A light cruiser is a type of small or medium-sized warship. The term is a shortening of the phrase "light armored cruiser", describing a small ship that...
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A cruiser is a type of warship. Modern cruisers are generally the largest ships in a fleet after aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships, and can...
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The Brooklyn-class cruiser was a class of nine light cruisers built for the United States Navy between 1935 and 1938. Armed with five triple 6-inch (152 mm)...
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List of Star Wars spacecraft (redirect from Carrack-class light cruiser)
The following is a list of starships, cruisers, battleships, and other spacecraft in the Star Wars films, books, and video games. The Death Star is the...
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This list of cruisers of the United States Navy includes all ships that were ever called "cruiser", either publicly or in internal documentation. The Navy...
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1930. The heavy cruiser's immediate precursors were the light cruiser designs of the 1900s and 1910s, rather than the armoured cruisers of the years before...
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The Atlanta-class cruisers were eight United States Navy light cruisers which were designed as fast scout cruisers, flotilla leaders, or destroyer leaders...
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was a group of light cruisers built for the United States Navy during World War II. They were the most numerous class of light cruisers ever built. Fifty-two...
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Order of battle at Jutland (section Light cruisers)
John Saumarez Dumaresq HMS Cochrane: Capt Eustace La Trobe Leatham 4th Light Cruiser Squadron Commodore Charles Edward Le Mesurier HMS Calliope: Cdre Le...
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Battlecruiser (redirect from Battle cruiser)
The battlecruiser (also written as battle cruiser or battle-cruiser) was a type of capital ship of the first half of the 20th century. These were similar...
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