Fleet Air Arm Torpedo Bomber Reconnaissance Carrier-based biplane (1938-1943) RNAS/FAA 1940-49: 800 built. The Fairey Albacore (“Applecore”) is a single-engine biplane torpedo bomber operated by the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm (FAA) in WW2, planned replacement of the legendary Swordfish of the same manufacturer. It had the same role or recce/spotting/torpedo/dive bombing with a crew … Read more
Cleveland class Missile Conversion SBC 140/140A 146/46A US Navy 1958-79: Galveston & Providence subclasses: USS Galveston, Little Rock, Oklahoma City, Providence, Springfield, Topeka (CLG-3-8). USS Oklahoma City (CGL-5) in 1974 The Boston class were the world’s second missile cruisers, based on the concept pioneered by the conversion of two Baltimore class heavy cruisers, the Boston … Read more
Imperial Japanese Navy, protected cruiser (1890-1923) IJN Akistushima was the first Japanese-built, British-designed cruiser, with elements of USS Baltimore. Her design was prepared by superstar British engineer Whilliam White. She took part in the battle of yalu 1894, sinking her opponent Kuang Chi and also in 1905 to the Russo-Japanese war, and later to WWI. … Read more
United Kingdom (1895-1921) C class: 40 ships. The lineage of British Destroyers started with the “26-knotters” in 1892 by Yarrow, Thornycroft and Laird, and a ramping-up of production to test many navy yards on a follow-up serie was called the “27-knotters”, but they were disappointing, rarely meeting their design speed, suffering from heavy weather and … Read more
Fleet Destroyers (1939-70s) – 66 destroyers: USS Gleaves, Niblack, Livermore, Eberle, Plunkett, Kearny, Gwin, Meredith, Grayson, Monssen, Woolsey, Ludlow, Edison, Ericsson, Wilkes, Nicholson, Swanson, Ingraham. Sub-class Bristol: USS Bristol, Ellyson, Hambleton, Rodman, Emmons, Macomb, Forrest, Fitch, Corry, Hobson, Aaron Ward, Buchanan, Duncan, Lansdowne, Lardner, McCalla, Mervine, Quick, Carmick, Doyle, Endicott, McCook, Frankford, Davison, Edwards, Glennon, … Read more
Bundesmarine (1960), 12 boats: U-1 to U-12 The Bundesmarine’s reboot subs U9 of the 205mod class in the north sea, 1980s The Bundesmarine’s naval program including defendive submarines for the baltic sea as early as in the 1950s, but the West German submarine force was starting almost from scratch again. The first step was to … Read more
Brazilian Navy (1956-2001) Fleet Aircraft Carrier (ex-HMS Vengeance, Colossus class 1942 light fleet carrier program) Brazil Day ! – We start the study of Brazilian cold war navy with its flagship until 2001, one of the very last of the 1942 light fleet carrier program ships still afloat. MdB Minas Gerais was indeed the ex-HMS … Read more
US Navy Attack Submarines (SSK) 1951-1974 Third entry into the cold war USN submarine tree, after the GUPPY class and USS Nautilus, here is the Barracuda class SSK (diesel-electric attack submarines). This was the first class of conventionally-powered subs after the end of WW2, an attempt not only to make a clear departure from WW2 … Read more
Imperial Japanese Navy, 1,048 built Ka-15, Type 96 Rikko, G3M1, G3M2, G3M3 by Mitsubishi, Nakajima and YokosukaBomber/Recce codename “Nell”, Transport codename “Tina” The main twin engine torpedo bomber of the Imperial Japanese Navy in 1941 was the Mitsubishi G3M. It was soon codenamed by the allies “Nell”. After an already well-filled career in China, it … Read more
Guided Missiles Destroyers 30 ships (DD 963-DD 997) 1975-2020: USS Spruance, Paul F. Foster, Kinkaid, Hewitt, Elliot, Arthur W. Radford, Peterson, Caron, David R. Ray, Oldendorf, John Young, Comte de Grasse, O’Brien, Merrill, Briscoe, Stump, Conolly, Moosbrugger, John Hancock, Nicholson, John Rodgers, Leftwich, Cushing, Harry W. Hill, O’Bannon, Thorn, Deyo, Ingersoll, Fife, Fletcher, Hayler Design … Read more
