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Cold War USN Aircraft Carriers
Cold War USN Aicraft Carriers Circa 85 ships 1945-today The bulwark of the “free world” For 43 years, NATO’s safety…
Commandant Teste (1929)
Marine Nationale, French seaplane carrier (1927-1942) The French Marine Nationale interwar seaplane carrier The Commandant Teste was France’s only dedicated…
Blackburn B-25 Roc (1938)
Blackburn B-25 Roc (1938) RNAS/FAA 1938-41: 136 built. The Royal navy Turret Fighter The use of turret fighters was proper…
Libertad class Battleships (1892)
Libertad class battleships (1892) Argentina: ARA Libertad, Independencia (1889-1968) The Libertad class were two coastal battleships ordered by the Argentinian…
Sverige class (1915)
Sverige class coastal battleships (1915) Swedish Navy 1912-70 HSwMS Sverige, Drottning Victoria, Gustav V Sweden’s last Pansarkepp Sweden’s very last…
WWI IJN Submersibles
IJN WW1 submarines IJN – About 85 submarines. 16 different types, and many policy changes: The story of WW1 IJN…
Worcester class cruisers (1947)
Worcester class cruisers (1947) USA (1945-58) USS Worcester, Roanoke, Vallejo, Gary (CL-144-147) +6 cancelled Dec. 1945 The last US conventional…
HMS Pretoria Castle (1938)
United Kingdom – D94, Training Aircraft Carrier HMS Pretoria Castle (F61) was a freshly completed Harland & Wolff, Belfast-built Union-Castle…
Pallada class Russian Imperial protected cruisers (1893)
Pallada class cruisers (1899) Imperial Russian Protected Cruisers: Pallada, Diana, Aurora The Pallada-class cruisers (“Diana-type” in Russian) were three protected…
Charles F. Adams class missile destroyers (1960)
23 ships (DDG 2-DDG 24) 1958-99: USS Charles F. Adams, John King, Lawrence, Claude V. Ricketts, Barney, Henry B. Wilson,…
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