Category: ww2 US Navy
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…
USS Ranger (CV-4)
USS Ranger (CV-4) USA (1933) USS Ranger (CV-4) was the first USN aircraft carrier designed as such. She was a…
Pennsylvania class battleships (1915)
USA (1915) USS Pennsylvania, USS Arizona The Pennsylvania class were the second class of “standard” US super-dreadnoughts, a simple iteration…
New Orleans class cruisers (1933)
New Orleans class cruisers (1933) USA (1933-37) USS New Orleans, Astoria, Minneapolis, Tuscaloosa, San Francisco, Quincy, Vincennes New Orleans class:…
