The Omaha class as America's rough Hawkins counterpart

What might the United States have built as a counterpart to the British Hawkins-class cruiser?

The Omaha class is the closest broad comparison, but the different missions and cruiser concepts make any exact counterpart speculative.

An exact American counterpart to Hawkins would require more research. The United States concentrated on battleships and destroyers, with a limited contemporary cruiser program. The Omaha class provides the nearest broad comparison, although its design concept differed from the British cruiser. A different American design remains a speculative possibility rather than a defined alternative.