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The use of fast armed merchant cruisers in the Spanish–American War and the fleet exercises of 1902-03 convinced the Navy that it needed fast scout cruisers. The Chester class was built in part to test high speed propulsion plants. The Omaha class would become the oldest U.S
The list of cruiser classes in service includes all those currently with navies or armed forces and auxiliaries in the world. Ships are grouped by type, and listed alphabetically within. Ships are grouped by type, and listed alphabetically within.
Long Beach-class cruisers (3 P) M. ... Pages in category "Cruisers of the United States Navy" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
Hai Chi class cruiser, 4,300 ton, Armstrong Hai Tien (1897) - Sunk 1904; Hai Chi (1898) - Sunk 1937 as blockship in Yangtze river [1] Hai Yung class.
C: Cruiser (pre-1920 Protected Cruisers and Peace Cruisers) CA: (first series) Cruiser (retired, composed all surviving pre-1920 Protected and Peace Cruisers) CA: (second series) Heavy Cruiser, category later renamed Gun Cruiser (retired) CAG: Heavy Cruiser, Guided Missile (retired) CB: Large cruiser (retired)
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).
Belgian Navy: 5 of 10 delivered from 1985 remain in service as the Aster class (3 sold to France, 1 to Bulgaria, 1 to Pakistan) Bulgarian Navy: 1 in service. French Navy: 13 in service as the Eridan class. Indonesian Navy: 2 in service as the Pulau Rengat class. Latvian Naval Forces: 5 in service.
The Des Moines-class cruisers were a trio of U.S. Navy (USN) heavy cruisers commissioned in 1948 and 1949. Largely based on the earlier Baltimore -class heavy cruisers, [ 3 ] the Des Moines -class featured improved torpedo protection and heavier anti-aircraft armament .