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The Alaska-class were six large cruisers ordered before World War II for the United States Navy (USN), of which only two were completed and saw service late in the war. The USN designation for the ships of this class was 'large cruiser' (CB), a designation unique to the Alaska-class, and the majority of leading reference works consider them as such.
USS Alaska was the lead ship of the Alaska-class "large cruisers" which served with the United States Navy during the end of World War II. She was the first of two ships of her class to be completed, followed only by Guam ; four other ships were ordered but were not completed before the end of the war.
Cleveland class: Light cruiser [37] Name Country Region City Nationality Launched Class Type Remarks Ref USS LST-325: United States Indiana: Evansville: United States: 1942 LST Mk.3: Landing Ship, Tank [38] USS LST-393: United States Michigan: Muskegon: United States: 1942 LST: Landing Ship, Tank: USS LST 393 Veterans Museum USS LST-1008: China ...
The Alaska-class cruisers were six very large cruisers ordered on 9 September 1940. [17] They were known, popularly and by some historians, as "battlecruisers", [18] [19] although the Navy and at least one prominent historian [17] discouraged describing them as such and gave them the hull symbol for large cruisers (CB).
This list of museum ships is a sortable, annotated list of notable museum ships around the world. This includes "ships preserved in museums" defined broadly but is intended to be limited to substantial (large) ships or, in a few cases, very notable boats or dugout canoes or the like.
This list of museum ships in North America is a list of notable museum ships located in the continent of North America and it may include ones in overseas parts of Canada and the United States. This includes "ships preserved in museums" defined broadly, but is intended to be limited to substantial (large) ships or, in a few cases, very notable ...
USS Alaska (ID-3035), a steam trawler chartered to serve as a minesweeper during World War I, in commission from 1918 to 1919 USS Alaska (CB-1) , the lead ship of the Alaska class of large cruisers, in commission from 1944 to 1947; she saw action in the last days of World War II
USS Guam was an Alaska-class large cruiser which served with the United States Navy during the last year of World War II. She was the second and last ship of her class to be completed. The ship was the second vessel of the US Navy to be named after the island of Guam, an American territory in the Pacific, and she was assigned the hull number CB-2.