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Soviet WW2 Motor Torpedo Boats Soviet Navy 1921-45: Circa 400 Boats During WW2, the Soviet Navy went on producting motor…

Long Island class (1940) Escort Aircraft Carriers USS Long Island, USS Charger (CVE-1, CVE-30) WW2 first escort aircraft carrier The…

French Navy Cruiser (1953) rebuilt as missile cruiser, active until 1991. The last French cruiser With the start of the…

German Empire (1901): SMS Roon, Yorck The Roon class were follow-up armored cruisers of the Prinz Adalbert-class, built for the…

USS Norfolk (DL-1) Ocean Escort (Cruiser) The USS Norfolk (Destroyer Leader 1) was a new type of large oceanic escort…

Amphibious Warfare from scratch (1941) US Navy 1941-45, 16 major landing operations The US Navy is remembered in WW2 for…

Mitsubishi 1MF (1919) Imperial Japanese Navy, 148 built The long road towards the first IJN fighter The Imperial Japanese seaplanes…

US Navy 1941-45 – Circa 60,000 amphibious crafts & assault ships combined The fascinating aspect in the development of the…

USN Dive Bomber 1938-1944 (5,936 built) Fearless Dauntless: USN’ legendary dive bomber The image is clear now, since the river…

Flower class Sloops (WWI) Royal Navy (1915-1919) – 134 ships The first “flowers” The WW2 ‘Flower’ class is famous from…