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