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Wickes class destroyers (1917)

USN Fleet Destroyers (1917-1947): 111 destroyers (DD-75 to DD-185) The Wickes-class were 111 destroyers built for the US Navy between…

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Somers class destroyers (1937)

Somers class Destroyers (1937) US Navy Large Destroyers (1937-48): USS Somers, Warrington, Sampson, Davis, Jouett, DD-381-86 The Somers-class were a…

Author: naval encyclopedia Published Date: April 29, 2023
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Alaska class heavy cruisers (1943)

Alaska class large cruisers (1943) USA (1941-65) – USS Alaska, Guam, Hawaii The Alaska class were the “great white elephants”…

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Bagley class destroyers (1936)

Bagley class Destroyers (1936) Fleet Destroyers (1935-48): USS Bagley, Blue, Helm, Mugford, Ralph Talbot, Henley, Patterson, Jarvis DD-386-93 The Bagley-class…

Author: naval encyclopedia Published Date: April 12, 2023
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Gridley class destroyers (1936)

Gridley class destroyers (1937-1947) USN Fleet Destroyers (1912-1935): USS Gridley, Craven, McCall, Maury (DD-380-401) The Gridley-class destroyers were four 1500-ton…

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Casablanca class escort carriers (1942)

US Navy 50 Escort Aircraft Carriers (1942-44): USS Casablanca, Liscombe Bay, Coral Sea, Corregidor, Mission Bay, Guadalcanal, Manila Bay, Natoma…

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Mahan class destroyers (1935)

US Navy Fleet Destroyers (1934-48): USS Mahan, Cummings, Drayton, Lamson, Flusser, Reid, Case, Conyngham, Cassin, Shaw, Tucker, Downes, Cushing, Perkins,…

Author: naval encyclopedia Published Date: February 9, 2023
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Porter class destroyers (1935)

Porter class destroyers (1935) USN Flotilla Leader Destroyers (1933-59): Porter, Selfridge, McDougal, Winslow, Phelps, Clark, Moffett, Balch The first interwar…

Author: naval encyclopedia Published Date: January 14, 2023
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Farragut class destroyers (1934)

Farragut class Destroyers (1934) US Navy Fleet Destroyers (1933-47): USS Farragut, Dewey, Hull, MacDonough, Worden, Dale, Monaghan, Aylwin Starting anew:…

Author: naval encyclopedia Published Date: December 10, 2022
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Iowa class Battleships (1942)

Iowa class battleships (1942) Battleships (1942-44): USS Iowa (BB-61), New Jersey (BB-62), Missouri (BB 63), Wisconsin (BB 64), Illinois (BB…