US Heavy Cruisers 1943–75US Heavy Cruisers 194375 follows on from a companion book covering the US heavy cruisers built prior to the war, together forming the definitive guide to the USs heavy cruiser classes. Versatile warships, the heavy cruisers of the Baltimore class, and their successors in the Oregon City and Des Moines classes, commonly acted as carrier escorts throughout World War II, but also performed bombardment duties in support of amphibious landings. Post World