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De Grasse (1946)
French Navy (1946-1976) De Grasse was the first French post-WW2 cruiser completed, with Colbert. Both their stories went back to…
Prinz Adalbert class armored cruisers (1901)
German Empire (1901): Prinz Adalbert, Friedrich Carl Standard Armored Cruiser – The Prinz Adalbert class: After Fürst Bismarck (1897), the…
USS Wasp (CV-7)
US Navy (1939) – Fleet Aircraft Carrier 1940-42 USS Wasp (CV-7) was the seventh USN aircraft carrier, sole in her…
Tre Kronor class cruisers (1944)
Swedish Navy 1944-64 HSwMS Tre Kronor, Göta Lejon The “Three Crowns” class was the most ambitious naval program of Sweden…
British Gunboats of WWI
British Royal Navy Gunboats 1880s to 1918 About 31 gunboats 1914 Gunboat diplomacy The story of the Royal Navy is…
IJN Kaga (1927)
IJN Kaga (1927) Japan, 1927. Fleet Aircraft Carrier The Kaga, second IJN fleet aircraft carrier IJN Kaga was the third…
Douglas TBD Devastator (1935)
Douglas TBD Devastator (1935) USN Dive Bomber (1935-42) Best of its day, less in 1942 First line USN torpedo bomber…
IJN Akagi (1925)
IJN Akagi (1925) Japan, 1925. Fleet Aircraft Carrier The Akagi, first IJN fleet aircraft carrier: IJN Akagi was the second…
Kolberg class cruisers (1908)
Germany (1907-1927): SMS Kolberg, Mainz, Cöln, Augsburg The Kolberg class is a class of light cruisers built for the Kaiserliche…
USS United States (CVA-58)
USS United States (1949) – The atomic carrier 1 laid down (April 1949) The missing link between the wartime Essex…
