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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.
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 ...
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.
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.
Sara Thompson, 2690/5840 tons, was also British-built, in 1888 as the SS Gut Heil, and was purchased in 1917. Robert L. Barnes, a 1630/3850-ton Great Lakes tanker, was built in 1914 and purchased in 1918. With the advent of the Navy's new hull-numbering system in 1920 they were designated AO-8 and AO-14.
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 ...
Recovering the bodies of two men killed earlier this month in a plane crash in a ravine cannot be performed safely, officials at Alaska’s Denali National Park and Preserve said. “If and when ...
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.