Category: Coldwar Ships
HMCS Bonaventure (1957)
Canada. Ex-Powerful 1943-1971 Special Canada Day ! The story of HMCS Bonaventure (“bonnie”), the only and only Canadian Navy Aircraft…
Des Moines class Cruisers (1946)
Des Moines class cruisers (1947) USA (1945-58) USS Des Moines, Newport News, Salem. Dallas and 8 more cancelled Dec. 1945…
Kara class cruisers (1969)
Project 1134B Berkut ASW Cruisers 7 ASW cruisers: Nikolayev, Ochakov, Kerch, Azov, Petropavlovsk, Tachkent, Vladivostok The Kara class missile cruisers…
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…
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,…
Aircraft Carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi (1983)
Giuseppe Garibaldi, 1st Italian STOVL carrier Built 1981-85 currently in service Italy Unification Day ! Giuseppe Garibaldi is one of…
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,…
HMAS Sydney (1948)
HMAS Sydney (1948) RAN Light Fleet Aircraft Carrier (1948-76) Australia Day ! HMAS Sydney (R17/A214/P214/L134) was the former HMS Terrible…
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