Kara class cruisers (1969)
Project 1134B Berkut ASW Cruisers 7 ASW cruisers: Nikolayev, Ochakov, Kerch, Azov, Petropavlovsk, Tachkent, Vladivostok The Kara class missile cruisers…
Wickes class destroyers (1917)
USN Fleet Destroyers (1917-1947): 111 destroyers (DD-75 to DD-185) The Wickes-class were 111 destroyers built for the US Navy between…
26-Knotters
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Cold War USN Aircraft Carriers
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Commandant Teste (1929)
Marine Nationale, French seaplane carrier (1927-1942) The French Marine Nationale interwar seaplane carrier The Commandant Teste was France’s only dedicated…
Blackburn B-25 Roc (1938)
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Libertad class Battleships (1892)
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Sverige class (1915)
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WWI IJN Submersibles
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Worcester class cruisers (1947)
Worcester class cruisers (1947) USA (1945-58) USS Worcester, Roanoke, Vallejo, Gary (CL-144-147) +6 cancelled Dec. 1945 The last US conventional…
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