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    The Worcester class was a class of light cruisers used by the United States Navy, laid down in 1945 and commissioned in 1948–49. They and their contemporaries...
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    The Brooklyn-class cruiser was a class of nine light cruisers built for the United States Navy between 1935 and 1938. Armed with five triple 6-inch (152 mm)...
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    The Atlanta-class cruisers were eight United States Navy light cruisers which were designed as fast scout cruisers, flotilla leaders, or destroyer leaders...
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    honoring the city of Worcester, Massachusetts. Worcester was the lead ship of the Worcester-class of light cruisers. She was launched just after the close of...
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    were the last of the “all-gun” heavy cruisers (with the Worcester-class representing the final "all-gun" light cruisers) and were exceeded in size within...
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  • before she was laid down. USS Vallejo (CL-146) was laid down as a Worcester-class cruiser on 16 July 1945; however, her construction was canceled on 8 December...
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    CL-154 class was contemporary to the 6-inch (152 mm) gun Worcester-class light cruisers and the 8-inch (203 mm) gun Des Moines-class heavy cruisers: like...
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    USS Roanoke (CL-145) (category Worcester-class cruisers)
    -79.9404797 USS Roanoke (CL-145) was the second ship of the Worcester-class light cruisers completed for the U.S. Navy shortly after the end of World War...
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  • frigate in 1943. USS Worcester (CL-144) was the lead ship of the Worcester-class cruisers. This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar...
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    The Fargo-class cruisers were a modified version of the Cleveland-class cruiser design; the main difference was a more compact pyramidal superstructure...
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    USS Worcester, completed in 1948; USS Roanoke, completed in 1949; two Tre Kronor-class cruisers, completed in 1947; two De Zeven Provinciën-class cruisers...
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  • The Minotaur class, or Design Z, was a proposed class of light cruisers planned for the British Royal Navy shortly after the Second World War. Design Z...
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    either publicly or in internal documentation. The Navy has 9 Ticonderoga-class cruisers in active service, as of 10 October 2024, with the last tentatively...
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    Worcester-class cruiser Baltimore-class cruiser Boston-class cruiser Providence-class cruiser Leahy-class cruiser Albany-class cruiser Belknap-class cruiser Galveston-class...
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    Baltimore-class cruiser Worcester-class cruiser Boston-class cruiser Providence-class cruiser Galveston-class cruiser Mitscher-class destroyer Gearing-class destroyer...
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    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...
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    Midway-class aircraft carrier Essex-class aircraft carrier USS New Jersey (BB-62) Des Moines-class cruiser Worcester-class cruiser Juneau-class cruiser[citation...
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    The Tiger class were a class of three British warships of the 20th century and the last all-gun cruisers of the Royal Navy. Construction of three Minotaur-class...
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    dual-purpose gun anti-aircraft cruiser concept was embraced in several designs completed too late to see combat including USS Worcester and USS Roanoke completed...
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  • The Neptune class was a proposed class of cruisers planned for the British Royal Navy in the latter years of the Second World War. They were large ships...
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    Essex-class aircraft carrier Saipan-class aircraft carrier Independence-class aircraft carrier Iowa-class battleship Worcester-class cruiser Des Moines-class...
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    radar. Worcester-class cruiser[citation needed] Cannon-class destroyer escort Dealey-class destroyer escort Asheville-class gunboat Ayanami-class destroyer...
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    The Königsberg class of light cruisers was a group of four ships commissioned into Germany's Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) shortly before the end...
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  • Fargo-class light cruiser, was canceled on 5 October 1944, prior to the start of construction USS Roanoke (CL-145) was a Worcester-class light cruiser in service...
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    Wichita-class replenishment oilers – built with 4 twin mounts Worcester-class cruisers – built with 2 single and 11 twin mounts Single Mark 22 aboard...
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    Massachusetts, the name was changed in order to give it to new light cruiser USS Worcester (CL-144) then under construction. Gladwyne (PF-62), was launched...
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    aircraft as well as surface ships. It was installed in the postwar Worcester-class light cruisers and the anti-aircraft gunnery training ship Mississippi. The...
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    pronunciation: [pʁɪnts ˈʔɔʏɡeːn, - ˈʔɔʏɡn̩]) was an Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruiser, the third of a class of five vessels. She served with Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine...
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    Gazelle-class light cruisers that were built for the German Kaiserliche Marine ('Imperial Navy') in the late 1890s and early 1900s. The Gazelle class was...
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    From May 1935 he served as commanding officer of the cruiser Arethusa as part of the 3rd Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean, then from July 1937 was...
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