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The double-ended cruisers (with missile armament carried both fore and aft) were commissioned between 1976 and 1980. [2] They were the final class of nuclear-powered cruisers completed and the last ships ordered as Destroyer Leaders under the pre-1975 classification system. The ships had relatively short service lives for surface ships.
These large cruisers had design features intermediate between heavy cruisers and battleships (such as the unique and highly effective 12-inch/50-caliber Mark 8 guns); this was unlike the designs of the earlier battlecruisers, the ultimate design of which had the same 16-inch guns as battleships but less armor and more speed. Despite these ...
USS Valley Forge (CG-50) was a Ticonderoga-class cruiser in the United States Navy. She was named for Valley Forge , where the Continental Army camped during one winter in the American Revolution .
The insect family Macromiidae contains the dragonfly species known as cruisers or skimmers.They tend to fly over bodies of water (and roads) straight down the middle. They are similar to Aeshnidae in size, but the eyes are green and just barely meet at the top of the head.
After 50 cruises, I still tell future travelers to avoid these mistakes, like sailing during hurricane season or flying in on the day the ship leaves. I went on 50 cruises by the time I turned 30.
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Cantius also exhibits canine dimorphism, with males possessing relatively larger canine teeth than females. [4] Thus Cantius can be considered a sexually dimorphic species. Specifically, C. torresi lower canines clearly demonstrate sexual dimorphism in having a male/female [canine] length ratio that falls within the range of an expected ...
Struck Gogh-ld. A newly discovered Vincent van Gogh painting worth $15 million was likely found at a dusty Minnesota garage sale — where a buyer plunked down less than $50 for the world-famous ...