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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,…

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Cleveland class Cruisers (1942)

Cleveland class cruisers (1942) USA (1942-46) USS Cleveland, Columbia, Montpelier, Denver, Amsterdam, Santa Fe, Tallahassee, Birmingham, Mobile, Vincennes, Pasadena, Springfield,…

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Independence class Light Aircraft Carriers

USA (1942-43) USS Independence, Princeton, Belleau Wood, Cowpens, Monterey, Langley, Cabot, Bataan, San Jacinto. Although less numerous and famous than…

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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…

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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…

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WW2 US assault ships, landing ships and landing crafts

WW2 US assault ships, landing ships and landing crafts US Navy 1941-45 – Circa 60,000 amphibious crafts & assault ships…

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Yorktown class aircraft carriers (1936)

Yorktown class aircraft carriers (1936) USA (1936-41): USS Yorktown, Enterprise, Hornet (CV5, 6, 8) At the pinnacle of US carrier…

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USS Wasp (CV-7)

USS Wasp (CV-7) USA (1939) USS Wasp (CV-7) was the seventh USN aircraft carrier, sole in her class. The main…

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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…

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Tennessee Class Battleships

USA (1919) USS Tennessee (BB 43), California (BB 44) The Tennessee class: last standard dreadnoughts One of the mightiest class…