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WW2 U.S.Navy destroyers

WW2 US destroyers USA (1917-45) 1,224 destroyers, 18 classes The US Navy Destroyers represented the formidable industrial effort consented by…

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Brooklyn class cruisers (1936)

Brooklyn class cruisers (1936) USA (1936-37) USS Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Savannah, Nashville, Phoenix, Boise, Honolulu, St Louis, Helena. The Brooklyns: Defining…

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USS Langley (1920)

USS Langley (CV-1) (1920) USA (1920) – Aircraft Carrier The First American Aircraft Carrier (CV-1): Barely one year after the…

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New Mexico class battleships (1917)

USA (1917) – USS New mexico, Mississippi, Idaho The New Mexico, Idaho and Mississippi at Pearl Harbor in December 1943…

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Omaha class cruisers (1920)

Omaha class cruisers (1920) USA (1920-24) USS Omaha, Milwaukee, Cincinnati, Raleigh, Detroit, Richmond, Concord, Trenton, Marblehead, Memphis The new kids…

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Pensacola class heavy Cruisers (1928)

Pensacola class heavy cruisers (1928) USA (1928-30) – USS Pensacola, Salt lake City The top heavy cruisers This summup in…

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Baltimore class heavy cruisers (1942)

Baltimore class (1942) Heavy cruisers (1942-46): USS Baltimore, Boston, Camberra, Quincy, Pittsburgh, St. Paul, Columbus, Chicago, Bremerton, Fall River, Los…

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Northampton class heavy cruisers (1929)

Northampton class heavy cruisers (1929) USA (1928-30) – USS Northampton, Augusta, Chicago, Houston, Chester, Louisville Back to the drawing board…

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Gato Class Submarine

USN (1941)- About 77 subs Situation in 1940 In 1939, designs for a new class of submarine, closely resembling the…

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Landing Ship Tank

USA (1942-45) – About 1051 ships Armour Straight to the beaches: LSTs For this first crossover article with our sister…