New Orleans-class cruiser

C13060
concept

The New Orleans-class cruiser was a group of U.S. Navy heavy cruisers built in the 1930s, notable for their improved armor and armament under the constraints of interwar naval treaties and extensive service in World War II.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
New Orleans-class heavy cruiser 10
New Orleans-class cruiser canonical 3

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: New Orleans-class cruiser
Generated description
The New Orleans-class cruiser was a group of U.S. Navy heavy cruisers built in the 1930s, notable for their improved armor and armament under the constraints of interwar naval treaties and extensive service in World War II.

Instances (13)

Instance Via concept surface
USS San Francisco New Orleans-class heavy cruiser
USS Vincennes (CA-44) New Orleans-class heavy cruiser
USS San Francisco (CA-38) New Orleans-class heavy cruiser
CA-34
surface form: USS Astoria (CA-34)
New Orleans-class heavy cruiser
CA-44
surface form: USS Vincennes (CA-44)
New Orleans-class heavy cruiser
CA-36
surface form: USS Minneapolis
New Orleans-class heavy cruiser
Captain Cassin Young (killed in action)
surface form: USS San Francisco (CA-38)
New Orleans-class heavy cruiser
US heavy cruiser USS Astoria
surface form: USS Astoria (CA-34)
US heavy cruiser USS Quincy
surface form: USS Quincy (CA-39)
US heavy cruiser USS Vincennes
surface form: USS Vincennes
USS Astoria New Orleans-class heavy cruiser
USS Minneapolis (CA-36) New Orleans-class heavy cruiser
USS New Orleans (CA-32) New Orleans-class heavy cruiser