Pretty much, though they have better armor.
Northampton, United States Heavy Cruiser laid down 1927
Displacement:
9,873 t light; 10,281 t standard; 11,723 t normal; 12,877 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
600.10 ft / 582.00 ft x 66.00 ft x 24.50 ft (normal load)
182.91 m / 177.39 m x 20.12 m x 7.47 m
Armament:
9 - 8.00" / 203 mm guns (3x3 guns), 256.00lbs / 116.12kg shells, 1927 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, majority forward, 1 raised mount - superfiring
4 - 5.00" / 127 mm guns in single mounts, 62.50lbs / 28.35kg shells, 1927 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts
on side, all amidships, all raised mounts - superfiring
Weight of broadside 2,554 lbs / 1,158 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 120
6 - 21.0" / 533.4 mm above water torpedoes
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 4.00" / 102 mm 389.00 ft / 118.57 m 9.75 ft / 2.97 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 103 % of normal length
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 4.00" / 102 mm 1.50" / 38 mm 4.00" / 102 mm
- Armour deck: 1.50" / 38 mm, Conning tower: 4.00" / 102 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 92,504 shp / 69,008 Kw = 32.00 kts
Range 10,000nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 2,596 tons
Complement:
563 - 732
Cost:
£3.718 million / $14.873 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 319 tons, 2.7 %
Armour: 1,743 tons, 14.9 %
- Belts: 633 tons, 5.4 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 394 tons, 3.4 %
- Armour Deck: 672 tons, 5.7 %
- Conning Tower: 44 tons, 0.4 %
Machinery: 2,920 tons, 24.9 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 4,791 tons, 40.9 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1,850 tons, 15.8 %
Miscellaneous weights: 100 tons, 0.9 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
13,026 lbs / 5,908 Kg = 50.9 x 8.0 " / 203 mm shells or 1.6 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.10
Metacentric height 3.2 ft / 1.0 m
Roll period: 15.4 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.59
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.19
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
Block coefficient: 0.436
Length to Beam Ratio: 8.82 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 24.12 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 56 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 59
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 29.50 degrees
Stern overhang: -2.60 ft / -0.79 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 32.00 ft / 9.75 m
- Forecastle (18 %): 27.60 ft / 8.41 m
- Mid (45 %): 23.25 ft / 7.09 m (16.20 ft / 4.94 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (27 %): 17.10 ft / 5.21 m
- Stern: 19.00 ft / 5.79 m
- Average freeboard: 21.73 ft / 6.62 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 102.6 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 153.7 %
Waterplane Area: 24,231 Square feet or 2,251 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 115 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 119 lbs/sq ft or 579 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.93
- Longitudinal: 1.91
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform