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Clemson class destroyers (1919)
USN Fleet Destroyers (1917-1947): 156 destroyers (DD-186 to DD-347) The Clemson-class were 156 destroyers built for the US Navy between…
Yokosuka D4Y Suisei “Judy”
Yokosuka D4Y Suisei “Judy” (1942) Imperial Japanese Navy, 1,085 built Design development The Yokosuka deserves attention not only because it…
ARA Independencia (1958)
Argentinian Aircraft Carrier, ex-HMS Warrior (1958-1971) Argentina Day ! For this national independence day, let’s see the fleet’s flagship for…
ARA Buenos Aires (1895)
ARA Buenos Aires, Protected Cruiser (1895) Argentina (1893-1935) Next step in the Chile-Argentina naval arms race for the latter, a…
Nimitz Class Fleet Aircraft Carriers (1972)
Nimitz class Aircraft Carriers (1974) USS Nimitz, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Carl Vinson, Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, John C. Stennis, Harry…
De Zeven Provinciën class Cruisers (1944)
The Netherlands – 1939-2020 HNLMS De Ruyter, De Zeven Provinciën The world’s last gun cruisers. Started before the war in…
HMCS Bonaventure (1957)
Canada. Ex-Powerful 1943-1971 Special Canada Day ! The story of HMCS Bonaventure (“bonnie”), the only and only Canadian Navy Aircraft…
Blanco Encalada (1892)
Blanco Encalada Protected Cruiser (1892) Chile (1892-1938) Concluding this month with the Chile-Argentina naval arms race’s Chilean answer: Blanco Encalada….
Redoutable class submersibles (1928)
France (1928-45), Oceanic Submersibles, 31 completed. France’s largest submarine class The “Redoutable class” -official name was 1500 tonnes- was initiated…
ARA Nueve de Julio (1892)
ARA 9 de Julio Protected Cruiser (1892) Argentina (1891-1938) Still going on the Chile-Argentina naval arms race of the 1890s,…
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