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Along with two carrier battles, several major surface actions occurred, almost all at night between cruiser-destroyer forces. Battle of Savo Island On the night of 8–9 August 1942 the Japanese counterattacked near Guadalcanal in the Battle of Savo Island with a cruiser-destroyer force. In a controversial move, the US carrier task forces were ...
The battlecruiser (also written as battle cruiser or battle-cruiser) was a type of capital ship of the first half of the 20th century. These were similar in displacement, armament and cost to battleships, but differed in form and balance of attributes. Battlecruisers typically had thinner armour (to a varying degree) and a somewhat lighter main ...
In the Russian Navy, "aviation cruiser" is a designation for the Kiev and Kuznetsov-class ships. They are a cross between a cruiser and an aircraft carrier. Aviation cruisers have close-in weapon systems, both gun and missile, for self-defense against missiles or rockets. Unlike aircraft carriers who rely solely upon their aircraft and ...
The firepower of a battleship's main armament demonstrated by USS Iowa unleashing a broadside volley, during which the muzzle blasts from her 16-inch main guns disturb the surrounding ocean surface. A battleship is a large, heavily armored warship with a main battery consisting of large guns, designed to serve as capital ships.
Surface combatants are ships which are designed primarily to engage enemy forces on the high seas. The primary surface combatants are battleships, cruisers and destroyers. Battleships are very heavily armed and armored; cruisers moderately so; destroyers and smaller warships, less so.
From 1950 to 1975, frigates were a new type, midway between cruiser and destroyer sizes, intended as major task force escorts. The first ship of the type was a redesignated ASW cruiser; the next four were very large AAW (gun) destroyers (DL), and the remainder were essentially oversize guided missile destroyers classified as DLGs.
Type 055 class destroyer Nanchang of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) ROKS Sejong the Great, the lead ship of her class of Sejong the Great-class destroyer of the Republic of Korea Navy USS Arleigh Burke, the lead ship of her class of guided-missile destroyers The Italian Caio Duilio belongs to the Horizon class of Franco-Italian designed first-rate frigates
Battle of Mers-el-Kébir: World War II: Royal Navy: Vichy French Navy: British victory 9 July 1940: Battle of Calabria: World War II: Royal Navy: Regia Marina: Indecisive 23–25 September 1940: Battle of Dakar: World War II: Royal Navy: Vichy French Navy: Vichy French victory 27 November 1940: Battle of Cape Spartivento: World War II: Royal ...