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USS Nautilus (1954)
Nuclear Attack Submarine 1952-1980, preserved. The world’s first nuclear submarine The sub’s Propulsion Problem In WW2 submarine propulsion remained what…
CNS O’Higgins (1897)
CNS O’Higgins Armada de Chile – Armoured Cruiser, 1894-1958 CNS O’Higgins, was Chile’s largest cruiser before the cold war. The…
Ministro Zenteno (1896)
CNS Ministro Zenteno Armada de Chile – 1894-96 CNS Ministro Zenteno (1894). Another landmark of the Chile-Argentina naval arms race….
Boston class Missile Cruisers (1955)
Boston class fleet escort (missile conversion) US Navy. USS Boston, Canberra, 1953-78 (CAG-1, 2). The Boston class were the world’s…
UB-II class submersibles (1915)
UB-2 class (1915-18) German Empire – 30 submarines, UB-18 to UB-47 UB-45 underway in 1916 The UB-II class. Second part…
Curtiss SB2C Helldiver (1942)
Curtiss SB2C Helldiver (1942) US Navy Dive Bomber (1943-45), 7,140 built The Curtiss SB2C and its “bad rep” A bit…
Bogatyr class cruisers (1900)
Bogatyr class armoured cruisers (1900) Russian Empire 1899-1936: Bogatyr, Oleg, Kagul, Ochakov, Vityaz A new class for Russian Protected Cruisers:…
ARA Garibaldi class armoured cruisers (1898)
Garibaldi class armoured cruisers (1901) Italy/Argentina (1894-1904) Four Armoured Cruisers: Garibaldi, Belgrano, Puyrredon, San Martin The six Argentinian Armored Cruisers…
Sims class destroyers (1938)
Sims class Destroyers (1938) US Navy Fleet Destroyers (1937-47): USS Sims, Hugues, Anderson, Hamman, Mustin, Russel, O’Brien, Walke, Morris, Roe,…
FS Charles de Gaulle (R92, 1994)
FS Charles De Gaulle, French Nuclear-propelled CATOBAR Carrier French Navy (1988-today) The European Nuclear Carrier FS Charles de Gaulle (Ex-Richelieu)…
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