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...

battlecruisers. The envisioning of the 'large cruiser' or 'super-heavy cruiser' and, ultimately, the design of the Alaska-class itself may have been at least partly...

“all-gun” heavy cruisers and were exceeded in size within the U.S. Navy only by the 30,000-long-ton (30,481 t) Alaska-class “large cruisers” that straddled...

USS Alaska was the lead ship of the Alaska class of large cruisers which served with the United States Navy during the end of World War II. She was the...

The Deutschland class was a series of three Panzerschiffe (armored ships), a form of heavily armed cruiser, built by the Reichsmarine officially in accordance...

mounted on the Alaska-class cruiser. The gun, like the "large cruiser" that mounted it, was intended to fill the gap between US "heavy cruisers" (6-8") and...

outdated or under-performing military projects like the U.S. Navy's Alaska-class cruiser. In Austria, the term "white elephant" means workers who have little...

Deutschland-class "pocket battleships", which had heavier armament at the expense of speed compared to standard heavy cruisers, and the American Alaska class, which...

state Alaska Young, a character in the book Looking for Alaska by John Green Alaska-class cruiser SS Alaska (1881), British passenger ship USS Alaska, a...

USS Puerto Rico may refer to: USS Puerto Rico (CB-5) was a planned Alaska-class cruiser whose construction was canceled in 1943 USNS Puerto Rico (HST-2)...

hull, the Saipan-class aircraft carrier. The largest heavy cruisers were the Alaska-class large cruisers, which were designed as "cruiser killers". They...

USS Hawaii (CB-3), the third Alaska-class cruiser, was launched, but never commissioned USS Hawaii (SSN-776), the third Virginia-class submarine, was commissioned...

1920. The second USS Samoa (CB-6) was to have been used for a large Alaska-class cruiser, but it was cancelled in 1943. This article includes a list of ships...

American Alaska-class cruiser, Dutch Design 1047 battlecruiser and the Japanese Design B-65 cruiser, planned specifically to counter the heavy cruisers being...

publicly or in internal documentation. The Navy has 13 Ticonderoga-class cruisers in active service, as of 23 September 2023, with the last tentatively...

USS Hawaii (CB-3) was intended to be the third member of the Alaska-class large cruisers. It was the first United States Navy ship to be named after the...

December USS Guam (CB-2) was an Alaska-class cruiser in service from 1944 to 1947 USS Guam (LPH-9) was an Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship in service...

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...

Nevada-class battleship New York-class battleship USS Arkansas (BB-33) Alaska-class cruiser Des Moines-class cruiser Oregon City-class cruiser Baltimore-class...

The Tennessee-class cruisers were four armored cruisers built for the United States Navy between 1903 and 1906. Their main armament of four 10-inch (254 mm)...

London Naval Treaty, she was originally intended to be a New Orleans-class heavy cruiser, accordingly with the maximum main armament of three triple 8-inch...

impetus for the Alaska class was the threat posed by Japanese cruisers raiding its lines of communication in the event of war. Heavy cruisers were also the...

the six 30,000-ton Alaska-class cruisers that were built (Alaska, Guam, and Hawaii), four 15,000-ton Baltimore-class heavy cruisers, and 98 LCTs (Landing...

only class of these late battlecruisers actually built were the United States Navy's Alaska-class "large cruisers". Two of them were completed, Alaska and...

USS Wright (AZ-1). See USS Kentucky (BB-66). See Alaska-class cruiser. See USS Hawaii (CB-3). See Lexington-class battlecruiser. See USS Northampton (CLC-1)...

The Kronshtadt-class battlecruisers, with the Soviet designation as Project 69 heavy cruisers ("Тяжёлые крейсера проекта 69"), were ordered for the Soviet...

Mustang, G5N Liz long range bomber, Alaska-class cruiser, Montana-class battleship, Kuma torpedo cruiser, Super Yamato-class battleship. Battlestations: Pacific...

74 t) 24,000 22.0 3 USA Alaska-class cruiser 2 9 × 12" 50 cal Mark 8 10,260 lb (4.65 t) 38,573 35.3 3 France Dunkerque-class battleship 2 8 × 13" 50 cal...

Alaska class of large cruisers, in commission from 1944 to 1947; she saw action in the last days of World War II USS Alaska (SSBN-732), an Ohio-class...

Icecap, Alaska Mount Juneau, Alaska Juneau mining district, a gold mining area in Alaska Roman Catholic Diocese of Juneau Juneau-class cruiser, a class of...