The three Chester-class cruisers were the first United States Navy vessels to be designed and designated as fast "scout cruisers" for fleet reconnaissance...
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Chester (CS-1/CL-1) of the United States Navy was the first scout cruiser (CS) built for the Navy. In 1920, she was reclassified as a light cruiser (CL)...
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"Chester" (song), an American Revolutionary War anthem composed by William Billings Chester-class cruiser HMS Chester, disambiguation page USS Chester...
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Chester (CL/CA-27), a Northampton-class cruiser, was the second ship of the United States Navy named after the city of Chester, Pennsylvania. Chester...
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The Omaha-class cruisers were a class of light cruisers built for the United States Navy. They were the oldest class of cruiser still in active service...
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USS Birmingham (CL-2) (category Chester-class cruisers)
named for the city of Birmingham, Alabama, was a Chester-class scout cruiser, reclassified a light cruiser in 1920. Entering service in 1908, the ship became...
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The Northampton-class cruisers were a group of six heavy cruisers built for the United States Navy, and commissioned between 1928 and 1931. The Northamptons...
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The Town class was a group of twenty-one light cruisers built for the Royal Navy (RN) and Royal Australian Navy (RAN) of the first half of the 20th century...
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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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USS Salem (CL-3) (category Chester-class cruisers)
USS Salem (CS-3/CL-3), Scout Cruiser No. 3, was a Chester-class scout cruiser of the United States Navy. She was the first Navy ship named for the city...
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States Navy § Scout cruisers (SCR, SC, CS) Chester class – later re-classified as light cruisers (CL) The first three Omaha-class ships were also designated...
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Amphitrite-class monitors Asheville-class gunboats Chester-class cruisers Columbia-class cruisers Connecticut-class battleships Delaware-class battleships...
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The St. Louis-class cruisers were a class of three cruisers that served in the United States Navy at the beginning of the 20th century. Authorized in...
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the term first class cruiser being used instead for both armoured cruisers and large protected cruisers. Thus, the first class cruisers built between the...
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Denver class protected cruiser USS Cleveland (C-19) World War I Virginia-class battleship USS Georgia (BB-15), launched in 1904 Chester-class cruiser USS Chester (CL-1)...
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USS Detroit (CL-8) (1923) Attack on Pearl Harbor 1 of 6 Northampton-class heavy cruisers USS Northampton (CA-26) (1930) Doolittle Raid - Battle of Midway...
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HMS Chester was a Town-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy, one of two ships forming the Birkenhead subtype. Along with sister ship, Birkenhead, she...
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Caldwell-class destroyers Cassin-class destroyers Chester-class cruisers Clemson-class destroyers Colorado-class battleships Connecticut-class battleships...
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The Boeing Sonic Cruiser was a concept jet airliner with a delta wing–canard configuration. It was distinguished from conventional airliners by its delta...
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Arizona. The aircraft carrier Saratoga, the heavy cruisers USS Chester and Vincennes, and the light cruiser Trenton would also be left behind. These ships...
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fourth rate launched in 1743 and sold in 1767. HMS Chester (1915) was a Town-class light cruiser originally ordered for the Greek Navy in 1914 as Lambros...
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of the 1920s were originally classed as light cruisers until the London Treaty forced their redesignation. Heavy cruisers continued in use until after...
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Asheville-class gunboats mounted a single 3-inch/50 Mk 34 as their primary armament. Bainbridge-class destroyers Chester-class cruisers Connecticut-class battleships...
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USS Minneapolis (C-13) (redirect from USS Minneapolis (Cruiser No. 13))
USS Minneapolis (C-13/CA-17) was a United States Navy Columbia-class protected cruiser. She was named for the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Minneapolis...
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USS St. Louis (CL-49) (redirect from Brazilian cruiser Tamandaré (C12))
USS St. Louis, eighth of nine Brooklyn-class light cruisers, was the fifth ship of the United States Navy named after the city of St. Louis, Missouri....
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first such class of light cruiser, the Gazelle class, was based on several intermediate designs of unprotected cruisers, such as the Bussard class, and avisos—dispatch...
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USS Minneapolis (CA-36) (category New Orleans-class cruisers)
USS Minneapolis (CL/CA-36) was a New Orleans-class cruiser built for the United States Navy before the outbreak of World War II, the second ship named...
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USS Chicago (1885) (redirect from Chicago class cruiser)
The first USS Chicago (later CA-14) was a protected cruiser of the United States Navy, the largest of the original three authorized by Congress for the...
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England HMS Birmingham (1913), a Town-class light cruiser launched in 1913 and sold in 1931 HMS Birmingham (C19), a cruiser launched in 1936 and broken up in...
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USS Boston (1884) (category Protected cruisers of the United States Navy)
protected cruiser and one of the first steel warships of the "New Navy" of the 1880s. In some references she is combined with Atlanta as the Atlanta class, in...
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