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USS Wichita was a unique heavy cruiser of the United States Navy built in the 1930s. The last American cruiser designed to meet the limits of the London Naval Treaty, she was originally intended to be a New Orleans -class heavy cruiser, accordingly with the maximum main armament of three triple 8-inch (203 mm) gun turrets.
17 kwi 2020 · The last heavy cruiser to have entered service for the United States before the start of World War II, USS Wichita was a unique warship, and in fact, the only unit to be produced of her class.
30 sie 2024 · USS Wichita was a unique heavy cruiser of the United States Navy built in the 1930s. The last American cruiser designed to meet the limits of the London Naval Treaty, she was originally intended to be a New Orleans-class heavy cruiser, accordingly with the maximum main armament of three triple 8-inc.
8 paź 2017 · The following afternoon (30 September), however, HMS Edinburgh, then zigzagging at high speed some 15 nautical miles ahead of the convoy, in approximate position 73°09'N, 32°45'E, was struck by two torpedoes from the German submarine U-456. Her stern was blown off and her steering gear was wrecked.
22 lip 2011 · CA-45 Wichita. The Wichita class, only ship of its class, was the connection between the pre-war cruisers, and those built during the war. She had been conceived as another Brooklyn class ship...
The first four 8" cruiser classes increased in size and firepower class by class with the Wichita class ships being almost twice the size of the Omaha. The staying power of the Wichita was also twice as good. Better armour, better layout. All counted toward what was the best of the US pre-war cruisers.
USS WICHITA was the only member of the single-ship WICHITA - class and the first ship in the Navy named after the city in Kansas. The heavy cruiser was a derivative of the basic design prepared for the BROOKLYN (CL 40) - class, similar in characteristic and appearance but with three 8-inch turrets in lieu of the five 6-inch turrets mounted in ...
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