Cleveland-class/Definition

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Cleveland-class [r]: Built in 1942-1945 to a 1938 design, large (11,700 ton) U.S. Navy light cruisers based on a major upgrade of the Brooklyn-class; some converted to Independence (carrier)-class light carriers