Category: ww2 US Navy
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:…
Nevada class Battleships (1914)
USA (1914) USS Nevada, Oklahoma The Nevada class: First “standard battleships” The Nevada and Oklahoma marked a milestone in US…
USS Wichita (1937)
USS Wichita (1937) USA – Heavy Cruiser (1935-39) The Wichita directly inspired the wartime Baltimore class design Design History Secretary…
Bogue class aircraft carriers
Bogue class (1941) USA – Escort Aircraft Carriers (1941-50) Bogue, Breton, Card, Copahee, Core, Croatan, Nassau, Altamaha, Prince William, Barnes,…
Eagle Boats (1918)
USA (1918) 60 ASW vessels PE1-60. Ancestors of WW2 PC Boats: The ‘Eagle boat’ resulted from a request to Henry…
New York class Battleships (1912)
USA (1912) USS New York, Texas The New York class became the first American battleships with 14-in guns and the…
WW2 American Cruisers
WW2 American Cruisers USA, 1921-1947 – 62 cruisers From Omaha to Worcester, two decades of conventional cruiser development (1918-47) The…
WW2 USN Submarines
USA 355 submersibles (1917-45) The US Navy submarines (Submersibles*) contribution to the war are certainly greater than Battleships, and on…
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