Category: ww2 US Navy
Commencement Bay class escort carriers (1943)
US Navy 19 Escort Aircraft Carriers (1943-45) 35 planned, 16 cancelled) CVE-105 – CVE-123: Commencement Bay, Block Island, Gilbert Islands,…
Saipan class Light Aircraft Carriers
USA (1945) USS Saipan (CVL-48), Wright (CVL-49) – service 1947-1980 Light Carriers based on heavy cruisers Two light carriers, Saipan…
Gearing class Destroyers (1945)
US Navy Fleet Destroyers (1944-90): 104 vessels The Gearings were the last American destroyers of the war. They mirrored the…
O class submarines (1917)
USA (1916-46) O-1 to O-16, small oceanic submersibles The “O” class USN submersibles were of group of 16 boats completed…
Allen M. Sumner class destroyers (1943)
US Navy Fleet Destroyers (1942-80s): 58 Ships; DD-692 to DD-790 The Sumner were about the last US destroyers of WW2…
Fletcher class destroyers (1942)
US Navy 174 Fleet Destroyers (1942-44) (no list submitted). The Fletchers are probably the best-remembered destroyers of the USN during…
Gleaves class destroyers (1940)
Fleet Destroyers (1939-70s) – 66 destroyers: USS Gleaves, Niblack, Livermore, Eberle, Plunkett, Kearny, Gwin, Meredith, Grayson, Monssen, Woolsey, Ludlow, Edison,…
Benson class destroyers (1939)
Benson class Destroyers (1939-41) US Navy Fleet Destroyers (1938-70s) – 30 destroyers: Benson, Mayo, Madison, Lansdale, Hilary P. Jones, Charles…
Sims class destroyers (1938)
Sims class Destroyers (1938) US Navy Fleet Destroyers (1937-47): USS Sims, Hugues, Anderson, Hamman, Mustin, Russel, O’Brien, Walke, Morris, Roe,…
Clemson class destroyers (1919)
USN Fleet Destroyers (1917-1947): 156 destroyers (DD-186 to DD-347) The Clemson-class were 156 destroyers built for the US Navy between…
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