Summary and Key Points: In a hypothetical 1988 naval battle, the USS Iowa and a Soviet Kirov-class battlecruiser clash in a fight for naval supremacy. The Kirov, equipped with advanced missiles ...

The United States Navy began to think about battlecruiser construction even ... The USN discarded the idea of simply modifying an existing battleship design (these designs were in flux, anyway ...

Hood was a battlecruiser - one of a new breed of warships developed before the First World War. With more horsepower and less armour, they were faster than battleships and were designed to outrun ...

The enemy's losses were serious. At least one battle cruiser was destroyed and one severely damaged; one battleship reported sunk by our destroyers during a night attack; two light cruisers were ...