Category: Coldwar Ships
Tang class submarines (1951)
US Navy Attack Submarines (SSK) 1949-1984 The Tang class submarines were the first generation postwar diesel attack submarines. Unlike the…
Centaur class Aircraft Carriers (1947)
United Kingdom: 4 aircraft carriers: HMS Albion, Centaur, Bulwark, Hermes, 4 more cancelled The first postwar British aircraft carriers First…
Kotlin class destroyers (1958)
Project 56, 56A, 56M (1958-1988) 27 conventional, ASW and missile destroyers The Kotlin (project 56) are the first “true” post-war…
Galveston (CLG) class Missile Cruisers (1958)
Cleveland class Missile Conversion SBC 140/140A 146/46A US Navy 1958-79: Galveston & Providence subclasses: USS Galveston, Little Rock, Oklahoma City,…
Minas Gerais (1956)
Brazilian Navy (1956-2001) Fleet Aircraft Carrier (ex-HMS Vengeance, Colossus class 1942 light fleet carrier program) Brazil Day ! – We…
Barracuda class submarines (1951)
US Navy Attack Submarines (SSK) 1951-1974 Third entry into the cold war USN submarine tree, after the GUPPY class and…
Spruance class destroyers (1975)
Guided Missiles Destroyers 30 ships (DD 963-DD 997) 1975-2020: USS Spruance, Paul F. Foster, Kinkaid, Hewitt, Elliot, Arthur W. Radford,…
Majestic class aircraft carriers
United Kingdom: 5 light fleet aircraft carriers: HMS Majestic, Terrible, Powerful, Magnificient, Hercules, Powerful, 1 more cancelled (1944-1999) The majestic…
USS Nautilus (1954)
Nuclear Attack Submarine 1952-1980, preserved. The world’s first nuclear submarine The sub’s Propulsion Problem In WW2 submarine propulsion remained what…
Boston class Missile Cruisers (1955)
Boston class fleet escort (missile conversion) US Navy. USS Boston, Canberra, 1953-78 (CAG-1, 2). The Boston class were the world’s…