The USS Raleigh was the fourth ship of the Omaha-class light cruisers. Raleigh was laid down on 16th August 1920 and commissioned on 6th February 1924. She was armed with a total of ten 6 inch/53 Mark 12 cannons with four in casemates on the bow and one twin-mounted turret and two in casemates aft together with one twin-mounted turret. Secondary armament consisted of two 3 inch anti-aircraft guns and two triple 533 mm torpedo tubes. Over the years and various refits, more 3 inch guns were added together with various other light autocannons such as Oerlikon or Bofors. In the interwar period, Raleigh served in the Atlantic. On 7th December 1941, during the attack on Pearl Harbour, Raleigh was torpedoed by B5N Kate torpedo bombers aiming for USS Utah. She was repaired and in 1942 departed towards the Aleutian Islands where she conducted escort duties and shore bombardments until the end of the war. She was decommissioned on 2nd November 1945 and sold for scrap on 27th February 1946.

The Raleigh was introduced in Update 1.85 "Supersonic". Unlike her sister Trenton, she is represented in her 1942 configuration, featuring upgraded anti-aircraft suite and increased amount of 3-inch guns. She is the second light cruiser available to US Navy captains. Her main armament is quite weak as it lacks proper AP shell and the SAP shell has low TNT yield coupled with long reload of 10 seconds. She also does not possess armoured belt along the entire length of ship, the belt only protects vital machinery such as transmissions and boilers. Her magazines located on waterline are unprotected making them vulnerable to fatal explosions.