NVG 340: US Navy Atlanta-class Light Cruisers 1940–49
The destroyer-leader cruiser was an artifact of the first two decades of the 20th century, when small light cruisers led the 900-to-1200-ton destroyers of that era on torpedo runs. It was one of the roles the Omaha-class cruisers, which the Atlantas were intended to replace, was designed for.