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...uisers. In torpedo range before her sister ships, she hit Japanese heavy cruiser, ''IJN Kumano'' and blew off her bow. She then took several hits from 14" battleship and 6" cruiser guns, losing one engine.<blockquote>It was like a puppy being smacked by a

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...8, 1940, came out of a rain squall and confronted a German [[cruiser|heavy cruiser]], ''Admiral von Hipper''. Glowworm tried to hit with guns and torpedoes, b ...headed North. The Commanding Officer at once gave chase. The German heavy cruiser, Admiral Hipper, was sighted closing the Glowworm at high speed. Because of

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...or, when there was a threat from heavily gunned raiders, perhaps an older cruiser or battleship. ...lled a "destroyer leader", and actually had the characteristics of a light cruiser.

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...irst World War. He graduated from the Naval War College in 1930, commanded cruiser ''USS Indianapolis'' in 1937-1938, and served as naval attaché in Rome and He commanded a cruiser-destroyer group, under [[Frank Jack Fletcher]], at the [[Battle of the Cora

..., in 1941. It sank 116,000 tons of shipping, including the armed merchant cruiser ''[[HMS Jervis Bay]]''. ...Bismarck'', his flagship. Reducing the scope of the operation, he sent the cruiser back to Germany.

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...l [[naval gunfire support]] to ground troops. Still, the role of the heavy cruiser, in an era when the roar of surface gunfire actions disappeared into the ec | title = USS Salem (CA-139), the world's only preserved heavy cruiser}}</ref>

...[[aircraft carrier]]s were considered, in their first form, a subset of [[cruiser]]), and some reflect changing names for ships with certain sets of capabili *'''C''': [[Cruiser]]s and [[aircraft carrier]]s; some ships that may appear to be aircraft car

...SS Vincennes (CA-44)|''USS Vincennes'' (CA-44)]] as well as the Australian cruiser ''[[HMAS]]'' ''[[HMAS Canberra|Canberra]]'' were lost in a Japanese night a "Admiral Crutchley's instructions were that in case of a night attack each cruiser group was to act independently, but was to support the other as required. I

...</ref> ''Admiral Graf Spee''''' was a German ''Panzerschiff'' (heavy armed cruiser) that was commissioned by the navy in 1936. It served as a South Atlantic c ...reputed by Nazi propaganda to be a "pocket battleship". In fact it was a [[cruiser]] that had been specially optimised for [[commerce raiding]], and it was bu

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...intelligence was also shaken by a decrypted report that placed the German cruiser Regensburg near him, during the Battle of Jutland. It turned out that the n *5 light [[cruiser]]s

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...r of Texan Independence]], '''''USS San Jacinto''''' '''(CG-56)''' is a [[cruiser]] of the U.S. Navy's [[Ticonderoga-class]], homeported in [[Norfolk, Virgin

..., really conversions or "hermaphrodites" that retained [[battleship]] or [[cruiser]] functions, still had a conventional superstructure with no island. Roughl

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...replaced by the [[RIM-66 SM-1]]. It was deployed on [[California-class]] [[cruiser]]s and [[Oliver Hazard Perry-class]] [[ocean escort|frigate]]s.

The '''Vigilant''' was an [[armed 3rd class cruiser]] employed as a [[Canadian]] Great Lakes Fisheries protection vessel.<ref n

...y [[Kirov-class|''Admiral Ushakov''-class (formerly Kirov-class)]] large [[cruiser]]s and [[OSCAR-class]] cruise missile submarines. They have either a 750 kg

...he AN/SPY-1 on Burke-class or Kongo-class destroyer or a Ticonderoga-class cruiser, other radars, such as the Army transportable TPY-2|AN/TPY-2 or the Navy's

'''''USS Indianapolis'' (CA-35)''' was a [[Portland-class]] [[heavy cruiser]] of the [[United States Navy]], entering service in 1932, and accumulating

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'''USS Quincy (CA-39)''' was a heavy [[cruiser]] of the [[United States Navy]]'s [[New Orleans-class]], commissioned in 19

...[Burke-class]] [[destroyer]] ''USS Barry'' and the [[Ticonderoga-class]] [[cruiser]] ''[[USS Port Royal (CG-73)]]''. He has also commanded the ''USS George Wa

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...nt years, it has made substantial use of [[cruise missile]]s, fired from [[cruiser]]s, [[destroyer]]s, and [[submarine]]s. It can also involve [[carrier-capab

...Joining a [[Royal Navy]] unit of the carrier ''[[HMS Triumph]]'', a heavy cruiser and two destroyers, the UK-US squadron became Task Force 77 of the [[United

...arrier ''USS Vella Gulf (CVE-111)'' and the current [[Ticonderoga-class]] cruiser, ''[[USS Vella Gulf (CG-72)]]''.

...ese attack damaged the ''Enterprise'', while U.S. aircraft damaged a heavy cruiser and an aircraft carrier. Hornet, however, had to be abandoned. The Japanes

In January 1942, Fletcher's cruiser-destroyer Task Force 17 (TF 17) sailed from San Diego to reinforce the Mari

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...guns of the same size. During the Vietnam War, the ''USS Newport News'', a cruiser of this class, is remembered for gun battles with North Vietamese shore bat

***Cruiser Division 5 ****[[IJN Jintsu]] flagship, light cruiser

...souri (BB-63)|USS ''Missouri'' (BB-63)]] (the largest ship) and the "large cruiser" USS ''Alaska'' (CB-1) (on the other side of the pier) are tied up at Norfo ...large cruisers" whose size, armor, and armament placed the between a heavy cruiser and a battleship, but without a definitive mission few were built. Occasion

...39 she was sent to the South Atlantic to help in the search for the German cruiser [[KMS Graf Spee]]. The spring of 1940 saw her participating in the Norwegia

...ke operation because rear admiral [[Frank Jack Fletcher]], commanding the cruiser force, was senior. <ref name=Layton>{{citation

...[Lexington-class]] U.S. Navy [[aircraft carrier]], converted from a battle cruiser hull in 1927, and serving throughout [[World War Two in the Pacific]]. Hono

...Oldendorf, south to intercept Nishimura's force, of two battleships, one cruiser and four destroyers. ...ip ''Yamashiro'' sank under heavy shell from the battleships and cruisers. Cruiser ''Mogami'' was left crippled. Only the destroyer ''IJN Shigure'' survived

*Two [[cruiser]]s of the [[Ticonderoga-class]] , which are major escort vessels with exten

...te independently for scouting and raiding, the predecessor of the modern [[cruiser]]. In comparison, the [[ship of the line]] was analogous to the [[battleshi

...served on that institution's staff in 1935-38. He next commanded the heavy cruiser [[USS Astoria]] and took her on a diplomatic mission to Japan in 1939. The guided missile frigate (later cruiser) Richmond K. Turner (DLG-20, later CG-20) was named in honor of Admiral. Tu

.... These include aircraft carriers, command ships, and, in the U.S. Navy, [[cruiser]]s [[Ticonderoga-class]]. The additional space and communications is one of

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...erving on the faculty of the Naval Academy in the 1930s, then commanding a cruiser, a battleship, and an air division. Promoted to vice admiral in 1940, he be

...ue City (CG-66)|''USS Hue City'' (CG-66)]], a U.S. [[Ticonderoga-class]] [[cruiser]], is named in honor of the battle.

...t months of World War II in the Pacific, Rear Admiral Spruance commanded a cruiser division.

...ry, the [[battleship]], in various forms, was the dominant naval vessel. [[Cruiser]]s scouted for the heavy ships. The assumption was that battleships would ...le multimission ships, although only the U.S. appears to be planning a new cruiser generation. These missions are carried out almost solely by missiles, [[tor

| [[File:Iron Fisheries Cruiser Acadia.jpg | 100px]] || ''[[CSS Acadia]]''

[[Image:HMS Belfast.jpg|left|thumb|300px|1939 light cruiser ''HMS Belfast'']] A '''[[cruiser]]''' is a warship of significant, but not the greatest, power. The term goe

...the "Vengeance," a vastly superior 52-gun battle cruiser. The 30-gun light cruiser "Boston," under George Little, fought and took the 24-gun "Berceau" on Oct.

The basic specifications called for a steel cargo ship with raked stem and cruiser stern, complete shelter and second decks, and a third deck in Nos. 1-4 hold

...ing officer with the [[2nd Marine Division]] He was transferred to the ''[[Cruiser#U.S. ''Des Moines'' class |USS Salem (CA-138))]]'', Flagship of the [[Unite

...and of Vigan, he commanded the Second Surprise Attack Force from the light cruiser ''IJN Naka''. He succeeded in supporting the landings, although his flagshi

...Burke class]] [[destroyer]] ''USS Barry'' and the [[Ticonderoga class]] [[cruiser]] ''USS Port Royal''. He has also commanded the ''USS George Washington'' c

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...ectiles and 1,200 cans of powder. In turn, ''Tyrrell'' received all of the cruiser's empty shell casings. The following day, while at anchor in the transport

...' undertook [[Operation Rheinübung]] in May 1941, accompanied by the light cruiser [[KMS Prinz Eugen]]. Admiral [[Günther Lütjens]] was in tactical command

...various times, he commanded a mine sweeper, a destroyer, a guided-missile cruiser, a carrier task group and a fleet.

...irst major surface command, in 1933, was the [[cruiser#heavy cruiser|heavy cruiser]] USS ''Augusta'', flagship of the Asiatic Fleet. Promoted to [[rear admiral]], he commanded a cruiser division and then a [[battleship]] division, returning to the Bureau of Nav

In the first book, where she commands a light cruiser, she has an initially resentful [[executive officer]], [[Alistair McKeon]], ...(naval)|Commander]], Royal Manticore Navy (RMN), special-purpose [[light cruiser]] ''HMS Fearless''

...the Second World War, they operated at the center of concentric rings of [[cruiser]]s and [[battleship]]s that were there as massive [[anti-aircraft artillery ...rfare]] platforms. Next come the destroyers, as multipurpose screens. The cruiser both directs [[anti-air warfare]], and is a major [[surface-to-air missile]

...by a Japanese force under Rear Admiral [[Sadamichi Kajioka]], with a light cruiser, six destroyers, and 560 landing troops &mdash; was thrown back by a small ...ke Task Force 14 to Wake. His assignment was based on seniority; he was a cruiser, not a carrier, admiral. Fitch, embarked in ''Saratoga'', was the senior av

...ish Broadcasting Corporation|accessdate=25 December 2013}}</ref> his cabin cruiser ''The Staysea'', and Jacko's horses. The farm's prize winning Hereford bull

...ich may now be armed with [[guided missile]]s. Since [[battleship]]s and [[cruiser]]s were too cumbersome to chase and kill torpedo boats, a new type of ocean

...ttenberg Cup selection, Commander, Destroyer Squadron Fourteen; Commander, Cruiser Destroyer Group Two and [[USS George Washington (CVN 73)|''USS George Washi

In the course of these escorts by the U.S. Navy, the cruiser ''USS Vincennes (CG-49)'', an shot down Iran Air Flight 655 with the loss

**Destroyer Squadron 3, RADM Shintaro Hashimoto, aboard light cruiser [[IJN Sendai] **Task Group 17.2 Cruiser Group. RADM William Smith

...guns were seductive to battleship admirals, and, rather than using it as a cruiser killer and commerce raider, succumbed to the temptation of adding battlecru ...face gunfire action, in 1940, fighting the battleship ''Bismarck'' and the cruiser ''Prinz Eugen''; the shell that caused ''Hood'' to explode, however, may ha

...fought bravely against overwhelming odds. While the [[battleship]]s and [[cruiser]]s in suicidal attacks, the [[Light aircraft carrier|"jeep carriers"]] laun ...hip got underway for [[New Guinea]], in company with a powerful battleship-cruiser force, and, although buffeted by 80-knot winds en route, completed a safe p

It determines that ''USS Normandy'' (CG-60), a Ticonderoga class cruiser, returning to a shore base to get more long-range missiles, is the closest

Newer ships have mechanical shock protection. In the [[Gulf War]], the [[cruiser]] [[USS Princeton (CG-59)|''USS Princeton'' (CG-59)]] and the [[Landing Pla ...carrier]], but also in the flight operations areas of [[destroyer]]s and [[cruiser]]s.

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She takes command of a heavy cruiser of Manticore's close ally and her second world, Grayson. Grayson has been a

...orce, and included nine carriers with 473 planes, 18 [[battleship]]s and [[cruiser]]s, and 28 [[destroyer]]s. Ozawa's pilots boasted of their fiery determinat

...(naval)|captain]] whose duties included [[communications intelligence]], [[cruiser]] and [[battleship]] command including on the [[Doolittle Raid]], and [[psy ...d then operating the first mobile radio intercept and analysis team on the cruiser ''USS Marblehead'', a ship he would later command. The only documentation o

...y 1941, bound for [[Iceland]]. Screened by a [[battleship]], three [[heavy cruiser]]s, and seven [[destroyer]]s, the convoy included ''Almaack'', a transport, ...ttack. Bombs apparently aimed at ''Almaack'' struck a British antiaircraft cruiser some 300 yards astern. Underway late that afternoon, standing toward the po

..., is launched from a warship: a Burke-class destroyer, a Ticonderoga-class cruiser, or a Japanese Kongo-class destroyer. Engaging a North Korean missile launc

...ncluding ''Torrance''—shifted anchorage to safer waters, as destroyers and cruiser gunfire and carrier-based planes dealt with the troublesome shore guns.

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...cial situations. The British used the terminology of "infantry" tanks and "cruiser" tanks; the more modern terminology would be a heavy tank in direct support

...are often locked so particular ship classes cannot use them). Between the cruiser and battleship class, there are battlecruisers. And for each class of ship,

...e, to blow up a distant target, often a model ship standing in for a enemy cruiser. Coherers also appeared in experimental remote-control ships, beginning in

...igned in 1921. The treaty capped the size of battleships at 39,000 tons. [[Cruiser]]s were capped at 10,000 tons. The treaty allowed the United Kingdom and th