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2. Alaska-class cruiser - Wikipedia

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   Alaska. -class cruiser. Turrets: 12.8 in (330 mm) face, 5 in (130 mm) roof, 5.25–6 in (133–152 mm) side and 5.25 in (133 mm) rear. [4] 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 ...

3. USS Alaska (CB-1) - Wikipedia

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   USS Alaska (CB-1) USS. Alaska. (CB-1) USS Alaska was the lead ship of the Alaska -class "large cruisers" which served with the United States Navy during the end of World War II. She was the first of two ships of her class to be completed, followed only by Guam; four other ships were ordered but were not completed before the end of the war.

4. 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.

5. I've been on 4 Alaskan cruises, and it's the only route I ...

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   On these cruises (usually toward the end), I look forward to encountering Hubbard Glacier, the largest tidewater glacier in North America. Its scale is truly staggering, stretching 6 miles wide ...

6. 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 ...

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 ...