WWII US Navy battlecruiser
its 1943- the US Navy are looking to build a battlecruiser for the following duties: *scouting *carrier escort *naval gunfire *battleship support *countering the scharnhorst/Gneisenau threat. the US...
View ArticleRe: WWII US Navy battlecruiser
The Alaska class had less armor, but replace the triple 12" turrets with dual 15" and you'll have a ship very close to what your describe.
View ArticleRe: WWII US Navy battlecruiser
The U.S Navy had a battlecruiser class in 1943 - the Iowa's. If you read the requirements these were effectively battlecrusiers with battleship levels of protection. Their intended role was certainly...
View ArticleRe: WWII US Navy battlecruiser
the Iowa's were fast battleships- & were larger than the biggest battlecruiser ever built- HMS Hood.
View ArticleRe: WWII US Navy battlecruiser
FreeloaderUK wrote: its 1943- the US Navy are looking to build a battlecruiser for the following duties: *scouting *carrier escort *naval gunfire *battleship support *countering the...
View ArticleRe: WWII US Navy battlecruiser
well the alaska class were good ships for their size- mainly due to excellent advances in US gun technology enabling the 12" guns to fire super-heavy shells. but the alaska class was not designed to...
View ArticleRe: WWII US Navy battlecruiser
FreeloaderUK wrote: well the alaska class were good ships for their size- mainly due to excellent advances in US gun technology enabling the 12" guns to fire super-heavy shells. but the alaska class...
View ArticleRe: WWII US Navy battlecruiser
FreeloaderUK wrote: the Iowa's were fast battleships- & were larger than the biggest battlecruiser ever built- HMS Hood. So what? Read the requirements for the Iowa class. Practically identical in...
View ArticleRe: WWII US Navy battlecruiser
the Fast Battleship is argueably the merger between a battleship & a battlecruiser. some say the Hood was the first fast battleship. originally a battleship was slow, heavily armoured & had...
View Article
