Category: ww2 US Navy
Landing Craft Vehicle & Personnel (1942)
USA – circa 23,492 (1942-45) The Landing Darling (06/06/2022) Few crafts in WW2 were underrated but these “Higgins Boats”. The…
South dakota class battleships (1941)
South Dakota class battleships (1939) Battleships (1938-42): USS South Dakota (BB-57), Indiana (BB-58), Massachusetts (BB 59), Alabama (BB 60) The…
Midway class aircraft carriers (1945)
Midway class USA – Fleet Aircraft Carriers (1945-92): USS Midway, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Coral Sea The first USN armoured aircraft…
Sangamon class escort aircraft carriers (1939)
Sangamon class Escort Aircraft Carriers US Navy 4 ships (Converted, Commissionned Aug. – Sept. 1942): USS Sangamon, Suwanee, Chenango, Santee…
Essex class aircraft carriers (1942)
US Navy Fleet Aircraft Carriers (1942-50): USS Essex, Yorktown, Intrepid, Hornet, Lexington, Bunker Hill, Wasp, Franklin, Ticonderoga, Randolph, Hancock, Bennington,…
North Carolina class Battleships (1940)
North Carolina class Battleships Fast Battleships (1940): USS North Carolina (BB-55), Washington (BB-56) The first USN fast battleships USS North…
Portland class heavy cruisers (1931)
USA (1931-32) USS Portland, Indianapolis. The Portland class: The 2nd generation. Designed after the Northamptons, the two heavy cruisers Portland…
Cleveland class Cruisers (1942)
US Navy (1942-46) Light Cruisers: USS Cleveland, Columbia, Montpelier, Denver, Amsterdam, Santa Fe, Tallahassee, Birmingham, Mobile, Vincennes, Pasadena, Springfield, Topeka,…
Independence class Light Aircraft Carriers
US Navy (1942-43): USS Independence, Princeton, Belleau Wood, Cowpens, Monterey, Langley, Cabot, Bataan, San Jacinto. Although less numerous and famous…
Long Island class escort carriers (1940)
Long Island class (1940) Escort Aircraft Carriers USS Long Island, USS Charger (CVE-1, CVE-30) WW2 first escort aircraft carrier The…
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