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2. Alaska-class cruiser - Wikipedia

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   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 late in the war. The USN designation for the ships of this class was 'large cruiser' (CB), a designation unique to the Alaska-class, and the majority of leading reference works consider them as such.

3. Alaska-class oil tanker - Wikipedia

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   15.8 knots (29.3 km/h; 18.2 mph) at 90% MCR, Full Load. Capacity. 1.3 million bbl (210,000 m 3) Crew. 21. The Alaska-class oil tanker is a class of VLCC tankers built by National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego. The tankers are double-hulled as mandated by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, and will replace the existing fleet used by BP ...

4. Category:Alaska-class cruisers - Wikipedia

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   Pages in category "Alaska-class cruisers". The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes . Alaska-class cruiser.

5. List of current ships of the United States Navy - Wikipedia

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   USS George Washington Carrier Strike Group underway in the Atlantic USS Constitution under sail for the first time in 116 years on 21 July 1997 The United States Navy has approximately 470 ships in both active service and the reserve fleet; of these approximately 50 ships are proposed or scheduled for retirement by 2028, while approximately 95 new ships are in either the planning and ordering ...

6. USS Guam (CB-2) - Wikipedia

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   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 of her class to be completed. The ship was the second vessel of the US Navy to be named after the island of Guam, an American territory in the Pacific, and she was assigned the hull number CB-2.

7. USS Hawaii (CB-3) - Wikipedia

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   USS Hawaii (CB-3)[A 1] 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 then- Territory of Hawaii. Because Hawaii ' s construction was delayed by higher-priority ships like aircraft carriers, her keel was not laid until December 1943, about two years after ...