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Forget Battleships: The U.S. Navy Could Have Built a Fleet of Battlecruisers
The United States Navy (USN) entered World War II when Japanese aircraft battered ... fast, poorly armored cruisers would raid and disrupt enemy commerce. Although the battleships were starting ...
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America’s Oldest and Newest Warship Classes That Fought in World War II
World War II U.S. Navy Veteran, Joseph McCarron, celebrated his 100th birthday surrounded by friends and loved ones earlier ...
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USS Long Beach: The U.S. Navy's 'Last' Cruiser Was a Nuclear 'Monster' Russia Hated
Summary and Key Points: USS Long Beach (CGN-9) holds a unique place in naval history as the first nuclear-powered surface warship and the first cruiser built from the keel up since WWII.
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WWII Navy veteran honored ahead of his 98th birthday
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (WLOX) - Ingalls Shipbuilding serves as an all too familiar site for World War II Navy veteran Alfred Lewis. “I worked in the engine rooms,” he said. Lewis enlisted in 1945 ...