Category: ww2 US Navy

Porter class destroyers (1935) USN Flotilla Leader Destroyers (1933-59): Porter, Selfridge, McDougal, Winslow, Phelps, Clark, Moffett, Balch The first interwar…

Farragut class Destroyers (1934) US Navy Fleet Destroyers (1933-47): USS Farragut, Dewey, Hull, MacDonough, Worden, Dale, Monaghan, Aylwin Starting anew:…

Iowa class battleships (1942) Battleships (1942-44): USS Iowa (BB-61), New Jersey (BB-62), Missouri (BB 63), Wisconsin (BB 64), Illinois (BB…

PT-Boats (1942) USA – Circa 500 built (1942-45) WW2 USN PT Boats: Overrated Success ? The “wooden marvels” were known…

USA – circa 23,492 (1942-45) The Landing Darling (06/06/2022) Few crafts in WW2 were underrated but these “Higgins Boats”. The…

South Dakota class battleships (1939) Battleships (1938-42): USS South Dakota (BB-57), Indiana (BB-58), Massachusetts (BB 59), Alabama (BB 60) The…

Midway class USA – Fleet Aircraft Carriers (1945-92): USS Midway, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Coral Sea The first USN armoured aircraft…

Sangamon class Escort Aircraft Carriers US Navy 4 ships (Converted, Commissionned Aug. – Sept. 1942): USS Sangamon, Suwanee, Chenango, Santee…

Essex class Fleet Aircraft Carriers US Navy Fleet Aircraft Carriers (1942-50): USS Essex, Yorktown, Intrepid, Hornet, Lexington, Bunker Hill, Wasp,…

North Carolina class Battleships Fast Battleships (1940): USS North Carolina (BB-55), Washington (BB-56) The first USN fast battleships USS North…