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* {{USS|Omaha|CL-4}}, lead ship of the {{sclass|Omaha|cruiser|0}} light cruisers, commissioned in 1923; served during World War II, scrapped in 1946 ...

...hen the advent of better machinery and larger, faster destroyers and light cruisers had already made them obsolete. ...oyal Navy]] ({{langx|it|Regia Marina}}) instead operated a number of scout cruisers (''[[esploratori]]'') from 1912 onwards. Ranging in size from enlarged dest ...

The ''' ''Omaha''-class cruisers''' were a class of [[light cruiser]]s built for the [[United States Navy]]. ...{{convert|7050|LT|lk=on}}, they were just over {{cvt|555|ft}} long.<ref>US Cruisers: An illustrated design history pg.78</ref> ...

...ght|300px|[[HMS Belfast|HMS ''Belfast'']], one of the last surviving light cruisers. She carries 12 [[BL 6-inch Mk XXIII naval gun|6-inch guns]] and displaces ...' cruisers would vary somewhat between navies. Through their history light cruisers served in a variety of roles, primarily on long-range detached patrol work, ...

...ion continued, there were opportunities to compare with newly commissioned cruisers of other navies. The foreign designs were indeed superior, particularly arm ...an|last2=Moreau|first2=Albert|title=French Light Cruisers: The First Light Cruisers of the 1922 Naval Program, Part 1|journal=Warship International|date=2001|v ...

...h {{sclass|E|cruiser|0}} and the American {{sclass|Omaha|cruiser|0}} light cruisers. The ships had an [[length overall|overall length]] of {{convert|175.3|m|ft ....com/ww2/france/duguay-trouin-class-cruisers.php|title=Duguay-Trouin class cruisers|first=naval|last=encyclopedia|date=April 3, 2016|website=naval encyclopedia ...

...h {{sclass|E|cruiser|0}} and the American {{sclass|Omaha|cruiser|0}} light cruisers. The ships had an [[length overall|overall length]] of {{convert|175.3|m|ft ....com/ww2/france/duguay-trouin-class-cruisers.php|title=Duguay-Trouin class cruisers|first=naval|last=encyclopedia|date=April 3, 2016|website=naval encyclopedia ...

...th America from 1 June to 8 December 1948. TG 160.3 consisted of the light cruisers USS Fargo (CL-106), USS Huntington (CL-107), {{USS|Juneau|CLAA-119}} and th [[Category:Fargo-class cruisers]] ...

{{Short description|1937 class of light cruisers of the United States Navy}} ...hips had a strong influence on US cruiser design. Nearly all subsequent US cruisers, heavy and light, were directly or indirectly based on them.<ref name="e76" ...

...lead ship]] of her [[Duguay-Trouin-class cruiser|class]] of French [[light cruisers]], launched in the early 1920s. She was named after [[René Duguay-Trouin]]. ...h {{sclass|E|cruiser|0}} and the American {{sclass|Omaha|cruiser|0}} light cruisers. The ships had an [[length overall|overall length]] of {{convert|175.3|m|ft ...

The three cruisers left Dakar on 18 September, intending to go south to [[Libreville]], but th *{{cite book|last1=Jordan|first1=John|last2=Moulin|first2=Jean|title=French Cruisers 1922–1956 |year=2013|publisher=Seaforth Publishing|location=Barnsley, UK|is ...

|Ship commissioned= 20 July 1926<ref>Lacroix, ''Japanese Cruisers'', p. 794</ref> ...r|0}} scout cruisers and [[Royal Navy]] {{sclass|Hawkins|cruiser|0}} heavy cruisers. ...

...repelled an air attack that day, and until 21 June screened British heavy cruisers during shore bombardment and provided antisubmarine screen for the Omaha Be ...

{{Short description|Omaha-class light cruiser}} ...ist/cruisers/ca-cl1.htm | title=US Cruisers List: Light/Heavy/Antiaircraft Cruisers, Part 1 | publisher=Hazegray.org | date=22 January 2000 | access-date=7 Nov ...

{{Short description|Omaha-class light cruiser}} ...the tracks for laying the mines be removed from all of the ''Omaha''-class cruisers, the working conditions had been found to be very "wet". Another change mad ...

{{Short description|Omaha-class light cruiser}} ...ircraft carrier {{USS|Saratoga|CV-3|2}} and "sunk" by some of the opposing cruisers.<ref>Nofi, pp. 131, 170–171</ref> In 1933, the ship was assigned to [[Cruis ...

...s Fair]], in 1939.<ref name="W46">{{cite book|last=Whitley|first=M J|title=Cruisers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia|publisher=Arms and Armour P The three cruisers left Dakar on 18 September, intending to go south to [[Libreville]], but th ...

...storage of the ammunition. The light AA was improved over earlier ''Dido'' cruisers, with six twin 20mm Oerlikons and three quadruple 40mm "pom pom". ...the cruiser. It was intended to refit the multiple pom pom mounts to both cruisers, and they were installed for the return voyage to the UK as the RN judged T ...

* British {{sclass|Powerful|cruiser|0}} protected cruisers * French {{sclass|Duquesne|cruiser|0}} heavy cruisers ...