The Juneau-class cruisers were a class of United States Navy light cruisers that were modified versions of the Atlanta-class cruiser design. The ships...
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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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The second USS Juneau (CL-119/CLAA-119) was the lead ship of the United States Navy Juneau-class cruisers. Juneau was laid down by the Federal Shipbuilding...
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States Navy have been named USS Juneau, after the city of Juneau, Alaska: USS Juneau (CL-52) was an Atlanta-class light cruiser commissioned February 1942...
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(127 mm) guns, the layout was identical to the much smaller Juneau-class light cruisers, carrying 12 guns in six turrets, three forward and three aft...
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Baltimore and Oregon City classes of heavy cruisers, and to a lesser degree the Atlanta and Juneau classes of light cruisers. Changes were made in order...
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Cleveland and Fargo classes, and to a lesser degree the Atlanta and Juneau classes of light cruisers. Ten ships were authorized for the class with three being...
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USS Juneau (CL-52) was a United States Navy Atlanta-class light cruiser torpedoed and sunk at the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on 13 November 1942. In...
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Diocese of Juneau Juneau-class cruiser, a class of United States Navy light cruisers USS Juneau (CL-52), a World War II US Navy cruiser USS Juneau (CL-119)...
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generation: only three Juneau-class ships were completed. The later (and as it would turn out) final generation of gun cruisers met the same fate as the...
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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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USS Spokane (CL-120) (category Juneau-class cruisers)
USS Spokane (CL-120/CLAA-120/AG-191) was the second ship of the Juneau-class light cruiser of the United States Navy. She was laid down on 15 November 1944...
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USS Fresno (CL-121) (category Juneau-class cruisers)
The second USS Fresno (CL-121) was a United States Navy Juneau-class light cruiser launched on 5 March 1946 by Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company...
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as gun cruisers would be small: three Juneau-class, two Fargo-class, and three Oregon City-class cruisers. A fourth Oregon City-class cruiser would be...
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the light cruiser USS Juneau. They were all killed in action when Juneau served in the Naval battle of Guadalcanal, November 13, 1942. Juneau was crippled...
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anti-aircraft cruisers were lost on 13 November, one (Juneau) torpedoed by a Japanese submarine, and the other sank on the way to repairs. Juneau's loss was...
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USS Wichita (CA-45) (redirect from Wichita class cruiser)
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 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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of the Juneau-class cruisers were planned for refit, but only Juneau was converted. The Farragut class is sometimes referred to as Coontz-class, because...
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Atlanta and Juneau, were lost at the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, this mission was rejected and the anti-aircraft mission adopted. These cruisers were intended...
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Commander United States Pacific Fleet USS Spokane (CL-120), a Juneau-class light cruiser This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title...
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upon impact with the belt. Yūdachi meanwhile was caught by the light cruiser Juneau and fired all eight torpedoes, but none hit. This put Yūdachi in a bad...
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November 1942 These cruisers were intended as destroyer leaders when designed. After the first two to be used in this role, Atlanta and Juneau, were lost at...
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USS Chicago (CA-136) (category Baltimore-class cruisers)
8918693; -87.5986863 USS Chicago (CA-136/CG-11) was a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser laid down on 28 July 1943 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, by the...
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HMS Belfast (category Town-class cruisers (1936))
HMS Belfast is a Town-class light cruiser that was built for the Royal Navy. She is now permanently moored as a museum ship on the River Thames in London...
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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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Fubuki-class destroyer Furutaka – Furutaka-class heavy cruiser; wreck located 30 km (16 nmi; 19 mi) northwest of Savo Island Akatsuki – Akatsuki-class destroyer...
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carrier, 3 old battleships, 13 heavy cruisers, 3 light cruisers, 30 destroyers, 2 1st-class submarines, 1 2nd-class submarine Aircraft: 69 fighters, 41...
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Amatsukaze sank the destroyer USS Barton and helped to sink the light cruiser USS Juneau during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal but was severely damaged in...
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