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2. Cruiser - Wikipedia

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   The battleship (Hiei) was sunk by aircraft (or possibly scuttled), one destroyer was sunk by the damaged USS Portland, and the other destroyer was attacked by aircraft but was able to withdraw. [62] Both of the damaged US anti-aircraft cruisers were lost on 13 November, one ( Juneau ) torpedoed by a Japanese submarine, and the other sank on the ...

3. United States Navy 1975 ship reclassification - Wikipedia

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   From the 1950s to 1975, the US Navy had three types of fast task force escorts and one type of convoy escort. The task force escorts were cruisers (hull classification symbols CAG/CLG/CG), frigates or destroyer-leaders (DL/DLG), and destroyers (DD/DDG); the convoy escorts were ocean escorts (DE/DEG), often called destroyer escorts as they retained the designation and number series of the World ...

4. DDG(X) - Wikipedia

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   Because the cruisers were built on the Spruance-class destroyer hulls, they had limited upgrade potential due to space, weight, and power margins. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Meanwhile, the procurement of the Zumwalt -class destroyers was severely curtailed due to high costs and a renewed emphasis on air and missile defense for larger combatants. [ 8 ]

5. List of ship classes of World War II - Wikipedia

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   The List of ship classes of World War II is an alphabetical list of all ship classes that served in World War II.Only actual classes are included as opposed to unique ships (which are still included if they were the only one of a class to be built, for example, HMS Hood was the first of the four planned Admiral-class battlecruisers, but the other three were cancelled).

6. Battleship (film) - Wikipedia

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   Battleship is a 2012 American military science fiction action film based on the board game of the same name. The film was directed by Peter Berg from a script by brothers Jon and Erich Hoeber and stars Taylor Kitsch , Alexander Skarsgård , Brooklyn Decker , Rihanna in her feature film debut, Tadanobu Asano , Hamish Linklater and Liam Neeson .

7. Convoy (1940 film) - Wikipedia

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   When the first officer takes the bait and tries to send a destroyer to the freighter's rescue, the captain locks him up, as all ships must protect the convoy. Eventually, a North Sea patrol destroyer comes to the rescue, sinking the U-boat and escorts the freighter to the convoy, where the captain and his ex-wife meet and come to an understanding.

8. Battlecruiser - Wikipedia

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   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 in displacement, armament and cost to battleships, but differed in form and balance of attributes. Battlecruisers typically had thinner armour (to a varying degree) and a somewhat lighter main ...

9. USS San Francisco (CA-38) - Wikipedia

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   USS San Francisco (CL/CA-38), a New Orleans-class cruiser, was the second ship of three of the United States Navy named after the city of San Francisco, California.. Commissioned in 1934, she was one of the most decorated ships of World War II, earning 17 battle stars and the Presidential Uni