USS Northampton (CA-26)

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USS Northampton (CA-26) was a U.S. Navy heavy cruiser of the Northampton class that served in the Pacific during World War II until she was lost in late 1942.

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This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

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Generate an image of USS Northampton (CA-26) (USS Northampton (CA-26) was a U.S. Navy heavy cruiser of the Northampton class that served in the Pacific during World War II until she was lost in late 1942.)

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USS Northampton (CA-26) canonical 5

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Northampton-class cruiser ⓘ
United States Navy ship ⓘ
heavy cruiser ⓘ
aircraftCarried floatplanes ⓘ
armamentAA machine guns ⓘ
armamentMain 9 × 8-inch/55 caliber guns ⓘ
armamentSecondary 4 × 5-inch/25 caliber guns ⓘ
attackedBy Imperial Japanese Navy destroyers ⓘ
awarded 6 battle stars ⓘ
beam 66 feet ⓘ
builder Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation ⓘ
causeOfSinking torpedo hits ⓘ
class Northampton class ⓘ
commissionedOn 1930-05-17 ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
crewComplement about 650 ⓘ
dateOfSinking 1942-11-30 ⓘ
decommissionedOn 1942-11-30 ⓘ
displacementFullLoad 12200 long tons ⓘ
displacementStandard 9100 long tons ⓘ
draft 24 feet ⓘ
era World War II era ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ
fate sunk in combat ⓘ
hullNumber CA-26 ⓘ
laidDownAt Bethlehem Steel, Quincy, Massachusetts ⓘ
laidDownOn 1928-04-12 ⓘ
launchedOn 1929-09-05 ⓘ
length 600 feet ⓘ
lostIn Battle of Tassafaronga ⓘ
namedAfter Northampton, Massachusetts ⓘ
notableEvent served as flagship of Cruiser Division 5 ⓘ
operator United States Navy ⓘ
participatedIn Battle of Midway ⓘ
Battle of the Coral Sea (support operations) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Coral Sea

Guadalcanal Campaign ⓘ
prewarServiceArea Atlantic Fleet ⓘ
Pacific Fleet ⓘ
propulsion geared turbines ⓘ
oil-fired boilers ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ
servedAs flagship ⓘ
shaftCount 4 ⓘ
sponsor Grace Coolidge ⓘ
sunkNear off Guadalcanal ⓘ
survivorsRescuedBy US destroyers ⓘ
theater Pacific Theater ⓘ
linked to: Pacific War
topSpeed 32 knots ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Tassafaronga → USShipSunk → USS Northampton (CA-26) ⓘ
USS Chicago → precededBy → USS Northampton (CA-26) ⓘ
Northampton-class cruiser → hasShip → USS Northampton (CA-26) ⓘ
USS Houston (CA-30) → precededBy → USS Northampton (CA-26) ⓘ
Northampton-class cruisers → ship → USS Northampton (CA-26) ⓘ