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The Baltimore-class heavy cruisers were a class of heavy cruisers in the United States Navy commissioned during and shortly after World War II.
4 mar 2017 · The USN Baltimore class heavy cruisers were the main wartime 8-inches type used mostly as task force escort in WW2. In all, 15 were built, including the sub-class Oregon City, which entered service after the war. Many also served in Korea and Vietnam, or were converted as missile cruisers.
Pages in category "World War II cruisers of the United States". The following 103 pages are in this category, out of 103 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. Alaska-class cruiser.
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Office of Naval Intelligence Ship Drawings and Photos. Free, public domain U.S. Government ONI (Office of Naval Intelligence) ID recognition manual book plans drawings of World War 2 II ships warships naval vessels -- and more to come. Note:
29 kwi 2023 · The Alaska class were the “great white elephants” of the US Navy in WW2. Their conception went back to the start of the war, when limiting treaties became obsolete, based on a rumored IJN “cruiser killer”. The US Navy studied a new standard of “large cruiser” by default of a better terms.
Japanese heavy cruisers posed a serious threat to an American campaign across the western Pacific. The U.S. fleet’s lines of communications would need to be protected from raids and its carriers screened.
