Ships. Equipped with heavy armor and eight aircraft, the Wichita is one of U.S. Navy's modern heavy cruisers.

Ships. Equipped with heavy armor and eight aircraft, the Wichita is one of U.S. Navy's modern heavy cruisers. She is the last ship of this ype built under specifications laid down by the Washington Naval Treaty. Her armament consists of nine eight-inch 55-caliber guns and eight five-inch 38-caliber guns. Then the present War began, the United States had 18 treaty crusiersunder 10,000 tons.