"Defective late-war US cruisers?" Topic

In reading about, I am wondering about the idea that some late-war US cruisers were defective. Fall River, one of the last Baltimores to hit the water was the only one of her class to be perminantly decommissioned right after the war, circa 46. Oregon City commissioned in early 46 and was out forever by the end of 47, whereas her two sisters served well into the 50's at least, and Albany was rebuilt as a missile cruiser. Both Fall River and Oregon City were considered but rejected for each of the two rounds of CA-to-CCG conversions. Friedman even says "Oregon City was apparently defective".

Anyone know what was up with these two, and any others?

USS Pittsburgh lost her bow in a typhoon due to bad welding. Is that the kind of "defective" you're referring to?

Maybe. I am referring to defects in building, construction, materials, performance, etc. I'm just wondering if the builders of the last few ships may have hurried the ships to completion in an attempt to evade the cancellation axe that snicked so many ships towards the end of the war. Like, "If we cut some corners and speed things up, we can get her to a point where she is too advanced to cancel".

Not that being near completion saved Kentucky, Hawaii, Northampton and others.

A lot of ships were launched off the slips 'completed' but were never fully fitted out with all the stores & detail parts. I have also read accounts of ships that were never fully commissioned being sunk as targets while still fully stored, much to the disgust of the crews of similar ships who could not get parts for their own, in-commission ships.

Recently heard part of an article (on CBC radio) about defective Liberty Ships. How the rush to construct and source materials led to bad batches of rivets and so certain ships would have weak areas. Just heard part of the interview so have no idea if it went beyond a few Liberty ships.