RapidFireWeb North Carolina-class battleships USS North Carolina (BB-55), and USS Washington (BB-56) The North Carolina class were a pair of fast battleships, North Carolina and Washington, built for the United StatesNavy in the late 1930s and early 1940s. In planning a new battleship class in the 1930s, the US Navy was heavilyconstrained by international treaty limitations, … Read more
US Navy Wyoming-class battleships, USS Wyoming (BB-32), and USS Arkansas (BB-33) The Wyoming-class was a pair of dreadnought battleships built for the United States Navy. Wyoming and Arkansas were authorized in early 1909, and were built between 1910 and 1912. These were the fourth dreadnought design of the US Navy, but only an incremental improvement over … Read more
US Navy Large Cruiser USS Portland (CA-33) The Portland class of heavy Cruisers was designed and constructed by the USN in 1930. The two ships of the class, Portland and Indianapolis, saw extensive service in the Pacific during the Second World War. The Portland class displaced just under 10,000 long tons (10,000 t) and featured heavier armour and armament than previous … Read more
Alaska-class cruisers of the US Navy, USS Alaska (CB-1), and USS Guam (CB-2) The Alaska-class were six large cruisers ordered before the Second World War for the United States Navy (USN), of which only two were completed and saw service late in the war. The USN designation for the ships of this class was ‘large cruiser’ (CB), a … Read more
USS Macon (CA-132) (USN Photo) USS Macon (CA-132), a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy, was laid down on 14 June 1943 by the New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, New Jersey; launched on 15 October 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Charles F. Bowden, wife of the mayor of Macon, Georgia; and commissioned on 26 August … Read more
USN Heavy Cruiser USS Wichita (CA-45) (USN Photo) USS Wichita (CA-45) at anchor in Scapa Flow, Scotland (UK), in April 1942. The aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV-7) is in the backgroun USS Wichita (CA-45) was a unique heavy cruiser of the United States Navy built in the 1930s. The last American cruiser designed to meet the limits … Read more
USS Indianapolis (CA-45) (USN Photo) USS Indianapolis (CA-35) underway at sea on 27 September 1939. USS Indianapolis (CL/CA-35) was a Portland-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy, named for the city of Indianapolis, Indiana. Launched in 1931, she was the flagship of the commander of Scouting Force 1 for eight years, then flagship for Admiral Raymond … Read more
New York-class super-dreadnought battleships The New York class was a pair of super-dreadnought battleships built for the United States Navy between 1911 and 1914. The two ships of the class, New York and Texas, saw extensive service beginning in the occupation of Veracruz, the First World War and the Second World War. Designed as a … Read more
Nevada-class battleships, USS Nevada (BB-36), and USS Oklahoma (BB-37) The Nevada class comprised two dreadnought battleships, Nevada and Oklahoma, built for the United States Navy in the 1910s. They were significant developments in battleship design, being the first in the world to adopt “all or nothing” armour, a major stepforward in armour protection because it … Read more
New Mexico-class battleships, USS New Mexico (BB-40), USS Mississippi (BB-41), and USS Idaho (BB-42) The New Mexico-class was a class of three super-dreadnought battleships built for the United States Navy in the late 1910s. The class comprised three ships: New Mexico, the lead ship, Mississippi, and Idaho. Part of the standard series, they were in … Read more
