Category: cold war us navy
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…
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,…
Cold War U.S. Navy Submarines
Cold War USN Submarines 90 submarines 1950-1990: SA, SSN, SSBNs, SQLs The story of USN Submarines is an epic journey…
Farragut class Missile Destroyers (1958)
Ten ships (DDG 37 – DDG 46) 1957-93: USS Farragut, Luce, MacDonough, Coontz, King, Mahan, Dahlgren, William. D. Pratt, Dewey,…
Forrest Sherman class destroyers (1955)
Forrest Sherman class destroyers (1955) 18 destroyers 1953-1959 Forrest Sherman, John Paul Jones, Barry, Decatur, Davis, Jonas Ingram, Manley, Du…
USS Enterprise (1960)
USS Enterprise (1960) Nuclear-powered Fleet Aircraft carrier The Nuclear aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (1960), probably the most famous ship of…
Mitscher class destroyers (1952)
USN Destroyer Leaders: USS Mitscher, John Mc Cain, Willis A. Lee, Wilkinson The Mitscher class were four experimental large conventional…
Kitty Hawk class Aircraft Carriers (1960)
Conventional CATOBAR Aircraft Carriers (1960) USS Kitty Hawk, Constellation, America, John F. Kennedy (1955-2009) The Kitty Hawk class aircraft carriers…
USS Norfolk (DL-1) Ocean Escort, Cruiser
USS Norfolk (DL-1) Ocean Escort (Cruiser) The USS Norfolk (Destroyer Leader 1) was a new type of large oceanic escort…
USS United States (CVA-58)
USS United States (1949) – The atomic carrier 1 laid down (April 1949) The missing link between the wartime Essex…
