Category: ww2 US Navy
Portland class heavy cruisers (1931)
Portland class heavy cruisers (1931) USA (1931-32) USS Portland, Indianapolis. The Portland class: The 2nd generation. Designed after the Northamptons,…
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…
USN WW2 Amphibious Operations
Amphibious Warfare from scratch (1941) US Navy 1941-45, 16 major landing operations The US Navy is remembered in WW2 for…
WW2 US assault ships, landing ships and landing crafts
US Navy 1941-45 – Circa 60,000 amphibious crafts & assault ships combined The fascinating aspect in the development of the…
Yorktown class aircraft carriers (1936)
USA (1936-41): USS Yorktown, Enterprise, Hornet (CV5, 6, 8) At the pinnacle of US carrier development before WW2 were the…
USS Wasp (CV-7)
US Navy (1939) – Fleet Aircraft Carrier 1940-42 USS Wasp (CV-7) was the seventh USN aircraft carrier, sole in her…
Atlanta class light cruisers (1941)
US Navy 1941-44 USS Atlanta, Juneau, San Diego, San Juan, Oakland, Reno, Flint, Tucson, Juneau (ii), Spokane, Fresno The USN…
Tennessee Class Battleships
USA (1919) USS Tennessee (BB 43), California (BB 44) The Tennessee class: last standard dreadnoughts One of the mightiest class…
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