.-Description:In an effort to...	2	10 x 8" 55 cal Marks 9 & 14 8"/55 caliber gun The 8"/55 caliber gun formed the main battery of United States Navy heavy cruisers and two early aircraft carriers...	2,600	1,179	31,860	29.1	4
Germany	Battleship Schlesien	2	4 x 11.1" 40 cal SK 28 cm SK L/40 gun The 28 cm SK L/40 was a German naval gun that was used in World War I and World War II by all German pre-dreadnought battleships...	2,504	1,136	28,040	25.6	2
France	Suffren class cruiser Suffren class cruiser The Suffren class was a class of four heavy cruisers built for the French Navy in the late 1920s and early 1930s.The four ships of the class were:* Colbert, scuttled at Toulon during the scuttling of 27 November 1942....	7	8 x 8" 50 cal M1924 203mm/50 Modèle 1924 gun The 203mm/50 Modèle 1924 was a medium naval gun of the French Navy.The type was used on the Duquesne and Suffren classes of heavy cruisers as main battery, mounted in four twin turrets weighing 180 tonnes each...	2,360	1,070	34,340	31.4	5
France	Duquesne class cruiser Duquesne class cruiser The Duquesne Class were the first class of post Washington Treaty heavy cruisers built for the French Navy. They have been criticised by naval architects for having very little armour and being lightly built...	2	8 x 8" 50 cal M1924	2,360	1,070	34,340	31.4	5
USA	2 of 7 New Orleans class cruisers	2	9 x 8" 55 cal Marks 9 & 14	2,340	1,061	31,860	29.1	4
Greece	Cruiser Georgios Averof Greek cruiser Georgios Averof Georgios Averof is a Greek warship which served as the flagship of the Royal Hellenic Navy during most of the first half of the 20th Century...	1	4 x 9.2" 45 cal Mk X + 8 x 7.5"	2,320	1,052
Japan	Tone class cruiser Tone class cruiser The two were the last heavy cruisers produced for the Imperial Japanese Navy. The Tone class cruisers were originally envisaged as the 5th and 6th vessels in the Mogami class. However, by the time construction began, serious weaknesses in the Mogami-class hull design had become clear following...	2	8 x 8" 50 cal 3rd Year Type GÔ2	2,216	1,005	32,150	29.4	4
Italy	Zara class cruiser	4	8 x 8" 53 cal Ansaldo M1927	2,210	1,002	34,520	31.6	4
Italy	1 of 3 Trento class cruiser Trento class cruiser The Trento class was an Italian heavy cruiser design of the Regia Marina from the late 1920s. The three ships of the class were named after the three unredeemed cities taken from the Austro-Hungarian empire after the victory in World War I, Trento, Trieste, and Bolzano.The Trentos were the first... s (the Bolzano)	1	8 x 8" 53 cal Ansaldo M1929	2,210	1,002	34,520	31.6	4
Germany	Admiral Hipper class cruiser Admiral Hipper class cruiser The Admiral Hipper-class was a group of five heavy cruisers built by the German Kriegsmarine in the mid 1930s. The class comprised Admiral Hipper, the lead ship, Blücher, Prinz Eugen, Seydlitz, and Lützow. Only the first three ships of the class were completed to see action during World War II...	4	8 x 8" 60 cal SK c/34 20.3 cm SK C/34 naval gun The 20.3 cm SK C/34 naval gun was the main battery gun used on all German World War II heavy cruisers.-Description:These built-up guns consisted of a rifled tube encased within an inner and outer jacket with a horizontal sliding breech block. The breech was sealed with an 18 kg brass case...	2,152	976	36,680	33.5	5
Italy	2 of 3 Trento class cruiser Trento class cruiser The Trento class was an Italian heavy cruiser design of the Regia Marina from the late 1920s. The three ships of the class were named after the three unredeemed cities taken from the Austro-Hungarian empire after the victory in World War I, Trento, Trieste, and Bolzano.The Trentos were the first... s	2	8 x 8" 50 cal Model 1924	2,080	944	30,620	28.0	1.5
UK	County class cruisers County class cruiser The County class was a class of heavy cruisers built for the British Royal Navy in the years between the First and Second World Wars. They were the first post-war cruiser construction for the Royal Navy and were designed within the limits of the Washington Naval Conference of 1922...	13	8 x 8" 50 cal Mk VIII BL 8 inch Mk VIII naval gun The 50 calibre BL 8 inch gun Mark VIII was the main battery gun used on the Royal Navy's County-class heavy cruisers, in compliance with the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922. This treaty allowed ships of not more than 10,000 tons standard displacement and with guns no larger than 8 inches to be...	2,048	929	30,650	28.0	5
Italy	Cruiser San Giorgio Italian cruiser San Giorgio San Giorgio was an armoured cruiser of the Italian Royal Navy . Commissioned in 1910, it served in both the First World War and the Second World War, being scuttled at Tobruk in 1941.-Design and construction:...	1	4 x 10" 45 cal Model 1908	2,000	907	27,300	25.0	3
Finland	Väinämöinen class coastal defense ship	2	4 x 10"	1,984	900	33,140	30.3	3
USA	Brooklyn class cruiser Brooklyn class cruiser The Brooklyn-class cruisers were seven light cruisers of the United States Navy which served during World War II. Armed with 5 triple turrets mounting 6-inch guns, they and their near sisters of the St. Louis class mounted more heavy-caliber guns than any other US cruisers...	7	15 x 6" 47 cal Mark 16 Mark 16/1 triple 6 in /47 Turret The Mark 16/1 triple 6-inch /47 gun turret was a feature of many U.S. cruisers during World War II. The from that period had four such turrets.Each turret carried three 6 inch /47 Mark 16 guns...	1,950	885	26,118	23.9	8
USSR	Kirov class cruiser Kirov class cruiser The Kirov-class cruisers were six vessels built between 1935 and 1944 for the Soviet Navy: Kirov, Voroshilov, Maxim Gorky, Molotov, Kalinin, and Kaganovich. After the first two ships, armor protection was increased and subsequent ships are sometimes called the Maxim Gorky class...	6	9 x 7.1" 57 cal	1,935	878	41,000	37.5	6
Japan	Aoba class cruiser Aoba class cruiser The were a class of two Japanese heavy cruisers which saw service during World War II.-Ships in class:The ships in the class were Aoba and Kinugasa .-External links:* Shares page with Furutaka-Class cruisers...	2	6 x 8" 50 cal 3rd Year Type GÔ2	1,662	754	32,150	29.4	4
Japan	Furutaka class cruiser Furutaka class cruiser The were a class of two Japanese heavy cruisers which saw service during World War II, both were sunk in 1942.-Description:The Furutaka class cruisers were the first heavy cruisers in the Japanese Imperial Navy....	2	6 x 8" 50 cal 3rd Year Type GÔ2	1,662	754	32,150	29.4	4
USA	Cleveland class cruiser Cleveland class cruiser The United States Navy designed the Cleveland class of light cruisers for World War II with the goal of increased range and AA armament as compared with earlier classes.A total of 52 ships of this class were projected and 3 canceled...	27	12 x 6" 47 cal Mark 16	1,560	708	26,118	23.9	8
UK	York class cruiser York class cruiser The York class was the second and last class of gunned cruisers built for the Royal Navy under the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922. They were essentially a reduced version of the preceding County class, scaled down in an effort to extract more, smaller ships from the treaty limits...	2	6 x 8" 50 cal Mk VIII	1,536	697	30,650	27.9	5
Japan	Kasuga class cruiser Kasuga class cruiser The was a class of two armored cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy based on the developed by Italy at the end of the 19th century.-Background:...	2	1 x 10" + 2 x 8" + 4 x 6"	1,400	635	19,700	18.0	3
UK	1936 "Town" class cruisers Town class cruiser (1936) The Town-class was a 10-ship class of light cruisers of the Royal Navy. The Towns were designed to the constraints imposed by the London Naval Treaty of 1930....	10	12 x 6" 50 cal Mk XXIII BL 6 inch Mk XXIII naval gun The 50 calibre BL 6 inch gun Mark XXIII was the main battery gun used on the Royal Navy's conventional light cruisers built from 1930 through the Second World War.-Description:...	1,344	610	25,480	23.3	6
UK	"Crown Colony" class cruiser Crown Colony class cruiser The Crown Colony-class light cruisers of the Royal Navy were named after Crown Colonies of the British Empire. The first eight are known as the Fiji class, while the last three to be built are commonly referred to as the Ceylon class and were built to a slightly modified design.-Design:They were...	11	12 x 6" 50 cal Mk XXIII	1,344	610	25,400	23.2	6
Argentina	Veinticinco de Mayo class cruiser Veinticinco de Mayo class cruiser The two Veinticinco de Mayo class heavy cruisers served in the Argentine Navy through World War II. They were the only post-Washington Naval Treaty heavy cruisers built for a South American Navy...	2	6 x 7.5" 52 cal	1,200	544	29,855	27.3
Denmark	Coast defense ship Peder Skram	1	2 x 9.4" + 4 x 5.9"	1,154	523
Italy	Abruzzi subclass of Condottieri class cruiser Condottieri class cruiser The Condottieri class was a sequence of five, different, light cruiser classes of the Regia Marina , although these classes show a clear line of evolution. They were built before World War II to gain predominance in the Mediterranean Sea... s	2	10 x 6" 53 cal M1934, M1936	1,102	500	28,150	25.7	4
France	La Galissonnière class cruiser La Galissonnière class cruiser The La Galissonnière cruiser class was a group of six warships admitted in active service in the French Navy in the 1930s. They were the last French cruisers completed after 1935, until the completion of De Grasse in 1956. They are considered as fast, reliable and successful ships...	10	9 x 152 mm (6 in) 55 cal	1,071	486	28,952	26.5	8
Netherlands	Java class cruiser Java class cruiser The Java class was a class of light cruisers of the Royal Netherlands Navy, named after the island of Java in the Dutch East Indies . Originally, three ships were planned: HNLMS Java, HNLMS Sumatra, and HNLMS Celebes...	2	10 x 5.9" 50 cal	1,030	467	23,200	21.2
Denmark	Coast defense ship Niels Juel	1	10 x 5.9"	1,010	458
Argentina	Independencia class coastal defense ship	2	2 x 9.4" 40 cal	1,000	454
France	Duguay-Trouin class cruiser Duguay-Trouin class cruiser The three Duguay-Trouin class light cruisers were built for France in the early 1920s.The fate of these three ships after the French surrender illustrates the dichotomy within the French armed forces at the time: one ship was interned, then joined the Free French, another twice resisted Allied...	3	8 x 155 mm (6.1 in) 50 cal	1,000	454	28,540	26.1	4
Japan	Izumo class cruiser Izumo class cruiser The was an early class of two armored cruisers operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy. They participated in numerous actions during the Russo-Japanese War, World War I and World War II.-Background:...	2	4 x 203 mm (8 in) 45 cal	1,000	454	19,700	18.0	5
Japan	Cruiser Yakumo Japanese cruiser Yakumo was a 1st class armored cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy, designed and built by the Stettiner Vulcan AG shipyards in Stettin, Germany. The Yakumo was named from a stanza of the Waka by Susanoo in the Japanese mythology.-Background:...  (training duties only during WWII)	1	4 x 8" 45 cal	1,000	454	19,700	18.0	5
Japan	Cruiser Azuma Japanese cruiser Azuma was an armored cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy, designed and built in France. The name Azuma comes from an ancient name for Japan in general, and the Kantō region of eastern Japan in particular.-Background:...  (training duties only during WWII)	1	4 x 8" 45 cal	1,000	454	19,700	18.0	5
Argentina	Cruiser La Argentina ARA La Argentina The ARA La Argentina was a light cruiser, designed for training naval cadets, built for the Argentine Navy. The ship was authorised in 1934, and the contract was put out to tender in 1935, being won by the British company Vickers-Armstrongs at a cost of 6 million pesos.La Argentina was built in...	1	9 x 6" 50 cal	900	408	25,700	23.5
Germany	"K" class cruiser German K class cruiser The Königsberg class was a class of light cruisers of the German Reichsmarine and Kriegsmarine, consisting of three ships named after German cities: Königsberg, Karlsruhe, Köln...	3	9 x 149.1 mm (5.9 in) 60 cal 15 cm SK C/25 The 15 cm SK C/25 was a German medium-caliber naval gun used during the Second World War. It served as the primary armament for the K-class and Leipzig-class cruisers...	900	408	28,100	25.7	8
Germany	"Leipzig" class cruiser Leipzig class cruiser The Leipzig class was a class of light cruisers of the German Kriegsmarine, consisting of two ships named after German cities, Leipzig and Nürnberg.-History:...	2	9 x 149.1 mm (5.9 in) 60 cal	900	408	28,100	25.7	8
Australia	Light cruiser HMAS Adelaide HMAS Adelaide (1918) HMAS Adelaide was a Town class light cruiser of the Royal Australian Navy , named after Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia...	1	9 x 6" 45 cal Mk XII BL 6 inch Mk XII naval gun The BL 6 inch Gun Mark XII was a British 45 calibres naval gun which was mounted as primary armament on light cruisers and secondary armament on dreadnought battleships commissioned in the period 1914 - 1926, and remained in service on many warships until the end of World War II.-Design:This was a...	900	408	21,500	19.6	5-7
UK	Leander class cruisers Leander class cruiser (1931) The Leander class was a class of eight light cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the early 1930s that saw service in World War II. They were named after mythological figures, and all ships were commissioned between 1933 and 1936...	7	8 x 6" 50 cal Mk XXIII	896	406	25,480	23.3	6
USSR	Cruiser Krasny Kavkaz Krasny Kavkaz Krasnyi Kavkaz was a cruiser of the Soviet Navy that began construction during World War I, but was still incomplete during the Russian Revolution. Her design was heavily modified by the Soviets and she was completed in 1932...	1	4 x 7.1" 57 cal	860	390	41,000	37.5	6
USA	Omaha class cruiser Omaha class cruiser The Omaha-class cruisers were a class of light cruisers built for the United States Navy. The oldest class of cruiser still in service with the Navy at the outbreak of World War II, the Omaha class was an immediate post-World War I design....	10	4 x 6" 53 cal Mark 16 6"/53 caliber gun The 6"/53 caliber gun formed the main battery of United States Navy light cruisers and submarine cruisers built during the 1920s... & 3 x 6" 53 cal Mark 13 6"/53 caliber gun The 6"/53 caliber gun formed the main battery of United States Navy light cruisers and submarine cruisers built during the 1920s...  (per side)	840	381	25,300 Mark 16	23.1 Mark 16	5
Italy	3 of 4 subclasses of Condottieri class cruiser Condottieri class cruiser The Condottieri class was a sequence of five, different, light cruiser classes of the Regia Marina , although these classes show a clear line of evolution. They were built before World War II to gain predominance in the Mediterranean Sea... s	10	8 x 6" 53 cal M1926, M1929	838	380	24,716	22.6	4 (M1926) 8 (M1929)
Japan	Chikuma class cruiser Chikuma class cruiser The three were second class protected cruisers operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy. They participated in numerous actions during World War I.The Chikuma-class was the final class of protected cruiser in the Imperial Japanese Navy, and was followed by the of light cruisers.-Background:The...	3	8 x 6" 45 cal	800	363	16,185	14.8
UK	Dido class cruisers Dido class cruiser The Dido class was a class of sixteen light cruisers built for the Royal Navy. The design was influenced by the Arethusa class light cruisers. The first group of three ships was commissioned in 1940, the second group and third group were commissioned in 1941–1942...	11	10 x 5.25" 50 cal Mk I	800	363	24,070	22.0	7
USA	4 of 8 Atlanta class cruiser Atlanta class cruiser The Atlanta-class cruisers were United States Navy light cruisers originally designed as fast scout cruisers or flotilla leaders, but later proved to be effective anti-aircraft cruisers during World War II. They were also known as the Atlanta-Oakland class. The lead ship Atlanta was sunk in action... s	4	12 + 2 wingmount per side = 14 x 5" 38 cal Mark 12	773	350	17,392	15.9	15 - 22
Japan	Cruiser Ōyodo Japanese cruiser Oyodo Light cruiser , named after the Ōyodo River in Kyūshū, Japan was a light cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy, the only ship of her class.-Background:...	1	6 x 6.1" 60 cal	738	335	29,960	27.4	5
Netherlands	Cruiser De Ruyter HNLMS De Ruyter (1935) HNLMS De Ruyter was a light cruiser of the Royal Netherlands Navy, the lead ship of her class. She was originally designed as a ship with a lighter armament due to financial problems and the pacifist movement. Later in the design stage, an extra gun turret was added and the armor was improved...	1	7 x 5.9" 50 cal	721	327	23,200	21.2
Argentina	Coast defense ship General Belgrano ARA General Belgrano The ARA General Belgrano was an Argentine Navy light cruiser in service from 1951 until 1982. Formerly the , she saw action in the Pacific theater of World War II before being sold to Argentina. After almost 31 years of service, she was sunk during the Falklands War by the Royal Navy submarine ...	2	2 x 10" 35 cal	706	320
UK	Emerald class cruiser Emerald class cruiser The Emerald or E class was a class of two light cruisers built for the Royal Navy. Following the Cavendish Class, three ships of a new class were ordered in March 1918, towards the end of World War I, designed to emphasise high speed at the cost of other qualities, for use against rumoured new high...	2	7 x 6" 45 cal Mark VII BL 6 inch Mk VII naval gun The BL 6 inch Gun Mark VII was a British naval gun dating from 1899, which was mounted on a heavy traveling carriage in 1915 for British Army service to become one of the main heavy field guns in the First World War, and also served as one of the main coast defence guns throughout the British...	700	318	18,750	17.1	5
UK	Arethusa class cruiser Arethusa class cruiser (1934) The Arethusa class was a class of four light cruisers built for the Royal Navy between 1933 and 1937 and that served in World War II. It had been intended to construct six ships, but the last pair, Polyphemus and Minotaur were ordered in 1934 as the 9,100 ton Town class Southampton and...	4	6 x 6" 50 cal Mk XXIII	672	305	25,480	23.3	6
USA	4 of 8 Atlanta class cruiser Atlanta class cruiser The Atlanta-class cruisers were United States Navy light cruisers originally designed as fast scout cruisers or flotilla leaders, but later proved to be effective anti-aircraft cruisers during World War II. They were also known as the Atlanta-Oakland class. The lead ship Atlanta was sunk in action... s	4	12 x 5" 38 cal Mark 12	662	300	17,392	15.9	15 - 22
USSR	Cruiser Krasni Krym Soviet cruiser Krasnyi Krym Krasnyi Krym was a light cruiser of the Soviet Navy. She was laid down in 1913 as Svetlana for the Imperial Russian Navy, the lead ship of the . She was built by the Russo-Baltic Yard in Tallinn, Estonia and launched in 1915. Her hull was evacuated to Petrograd when the Germans approached the port...	2	8 (of 15) x 5.1" 55 cal	648	294	20,690	19.2	6
Norway	Coast defense ship Harald Haarfagre HNoMS Harald Haarfagre HNoMS Harald Haarfagre, known locally as Panserskipet Harald Haarfagre, was a Norwegian coastal defence ship. She, her sister-ship and the slightly newer were built as part of the general rearmament in the time leading up to the events in 1905...	4	2 x 8.2"	626	284
Netherlands	Cruiser Tromp HNLMS Tromp (1937) HNLMS Tromp was the lead ship of the Tromp-class light cruisers of the Royal Netherlands Navy during and after World War II.Originally designated as a flotilla leader and a torpedo cruiser in the Deckers Fleet Plan of 1931, she was laid down at the "Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw Maatschappij" ,...	2	6 x 5.9" 50 cal	618	280	23,200	21.2
Germany	Cruiser Emden German cruiser Emden The German light cruiser Emden was the only ship of its class. The third cruiser to bear the name Emden was the first new warship built in Germany after World War I....	1	8 x 150 mm (5.9 in) 45 cal	600	272	18,370	16.8
Japan	Agano class cruiser Agano class cruiser -See also:*List of World War II ships...	4	6 x 150 mm (5.9 in) 50 cal 15 cm/50 41st Year Type The 15 cm/50 41st Year Type gun was a naval gun used by the Imperial Japanese Navy. It was first used in single casemates on the battleships of the Kongo and Fuso classes and later in the Agano class light cruisers in twin mountings.-External links:...	600	272	22,970	21.0	8
UK	Danae class cruiser Danae class cruiser The Danae or D-class was a class of light cruiser built for the Royal Navy at the end of World War I and that survived to see service in World War II.-Design:...	8	6 x 6" 45 cal Mk XII	600	272	21,500	19.6	5-7
Italy	Capitani Romani class cruiser Capitani Romani class cruiser Capitani Romani was a class of light cruisers of the Italian navy. They were essentially designed to out-run and out-gun the large new French destroyers of the Fantasque and Mogador classes. Twelve hulls were ordered in late 1939, but only four were completed, just three of these before the...	3	8 x 5.3" 45 cal M1938	577	262	21,435	19.6	6
Japan	Cruiser Yūbari Japanese cruiser Yubari was a light cruiser built between 1922 and 1923 for the Imperial Japanese Navy. She fought in World War II and was sunk by the US Navy.-Design:The ship originated as an experimental scout cruiser, which would have the combat potential of the standard Japanese light cruisers on a much lighter ship....	1	6 x 5.5" 50 cal	500	227	19,140	17.5	8
Japan	Sendai class cruiser Sendai class cruiser The were a group of warships operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy. Named after rivers, they participated in numerous actions during the Pacific War and were mainly used as destroyer flotilla leaders.-Design:...	3	6 x 5.5" 50 cal	500	227	19,140	17.5	8
Japan	Nagara class cruiser Nagara class cruiser -External links: *...	6	6 x 5.5" 50 cal	500	227	19,140	17.5	8
Japan	Kuma class cruiser Kuma class cruiser -See also:*List of World War II ships...	5	6 x 5.5" 50 cal	500	227	19,140	17.5	8
Japan	Seaplane carrier Nisshin Japanese seaplane carrier Nisshin Nisshin was a seaplane carrier of the Japanese Imperial Navy during World War II. The ship was built at Kure Naval Arsenal from 1938 to 1942.- Design :...	1	6 x 5.5" 50 cal	500	227	19,140	17.5	8
UK	C class cruiser C class cruiser The C class was a group of twenty-eight light cruisers of the Royal Navy, and were built in a sequence of seven classes known as the Caroline , Calliope , Cambrian , Centaur , Caledon , Ceres and Carlisle classes... s	4	5 x 6" 45 cal Mk XII	500	227	21,500	19.6	5-7