What You Need to Know: The Alaska-class battlecruisers were conceived by the U.S. Navy in the 1930s to counter Germany’s fast and powerful “pocket battleships” and Japan’s rumored “super cruisers.” ...
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Why America built a 30,000-ton cruiser just to hunt other cruisers
The Alaska class was developed to counter German pocket battleships and rumored Japanese super cruisers that could attack shipping and outrun conventional battleships. USS Alaska carried nine 12 inch ...
The high seas were dangerous places during World War II, an unforgiving expanse where nations vied for supremacy, just as they fought each other on land and in the skies. Military ships of all types ...
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