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U.S.S Dallas(CA-140)

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With the end of the war, the US Navy began to reduce military spending, so the Des Moines class heavy cruisers under construction faced the problem of being cancelled because they were too expensive. Some people proposed the concept heavy cruisers that were also equipped with new 203mm automatic guns, but were lighter and more economical. One of the design had a standard displacement of 13000 tons, which was 4000 tons lighter than the Des Moines class, but installed 8 203mm guns. Therefore, a more compact superstructure layout was adopted. The number of anti-aircraft firepower has also been reduced, with the commonly used 127mm DP guns unable to be installed due to space issues, all replaced by 76mm guns, thus questioning its anti-aircraft capabilities. In the end, all heavy cruiser plans were cancelled, and only three Des Moines class were built.

The above is purely fictional, but one of the cancelled Des Moines class cruisers has been named "Dallas" with hull number CA-140.