USS Constellation (CC-2)
The keel of a
Lexington-class battle cruiser, to have been named
USS Constellation (CC-2), was laid at
Newport News, Virginia, in August
1920, but the class was cancelled in
1923 by the
Washington Naval Treaty of
1922.
General Characteristics (1919 design)
- Displacement: 43,500 tons
- Length: 874 feet
- Beam: 105.5 feet
- Draft: 31 feet
- Primary Armament: eight 16-inch/50 guns in four twin turrets
- Secondary Armament: 16 six-inch/53 guns in single mounts (eight per side), four three-inch guns, eight 21-inch torpedo
- Machinery, 180,000 shp General Electric geared turbines with electric drive, 4 screws
- Speed, 35 Knots
- Complement 1500 officers and men
