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  2. USS Long Beach (CGN-9) - Wikipedia

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    USS Long Beach (CLGN-160/CGN-160/CGN-9) was a nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser in the United States Navy and the world's first nuclear-powered surface combatant. [3] She was the third Navy ship named after the city of Long Beach, California. She was the sole member of the Long Beach class, and the last cruiser built for the United States ...

  3. USS St. Louis (CL-49) - Wikipedia

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    Plan and profile drawing of St. Louis in the camouflage scheme applied to the ship in 1944. As the major naval powers negotiated the London Naval Treaty in 1930, which contained a provision limiting the construction of heavy cruisers armed with 8-inch (203 mm) guns, United States naval designers came to the conclusion that with a displacement limited to 10,000 long tons (10,160 t), a better ...

  4. List of cruisers of the United States Navy - Wikipedia

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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 has 12 Ticonderoga -class cruisers in active service, as of 28 June 2024, with the last tentatively scheduled for decommissioning in 2027. With the cancellation of the CG (X) program in 2010 ...

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

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    USS. San Francisco. (CA-38) 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 Unit Citation.

  6. USS New Orleans (CA-32) - Wikipedia

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    USS New Orleans (CL/CA-32) was the lead New Orleans -class cruiser in service with the United States Navy. The New Orleans -class cruisers were the last U.S. cruisers built to the specifications and standards of the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922. Such ships, with a limit of 10,000 long tons (10,160 t) standard displacement and 8-inch (203 ...

  7. Cruiser bicycle - Wikipedia

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    Schwinn advertisement from 1946. A cruiser bicycle, also known as a beach cruiser or (formerly) motobike, is a bicycle that usually combines balloon tires, an upright seating posture, a single-speed drivetrain, and straightforward steel construction with expressive styling. Cruisers are popular among casual bicyclists and vacationers because ...

  8. PT boat - Wikipedia

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    PT-105, an 80' Elco boat, under way. A PT boat (short for patrol torpedo boat) was a motor torpedo boat used by the United States Navy in World War II.It was small, fast, and inexpensive to build, valued for its maneuverability and speed but hampered at the beginning of the war by ineffective torpedoes, limited armament, and comparatively fragile construction that limited some of the variants ...

  9. USS Honolulu (CL-48) - Wikipedia

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    18 × single 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft cannons. 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 undamaged.

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