Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Q&A · 2:52:21-2:53:04

Where did the Omaha class rank on the Bearn scale?

Omaha ranked just outside the leading U.S. examples as an enlarged, heavily armed response to Britain's C-class cruisers.

C Class CruisersLight CruisersNaval Ship DesignOmaha Class CruisersUS Navy
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Question

How high did the Omaha class rank on the episode's Bearn scale?

Short answer

About sixth: flawed enough for the top ten, but not among the five strongest examples.

Notes

The Omaha class sits around sixth in the informal ranking, outside both the top three and top five. The design was an American response to the British C-class cruiser with many more guns added. That lineage made Omaha awkward, but not sufficiently self-defeating to displace the stronger examples selected for the episode.