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Cassin class destroyers (1913)
Cassin class destroyers (1913) USN Fleet Destroyers (1912-1935): USS Cassin, Cummings, Downes, Duncan, Aylwin, Parker, Benham, Balch (DD-43-50) The first…
Hipper class cruisers (1937)
German Heavy Cruisers (1937): Hipper, Blücher, Prinz Eugen, Seydlitz, Lützow KMS Hipper and her sister ships were the first and…
Caracciolo class battleships (1917)
Caracciolo class battleships (1917) Italy – Regia Marina: RN Francesco Caracciolo, Marcantonio Colonna, Cristoforo Colombo, Francesco Morosini (1914-1921) The first…
Odin class submersibles (1926)
Oceanic Submersibles 1924-1945: HMS Oberon (prototype), HMS Oxley & Otway (Australian order), HMS Odin, Olympus, Orpheus, Osiris, Oswald, Otus HMS…
Cold War U.S. Navy Submarines
Cold War USN Submarines 90 submarines 1950-1990: SA, SSN, SSBNs, SQLs The story of USN Submarines is an epic journey…
Katori class cruisers (1939)
Katori class cruisers (1939) Heavy Cruisers Katori, Kashima, Kashii. The IJN school cruisers The three Katori class light cruisers, Katori,…
Savoia-Marchetti SM.55 (1924)
Savoia-Marchetti SM.55 (1924) Regia Aeronautica (1924-33), 250+ built The interwar record-setter The Savoia-Marchetti SM.55 was an Italian twin-hulled, twin-engine (tandem)…
Novik class destroyers (1911-1917)
A Long lineage and new standard: Novik (1911) Russian Empire/Soviet Navy 1910-1941 In destroyer history, there are a few landmarks…
Calabria (1894)
Calabria (1890) Italian Colonial Cruiser (1892-1924) Calabria was a small protected cruiser of the Italian Regia Marina which was to…
Holland class Submersibles (1901)
HMS N°1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (1900-1921) The start of the British sub. lineage HMS N°1 on sea trials. Initial…
