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Author: naval encyclopedia Published Date: December 25, 2019
Posted in ww2 US Navy

WW2 USN Aircraft Carriers

USA (1921-1945), 150 aicraft carriers The leading country in Aircraft Carriers The US Navy started during WW2 with a small…

Author: naval encyclopedia Published Date: December 22, 2019
Posted in U-Boats ww2 Kriegsmarine

Type IX U-Boats (1936)

Type IX U-Boats (1936) Germany (1936-45) 194 produced (290 ordered) Type IX, the long-range U-Boat: During world war two, two…

Author: naval encyclopedia Published Date: December 19, 2019
Posted in WW1 Japanese Navy

Chikuma class cruisers (1911)

Chikuma class cruisers (1911) Japan (1911) Chikuma, Yahagi, Hirado The Japanese turbine Cruisers: The three cruisers described here are in…

Author: naval encyclopedia Published Date: December 15, 2019
Posted in Austro-Hungarian Navy

Versuchsgleitboot

Versuchsgleitboot 1 prototype (1916) The Austro-Hungarian secret weapon The Versuchsgleitboot (“Above, gliding boat”) was a prototype of a fast, small…

Author: naval encyclopedia Published Date: December 12, 2019
Posted in ww1 Russian Navy

Tsesarevich

Russian Pre-Dreadnought Battleship (1901) Russian battleship with a french flavor: Without going into lowly humor mixing vodka and baguettes, the…

Author: naval encyclopedia Published Date: December 8, 2019
Posted in WW1 Royal Navy ww1 warships

HMS Tiger (1913)

HMS Tiger (1913) United Kingdom (1913) Battlecruiser The HMS Tiger: Feline beauty and hard shell Described by historian John Keegan…

Author: naval encyclopedia Published Date: December 4, 2019
Posted in Argentine Navy

Cruiser La Argentina (1937)

Armada de la Argentina, School Cruiser 1937-1974 The Argentinian school cruiser: The cruiser “La Argentina”, was conceived as a training…

Author: naval encyclopedia Published Date: December 1, 2019
Posted in Cold War Chinese Ships

Type 092 (NATO Xia class) SSBN (1981)

Type 092 (NATO Xia class) SSBN (1981) Chinese PLAN (1981) – 1 Ballistic Nuclear Submarine The first Chinese SSBN: It…

Author: naval encyclopedia Published Date: November 27, 2019
Posted in ww1 US Navy

Chester class cruisers (1907)

Scout Cruisers (1907) – USS Chester, Birmingham, Salem The last American cruisers The title seems a bit exaggerating, but there…

Author: naval encyclopedia Published Date: November 24, 2019
Posted in ww1 Italian Navy

Nino Bixio class cruisers (1912)

Nino Bixio class cruisers (1912) Italy (1912) Nino Bixio, Marsala The first modern Italian scouts The Nino Bixio class were…