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37: 729: 934: 889:. The first study involved removing all of the guns in favor of four different missile systems. At $ 160 million, the cost of this proposed removal was seen as prohibitive, so a second study was initiated. The study left the forward batteries (the two 12-inch triple turrets and three of the 5-inch dual turrets) unchanged, and added a reduced version of the first plan on the stern of the ship. Even though the proposals would have cost approximately half as much as the first study's plan ($ 82 million), it was still seen as too expensive. As a result, both ships were stricken from the 1354: 1228: 1121:) 5"/38 twin mounts while older refitted U.S. battleships had eight. The dearth of anti-aircraft weaponry for a ship of its size was attributed to the amidships aircraft catapult like older US cruisers; while other modern U.S. cruisers and battleships opted for stern-mounted aircraft catapults to free up space along the central superstructure for more secondaries and anti-aircraft guns. In common with U.S. heavy cruisers, they had aircraft hangars and a single large rudder; the single rudder combined with the hull's long length gave the 553: 80: 544:. This carrier escort capability was favored by Admiral King. Because of their bigger guns, greater size and increased speed, they would be more valuable in this role than heavy cruisers, and would provide insurance against reports that Japan was building super cruisers more powerful than the American heavy cruisers. The escort concept would also free the few existing heavy cruisers for scouting (their original purpose). 483:, may have taken a lead role in the development of the class with his desire to have a counter to raiding abilities of Japanese cruisers and German pocket battleships. While these claims are difficult to verify, others have speculated that their design was "politically motivated" rather than strategic. 1156:
are the first American battle cruisers ever to be completed as such." Author Chris Knupp noted that while "other nations fulfilled the battlecruiser role by designing vessels like battleships, but stripped of armor and other features to gain speed", the United States "fulfilled the battlecruiser role
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that would have been armed with twelve 12-inch and sixteen 5-inch guns. The General Board, in an attempt to keep the displacement under 25,000 tons, allowed the designs to offer only limited underwater protection such that they were vulnerable, by comparison with a battleship, to torpedoes and
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carriers, converted cruisers would have had a shorter flight deck (so they could carry only 90% of the aircraft), would have been 11 feet (3.4 m) lower in the water, and could travel 8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km) less at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph). In addition, the large
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s a turning radius of 800 yd (730 m), which exceeded the turning circles of larger battleships and carriers in the U.S. Navy. Author Richard Worth remarked that when they were finally completed, launched, and commissioned, they had the "size of a battleship but the capabilities of a
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s were potentially as vulnerable to torpedoes as a heavy cruiser was, as well as to effects from near-misses and 'shorts' (where enemy gunnery misses the ship proper, instead impacting the sea; this could still damage the target ship, as the shell may have enough energy to impact beneath the
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Mark 8 guns mounted in three triple (3-gun) turrets, with two turrets forward and one aft, a configuration known as "2-A-1". The previous 12" gun manufactured for the U.S. Navy was the Mark 7 version, which had been designed for and installed in the 1912
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battleships. The Mark 8 was of considerably higher quality; in fact, it "was by far the most powerful weapon of its caliber ever placed in service". Designed in 1939, it weighed 121,856 pounds (55,273 kg) including the
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heavy cruisers, the class was given large guns of a new and expensive design, limited armor protection against 12-inch shells, and machinery capable of speeds of about 31–33 knots (57–61 km/h; 36–38 mph).
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conversion could not satisfy the navy's goal of having new aircraft carriers quickly, as the work needed to modify the ships into carriers would entail long delays. With this in mind, all planning to convert the
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class was similarly expensive to build and maintain as contemporary battleships, yet far less capable due to armor deficiencies, while able to put up an anti-aircraft defense comparable only to the much cheaper
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class as "torturous" due to the numerous changes and modifications made to the ship's layouts by numerous departments and individuals. Indeed, there were at least nine different layouts, ranging from 6,000-ton
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Adapted from the biographical sketch for Admiral Francis S. Low, Navy Biographies Branch, 23 July 1956; now part of the Modern Biography Files, Navy Department Library, Naval History & Heritage Command.
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in the early 1930s. Though no actions were immediately taken, these thoughts were revived in the late 1930s when intelligence reports indicated Japan was planning or building "super cruisers" of the
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served with the USN for the last year of World War II as bombardment ships and fast carrier escorts. They were decommissioned in 1947 after spending only 32 and 29 months in service, respectively.
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built in the 1930s, but by 1934 and into World War II it was being installed on almost all of the U.S.'s major warships, including aircraft carriers, battleships, and heavy and light cruisers.
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in twin mounts, with four offset on each side of the superstructure (two on each beam) and two centerline turrets fore and aft. The 5"/38 was originally intended for use on only
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officially classified as capital ships, as that designation was reserved for true battlecruisers and battleships. Early in its development, the class used the US battlecruiser
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by creating a larger, more powerful heavy cruiser... design already offered less armor and higher speed, but by enlarging the ship they gained the heavier firepower". The
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as quickly as possible. Many hulls currently under construction were considered for conversion into carriers. At different times, they considered some or all of the
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class carried the same number of 5"/38s, eight fewer 40 mm, and ten fewer 20 mm, considerably fewer than new U.S. battleships that had ten (save for
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cruiser design did not include the extensive underwater protections found in normal carriers due to the armor weight devoted to counter shell fire. Lastly, an
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was considered for a conversion to be the Navy's first guided-missile cruiser; this thought lasted until 26 February 1952, when a different conversion to a "
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to conduct a "comprehensive study of all types of naval vessels for consideration for a new and expanded building program". The US president at the time,
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class's one-stage hoist. These differences made operating the guns safer and increased the rate of fire. In addition, a "projectile rammer" was added to
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and for close-in air defence they carried 34 × 20 mm guns. These numbers may be compared with; 48 × 40 mm and 24 × 20 mm on the smaller
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was intended as a third ship of the class, but she was never completed. Numerous plans to utilize her as a guided-missile cruiser or a large
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Tucker, Spencer C.; Roberts, Priscilla Mary; Greene, Jack; Kingseed, Cole C.; Muir, Malcolm; Zabecki, David T.; Millett, Allan R. (1976).
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shell 38,573 yards (35,271 m) at an elevation of 45°, and had a 344-shot barrel life (about 54 more than the much larger but similar
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s was deemed sufficient to provide protection against not only 8″ heavy cruiser shells but even the larger 11″ shells used by Germany's
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despite the USN having never classified them as such, and having actively discouraged the use of the term in describing the class. The
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Yet another drastic change was considered during the "carrier panic" in late 1941, when the US Navy realized that they needed more
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and one spare). They cost $ 1,550,000 each and were the most expensive heavy guns purchased by the U.S. Navy in World War II.
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was commissioned on 17 June 1944. She served in the Pacific, screening aircraft carriers, providing shore bombardment at
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Iowa Class Battleships and Alaska Class Large Cruisers Conversion Projects 1942–1964: An Illustrated Technical Reference
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were the only two ships to mount these guns, only ten turrets were made during the war (three for each ship including
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cruisers to carriers was "particularly attractive" because of the many similarities between the design of the
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Despite these cruiser-like characteristics, and the U.S. Navy's insistence on their status as cruisers, the
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Japan actually developed plans for two super cruisers in 1941, though it was mostly in response to the new
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served with the U.S. Navy during the last year of World War II, forming Cruiser Division 16 commanded by
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that would be much more powerful than the current US heavy cruisers. The navy responded in 1938 when the
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Mark 8 guns were the heaviest main battery of any cruiser of World War II, and as capable as the old
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The idea for a large cruiser class originated in the early 1930s when the USN sought to counter the
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Heavy cruiser development formalized between World War I and World War II due to the terms of the
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4-shaft General Electric steam turbines, double-reduction gearing, 8 Babcock & Wilcox boilers
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when she was on her way to be repaired in Guam after being hit by two Japanese bombs. Afterward,
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s were officially funded in September 1940 along with a plethora of other ships as a part of the
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Medium anti-aircraft armament (a key component of area air defence within a Task Group) on the
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12,000 nautical miles (22,000 km; 14,000 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
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s was identical, albeit with an improvement in light anti-aircraft battery size. Whereas the
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waterline, or if a shell detonated underwater, the shockwave could damage the target ship).
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found on the larger US battleships or even on smaller, earlier battleships like the French
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was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 9 June 1958 and was sold for scrap in 1959.
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27 ft 1 in (8.26 m) (mean) 31 ft 9.25 in (9.68 m) (maximum)
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ships. However, the ships were not ordered due to the greater need for carriers. See
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mount ammunition clips into the loaders of a pair of guns on 6 March 1945 during the
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Sources vary greatly on just how many people composed the complement of the ships.
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at the end of the war, and 80 × 40 mm and 49 × 20 mm on the even larger
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class has been frequently described as battlecruisers. The official navy magazine
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battleships and rumors that Japan was constructing a new large cruiser class, the
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for the ships of this class was 'large cruiser' (CB), a designation unique to the
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in six twin turrets, fifty-six 40 mm, and thirty-four 20 mm guns, the
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To serve as "cruiser-killers" capable of seeking out and destroying these post-
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of the United States, signifying their intermediate status between larger
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class certainly resembled contemporary US battleships (particularly the
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to shells that fell short of the ship. The final design was a scaled-up
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into the first guided-missile battleship, but as with the proposal for
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firing her main battery during a training session sometime in 1944–1945
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to conduct raids upon shipping; however, they encountered only Chinese
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s, resulting in the conversion of nine ships under construction at the
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was commissioned on 17 September 1944. She served in the Pacific with
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was changed to CBC-1. This would have made her a "larger sister" to
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class, US cruisers designed between the wars followed this pattern.
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class was composed of twelve dual-purpose (anti-air and anti-ship)
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percentage of armor tonnage, 28.4%, was slightly less than that of
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Over two hundred other ships were ordered at the same time: two
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in the years after the war were fruitless, and she was scrapped.
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all had armor percentages between 32 and 33%, whereas the
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Battlecruiser § Large cruisers or "cruiser killers"
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A similar proposal was made to convert the uncompleted
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prepared two feasibility studies to explore whether
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(October 2011). 2596:Hereafter referred to as: Morison, 2586:from the original on 11 August 2014 2572:. pp. 21, 307, 310, 355, 385. 981:CC, which had been planned for the 662:s was abandoned on 7 January 1942. 519:that had the same machinery as the 2753:Hereafter referred to as: Bartow. 2146:Naval History and Heritage Command 177:150,000 shp (110,000 kW) 25: 4925:New York Shipbuilding Corporation 3380:Detailed video discussion of the 3111:Fitzsimons, Bernard, ed. (1978). 2970:DiGiulian, Tony (27 March 2008). 2859:Battleship Design and Development 2794:from the original on 27 July 2014 2262:from the original on 20 July 2021 1460:New York Shipbuilding Corporation 885:could be suitably converted into 688:New York Shipbuilding Corporation 613:New York Shipbuilding Corporation 477:Bureau of Construction and Repair 367:(which were named after cities). 310:Enclosed hangar located amidships 273:: 11–13 in (280–330 mm) 69:New York Shipbuilding Corporation 2836:Morison, Morison and Polmar, 84. 769:, their firepower was useful in 261:: 3.8–4 in (97–102 mm) 78: 35: 3115:. Vol. 1. London: Phoebus. 2676:"Asian Warm-up to the Cold War" 1562:Commonwealth of the Philippines 3272:Scarpaci, Wayne (April 2008). 3065:. Greenwood Publishing Group. 2974:. Navweaps.com. Archived from 2909:"12"/50 (30.5 cm) Mark 8" 2250:Knupp, Chris (17 April 2017). 648:cruisers were compared to the 1: 2690:United States Naval Institute 2341:Dulin and Garzke, 24 and 179. 1753:With only one exception (USS 1333:The secondary battery of the 1075:underwater protection systems 1038:and 724 ft (221 m) 607:; in the end, they chose the 2083:Swanborough and Bowers, 148. 1757:), USN battleships, such as 961:class, along with the Dutch 459:The initial impetus for the 2715:Jeffrey G., Barlow (2009). 2036:Gardiner and Chesneau, 122. 1601:Territory of American Samoa 1376:-class ships was 56 x 40mm 597:class, and even one of the 4941: 2373:Dulin and Garzke, 179–183. 1202:Marks 12 and 15 guns, the 838:, the designation for the 640:aircraft carriers and the 4866: 4828:Motor torpedo boat tender 3596: 3576: 3532: 3447:Design 1047 battlecruiser 3426: 3311:. Naval Institute Press. 3252:. Naval Institute Press. 3224:Osborne, Eric W. (2004). 3148:. Naval Institute Press. 3124:. Naval Institute Press. 3120:Friedman, Norman (1983). 3091:. Naval Institute Press. 2727:Stanford University Press 2446:Fitzsimons, Volume 1, 59. 2428:Fitzsimons, Volume 1, 58. 1594: 1579: 1574: 1568: 1555: 1524: 1491: 1479: 1467: 1458: 1443: 1435: 1432: 1429: 1426: 1423: 1420: 1415: 1409: 1310:or any subsequent ships. 1265:16"/50 caliber Mark 7 gun 1067:"pocket battleships" and 963:Design 1047 battlecruiser 481:Franklin Delano Roosevelt 231:(1.57 in) Bofors (14 × 4) 107: 49: 34: 1586:Territory of Puerto Rico 1198:class only carried nine 686:, were completed by the 442:treaties and conferences 4873:Completed after the war 3704:Light aircraft carriers 3331:Worth, Richard (2002). 3248:Rohwer, Jürgen (1992). 3202:The American Battleship 2355:Morison and Polmar, 85. 2233:Bauer and Roberts, 139. 1513:17 September 1944 887:guided-missile cruisers 617:light aircraft carriers 438:Washington Naval Treaty 108:General characteristics 4858:Underway replenishment 3333:Fleets of World War II 3300:. Funk & Wagnalls. 3168:Miller, David (2001). 2933:Dulin and Garzke, 190. 2651:. 2014. Archived from 2618:. 2014. Archived from 2598:Victory in the Pacific 2396:Dulin and Garzke, 183. 2387:Dulin and Garzke, 179. 2332:Dulin and Garzke, 189. 2061:. GlobalSecurity.org. 1976:Dulin and Garzke, 184. 1542:20 December 1943 1510:12 November 1943 1480:17 February 1947 1471:17 December 1941 1468:9 September 1940 1369: 1235: 954: 866:) and 29 months ( 759:, USN. Similar to the 738: 566: 507:and a 38,000-ton mini- 4915:Battlecruiser classes 4905:Alaska-class cruisers 3465:O-class battlecruiser 2815:Dulin and Garzke 187. 2769:From Hot War to Cold, 2755:From Hot War to Cold. 2723:Palo Alto, California 2570:Naval Institute Press 2556:Morison, Samuel Eliot 2364:Dulin and Garzke 267. 1935:was scrapped in 1958. 1545:3 November 1945 1507:2 February 1942 1356: 1349:Anti-aircraft battery 1230: 1107:class carried twelve 1029:London Treaty of 1936 973:. However, they were 936: 891:Naval Vessel Register 731: 555: 394:B-65 "super cruiser." 4879:Single ship of class 4808:High-speed transport 3481:-class battlecruiser 3473:-class battlecruiser 3442:-class battlecruiser 3374:class Large Cruisers 3276:. Nimble Books LLC. 1843:battleships, twelve 1713:-class battlecruiser 1575:Cancelled June 1943 1474:15 August 1943 1392:-class battleships. 1173:class, the American 1152:and her sister ship 629:A conversion of the 448:to 10,000 tons 404:Of the six planned, 18:Alaska class cruiser 3452:Design B-65 cruiser 3362:Photographs of the 2978:on 5 September 2008 2566:Annapolis, Maryland 2053:Pike, John (2008). 1880:light cruisers, 52 1815:Design B-65 cruiser 1735:on 22 October 1944. 1690:Design B-65 cruiser 1533:Territory of Hawaii 1452:Territory of Alaska 1406: 1271:battleships.). The 1208:12"/50 caliber guns 1206:class carried nine 1087:classes. Thus, the 967:Design B-65 cruiser 941:-class battleship ( 793:landings on Okinawa 337:The USN designation 307:Aviation facilities 3204:. Zenith Imprint. 2256:Navy General Board 1920:-class battleship 1897:destroyers and 73 1672:Camden, New Jersey 1477:17 June 1944 1400: 1370: 1367:Battle of Iwo Jima 1339:5"/38 caliber guns 1281:14"/45 caliber gun 1236: 1212:14"/50 caliber gun 955: 909:large command ship 840:U.S. Seventh Fleet 809:Jesse B. Oldendorf 739: 690:. Construction of 567: 538:Two-Ocean Navy Act 465:pocket battleships 379:pocket battleships 333:United States Navy 86:United States Navy 4892: 4891: 4254:Destroyer escorts 3649:Aircraft carriers 3609: 3608: 3489: 3488: 3349:Google Books link 3335:. Da Capo Press. 3325:Google Books link 3290:Google Books link 3283:978-1-934840-38-2 3266:Google books link 3242:Google Books link 3218:Google Books link 3194:Google books link 3162:Google Books link 3138:Google Books link 3105:Google Books link 3079:Google books link 2736:978-0-8047-5666-2 2579:978-1-59114-579-0 1851:aircraft carriers 1609: 1608: 1500:Territory of Guam 1329:Secondary battery 965:and the Japanese 771:shore bombardment 571:aircraft carriers 565:on 15 August 1943 527:aircraft carriers 314: 313: 203:1,517–1,799–2,251 16:(Redirected from 4932: 4853:Submarine tender 4798:Destroyer tender 4773:Floating drydock 3775:Commencement Bay 3636: 3629: 3622: 3613: 3516: 3509: 3502: 3493: 3413: 3406: 3399: 3390: 3346: 3322: 3301: 3287: 3263: 3239: 3215: 3191: 3159: 3135: 3116: 3102: 3076: 3048: 3047: 3045: 3043: 3024: 3018: 3017: 3015: 3013: 2994: 2988: 2987: 2985: 2983: 2967: 2961: 2960: 2958: 2956: 2947:. Navweaps.com. 2940: 2934: 2931: 2925: 2924: 2922: 2920: 2911:. 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Sumner 4109: 4026: 3959: 3890: 3870: 3780: 3731:Escort carriers 3725: 3698: 3643: 3640: 3610: 3605: 3592: 3572: 3528: 3526:-class cruisers 3520: 3490: 3485: 3422: 3417: 3358: 3343: 3330: 3319: 3304: 3295: 3284: 3271: 3260: 3247: 3236: 3223: 3212: 3199: 3180: 3167: 3156: 3143: 3132: 3119: 3110: 3099: 3084: 3073: 3060: 3057: 3052: 3051: 3041: 3039: 3026: 3025: 3021: 3011: 3009: 2996: 2995: 2991: 2981: 2979: 2969: 2968: 2964: 2954: 2952: 2942: 2941: 2937: 2932: 2928: 2918: 2916: 2906: 2905: 2892: 2882: 2880: 2870: 2869: 2865: 2856: 2852: 2844: 2840: 2835: 2828: 2823: 2819: 2814: 2810: 2797: 2795: 2791: 2784: 2780: 2779: 2775: 2766: 2762: 2746: 2744: 2737: 2729:. p. 129. 2714: 2713: 2709: 2699: 2697: 2673: 2672: 2668: 2658: 2656: 2643: 2642: 2638: 2625: 2623: 2622:on 26 July 2014 2610: 2609: 2605: 2589: 2587: 2580: 2554: 2553: 2549: 2539: 2537: 2524: 2523: 2516: 2506: 2504: 2491: 2490: 2483: 2473: 2471: 2458: 2457: 2450: 2445: 2441: 2436: 2432: 2427: 2423: 2418: 2409: 2404: 2400: 2395: 2391: 2386: 2377: 2372: 2368: 2363: 2359: 2354: 2345: 2340: 2336: 2331: 2324: 2319: 2312: 2302: 2300: 2287: 2286: 2275: 2265: 2263: 2249: 2248: 2237: 2232: 2228: 2223: 2206: 2196: 2194: 2181: 2180: 2165: 2155: 2153: 2142:Navy Department 2130: 2129: 2112: 2107: 2103: 2098: 2087: 2082: 2078: 2068: 2066: 2052: 2051: 2040: 2035: 1998: 1993: 1980: 1975: 1950: 1945: 1940: 1939: 1915: 1911: 1825: 1821: 1808: 1804: 1790: 1786: 1752: 1748: 1743: 1739: 1730: 1726: 1721: 1681: 1538: 1436:Decommissioned 1398: 1351: 1331: 1276: 1242:class had nine 1225: 1220: 1162: 931: 875:Bureau of Ships 726: 724:Service history 718:white elephants 668: 619:comprising the 550: 489: 434: 327:ordered before 297:OS2U Kingfisher 79: 77: 45: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 4938: 4936: 4928: 4927: 4922: 4917: 4912: 4907: 4897: 4896: 4890: 4889: 4887: 4886: 4883: 4880: 4877: 4874: 4871: 4867: 4864: 4863: 4861: 4860: 4855: 4850: 4845: 4840: 4835: 4830: 4825: 4820: 4815: 4810: 4805: 4800: 4795: 4790: 4785: 4780: 4775: 4770: 4764: 4762: 4756: 4755: 4753: 4752: 4745: 4738: 4731: 4724: 4717: 4710: 4703: 4696: 4689: 4682: 4675: 4668: 4661: 4656: 4650: 4648: 4642: 4641: 4639: 4638: 4633: 4628: 4622: 4620: 4614: 4613: 4611: 4610: 4603: 4596: 4589: 4582: 4575: 4568: 4561: 4554: 4547: 4540: 4533: 4526: 4519: 4514: 4509: 4503: 4501: 4495: 4494: 4492: 4491: 4484: 4477: 4470: 4463: 4456: 4448: 4446: 4440: 4439: 4437: 4436: 4429: 4422: 4415: 4408: 4401: 4394: 4387: 4380: 4373: 4365: 4363: 4357: 4356: 4354: 4353: 4348: 4340: 4338: 4332: 4331: 4329: 4328: 4321: 4313: 4311: 4305: 4304: 4302: 4301: 4298:John C. Butler 4294: 4287: 4280: 4273: 4266: 4258: 4256: 4250: 4249: 4247: 4246: 4239: 4232: 4225: 4218: 4211: 4204: 4197: 4190: 4183: 4176: 4169: 4162: 4155: 4148: 4141: 4134: 4127: 4119: 4117: 4111: 4110: 4108: 4107: 4100: 4093: 4086: 4079: 4072: 4065: 4058: 4051: 4044: 4036: 4034: 4028: 4027: 4025: 4024: 4019: 4012: 4005: 3998: 3991: 3984: 3977: 3969: 3967: 3965:Light cruisers 3961: 3960: 3958: 3957: 3950: 3943: 3936: 3929: 3922: 3915: 3908: 3900: 3898: 3896:Heavy cruisers 3892: 3891: 3889: 3888: 3880: 3878: 3876:Large cruisers 3872: 3871: 3869: 3868: 3861: 3854: 3847: 3844:North Carolina 3840: 3833: 3826: 3819: 3812: 3805: 3798: 3790: 3788: 3782: 3781: 3779: 3778: 3771: 3764: 3757: 3750: 3743: 3735: 3733: 3727: 3726: 3724: 3723: 3716: 3708: 3706: 3700: 3699: 3697: 3696: 3689: 3682: 3675: 3668: 3661: 3653: 3651: 3645: 3644: 3641: 3639: 3638: 3631: 3624: 3616: 3607: 3606: 3604: 3603: 3597: 3594: 3593: 3591: 3590: 3587: 3584: 3581: 3577: 3574: 3573: 3571: 3570: 3565: 3560: 3555: 3548: 3541: 3533: 3530: 3529: 3521: 3519: 3518: 3511: 3504: 3496: 3487: 3486: 3484: 3483: 3475: 3467: 3462: 3460:-class cruiser 3454: 3449: 3444: 3436: 3434:-class cruiser 3427: 3424: 3423: 3418: 3416: 3415: 3408: 3401: 3393: 3387: 3386: 3377: 3368: 3357: 3356:External links 3354: 3353: 3352: 3341: 3328: 3317: 3302: 3293: 3282: 3269: 3258: 3245: 3234: 3221: 3210: 3197: 3178: 3165: 3154: 3141: 3130: 3117: 3108: 3097: 3082: 3071: 3056: 3053: 3050: 3049: 3019: 2989: 2962: 2935: 2926: 2890: 2863: 2850: 2838: 2826: 2817: 2808: 2773: 2760: 2743:on 2 July 2014 2735: 2707: 2666: 2655:on 21 May 2014 2636: 2603: 2578: 2547: 2514: 2481: 2448: 2439: 2437:Friedman, 191. 2430: 2421: 2419:Friedman, 190. 2407: 2398: 2389: 2375: 2366: 2357: 2343: 2334: 2322: 2310: 2273: 2235: 2226: 2204: 2163: 2110: 2108:Osbourne, 245. 2101: 2085: 2076: 2038: 1996: 1978: 1947: 1946: 1944: 1941: 1938: 1937: 1909: 1871:light cruisers 1861:heavy cruisers 1819: 1802: 1784: 1746: 1737: 1723: 1722: 1720: 1717: 1716: 1715: 1707: 1702: 1697: 1692: 1687: 1680: 1677: 1676: 1675: 1656: 1642: 1624: 1607: 1606: 1603: 1598: 1592: 1591: 1588: 1583: 1577: 1576: 1573: 1570: 1567: 1564: 1559: 1553: 1552: 1549: 1546: 1543: 1540: 1535: 1530: 1522: 1521: 1514: 1511: 1508: 1505: 1502: 1497: 1489: 1488: 1481: 1478: 1475: 1472: 1469: 1466: 1457: 1454: 1449: 1441: 1440: 1437: 1434: 1431: 1428: 1425: 1422: 1419: 1414: 1411: 1397: 1396:Ships in class 1394: 1386:North Carolina 1350: 1347: 1330: 1327: 1261:armor-piercing 1244:12"/50 caliber 1238:As built, the 1224: 1221: 1219: 1216: 1169:; the British 1126:cruiser". 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Index

Alaska class cruiser

United States Navy
Large cruiser
12-inch (305 mm)/50 caliber Mark 8
5-inch (127 mm)/38 caliber dual-purpose
40 mm
Oerlikon
belt
deck
Barbettes
Turrets
Conning tower
OS2U Kingfisher
SC Seahawk
large cruisers
World War II
United States Navy
The USN designation
battlecruisers
insular areas
battleships
heavy
light cruisers
Deutschland-class
pocket battleships
Scharnhorst-class
B-65 "super cruiser."
treaty
Alaska

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