Pictures:
USS Lexington
USS Saratoga
USS Constitution
No picture available:
USS Constellation
USS Ranger
USS United States
Cancelled due to the Washington Treaty. Lexington and Saratoga were converted into aircraft carriers.
![]()
A brief but noteworthy design study
![]()
Pictures:
USS Alaska
USS Guam
USS Hawaii
No picture available- ships never started
USS Philippines
USS Puerto Rico
USS Samoa
Officially called "Large Cruisers",
these cruiser-killers were battlecruisers
in everything but name.
Only Alaska and Guam entered service, with
the rest being broken up incomplete.
Hawaii was nearly completed, and sat in the
mothball fleet until 1959
![]()