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  2. List of cruisers of World War II - Wikipedia

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    List of cruisers of World War II Ship Operator Class Type Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fate Abdiel Royal Navy: Abdiel: minelayer cruiser: 2,650 15 April 1941 sunk 10 September 1943 Abrek Soviet Navy: Kazarskii: torpedo cruiser: 535 23 September 1897 rated as a destroyer by World War II, scrapped 1948 Abukuma Imperial Japanese Navy: Nagara

  3. Category : World War II cruisers of the United States

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    Pages in category "World War II cruisers of the United States" The following 103 pages are in this category, out of 103 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  4. USS Minneapolis (CA-36) - Wikipedia

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    USS Minneapolis (CL/CA-36) was a New Orleans-class cruiser built for the United States Navy before the outbreak of World War II, the second ship named for Minneapolis, Minnesota. She served in the Pacific Theater during World War II.

  5. USS Quincy (CA-39) - Wikipedia

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    Such ships, with a limit of 10,000 tons standard displacement and 8-inch caliber main guns, may be referred to as "treaty cruisers." Originally classified a light cruiser when she was authorized, because of her thin armor, she was reclassified a heavy cruiser , because of her 8-inch guns.

  6. USS Birmingham (CL-62) - Wikipedia

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    USS Birmingham (CL-62) was a Cleveland-class light cruiser of the United States Navy, which were built during World War II. The class was designed as a development of the earlier Brooklyn -class cruisers , the size of which had been limited by the First London Naval Treaty .

  7. USS Vincennes (CA-44) - Wikipedia

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    USS Vincennes (CL/CA-44) was a United States Navy New Orleans-class cruiser, sunk at the Battle of Savo Island in 1942. She was the second ship to bear the name. She was laid down on 2 January 1934 at Quincy, Massachusetts, by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company's Fore River plant, launched on 21 May 1936, sponsored by Miss Harriet Virginia Kimmell (daughter of Joseph Kimmell, mayor of ...

  8. USS Honolulu (CL-48) - Wikipedia

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    USS Honolulu (CL-48) of the United States Navy was a Brooklyn-class light cruiser active in the Pacific War (World War II). Honolulu was launched in 1937 and commissioned in 1938. . She was the only cruiser to survive the Battle of Tassafaronga undamag

  9. Cleveland-class cruiser - Wikipedia

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    The Cleveland-class 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 were ordered, and 36 were completed, 27 as cruisers and nine as the Independence-class of light aircraft carriers. They were deactivated within a few years after the ...

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