admin7126 IJN WW1 submarines IJN – About 85 submarines. 16 different types, and many policy changes: The story of WW1 IJN submersibles Holland N°1 moving out for a trial in 1908, colorized by the author A far less well known topic than WW2, the Great War Japanese Submarines is interesting nevertheless to see how Japan started … Read more
Worcester class cruisers (1947) USA (1945-58) USS Worcester, Roanoke, Vallejo, Gary (CL-144-147) +6 cancelled Dec. 1945 The last US conventional light cruisers Technically a class of WW2 cruisers as they were laid down before the en of the war in January and May 1945, studied from 1943, the Worcester class were a planned replacement for … Read more
United Kingdom – D94, Training Aircraft Carrier HMS Pretoria Castle (F61) was a freshly completed Harland & Wolff, Belfast-built Union-Castle ocean liner (the makers of the Titanic) requisitioned and converted into a Royal Navy armed merchant cruiser (MAC), and then in July 1942 as an escort carrier (Commissioned as escort carrier on 29 July 1943). … Read more
Pallada class cruisers (1899) Imperial Russian Protected Cruisers: Pallada, Diana, Aurora The Pallada-class cruisers (“Diana-type” in Russian) were three protected cruisers of the Imperial Russian Navy built for the late 1890s massive naval plan, bolstering the Baltic and new Pacific fleets. Intended for commerce raiding they were named after mythological figures and met very different … Read more
23 ships (DDG 2-DDG 24) 1958-99: USS Charles F. Adams, John King, Lawrence, Claude V. Ricketts, Barney, Henry B. Wilson, Lynde McCormick, Towers, Sampson, Sellers, Robison, Hoel, Buchanan, Berkeley, Joseph Strauss, Conyngham, Semmes, Tattnall, Goldsborough, Cochrane, Benjamin Stoddert, Richard E. Byrd, Waddell The Charles F. Adams class guided missile destroyers were built for the United … Read more
Cruiser Submersible 1921-1937: Nearly bankrupted by the war and in peace mood, Britain was not willing to engage in military innovation in 1920. Nevertheless, the Royal Navy on a limited budget could still experiment and based on the German project U-173, and the war prize U-141. This was designed HMS X.1 in utter secrecy. Massive … Read more
Aéronautique Navale: 19 built total The French Naval Fighter A forgotten model, this French naval aircraft was the first dedicated naval fighter, also usable for reconnaissance and primarily intended to serve on the Commandant Teste. The Loire 210 was a French single-seat catapult-launched fighter seaplane designed and built by Loire Aviation for the French Navy. … Read more
Somers class Destroyers (1937) US Navy Large Destroyers (1937-48): USS Somers, Warrington, Sampson, Davis, Jouett, DD-381-86 The Somers-class were a class five large destroyers built for the United States Navy in the 1930s, large fleet destroyers as the previous Porter, intended to deal with the Japanese “special types”. Named after naval heroes they were commissioned … Read more
USN Fleet Destroyers (1916-1947): USS Caldwell, Craven, Gwin, Conner, Stockton, Manley (DD-69-74) The Caldwell-class were six destroyers built for the United States Navy between 1916 and 1918. They were the first US Navy destroyers with the caracteristic “flush deck” hull design, the first US Navy destroyers to be equipped with geared steam turbines and with … Read more
Alaska class large cruisers (1943) USA (1941-65) – USS Alaska, Guam, Hawaii The Alaska class were the “great white elephants” of the US Navy in WW2. Their conception went back to the start of the war, when limiting treaties became obsolete, based on a rumored IJN “cruiser killer”. The US Navy studied a new standard … Read more
