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Pioneering [[aircraft carrier]], originally a specialized large light cruiser built in 1917, and then adapted for flight experiments with a small flight

9767-ton (i.e., compliant with the [[Washington Naval Treaty]] limit), U.S. [[light cruiser]]s built in 1938-1939, heavily gunned to match the Japanese [[Mogami-class]

The '''USS ''Brooklyn'' (CL-40)''' was a [[light cruiser]] that served in the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]].

***5 [[light cruiser]]s

...was called a "destroyer leader", and actually had the characteristics of a light cruiser.

****[[IJN Jintsu]] flagship, light cruiser

...ier Division 3 under Rear Admiral [[J.M. Hoskins]]. The ships initially, a light cruiser and eight destroyers, deployed to Okinawa, since it was unclear if the conf

...flashes ahead and listened to Nishimura ordering evasive action. At 0325, light cruiser ''IJN Abukuma'' was damaged by a torpedo. At 0424, he had cruisers launch t

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

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

...ze of 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.

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

[[Image:HMS Belfast.jpg|left|thumb|300px|1939 light cruiser ''HMS Belfast'']] In WWII, the CLAA type, a light cruiser with an exceptionally large number of 5" guns, met with only limited succes

...acked by a Japanese force under Rear Admiral [[Sadamichi Kajioka]], with a light cruiser, six destroyers, and 560 landing troops — was thrown back by a small

Britain adapted the large light cruiser ''[[HMS Furious]]'' in 1917, to what would be the first operational aircraf

**Destroyer Squadron 3, RADM Shintaro Hashimoto, aboard light cruiser [[IJN Sendai]

...make torpedo attacks in groups. Such groups would often be built around a light cruiser or a ship called a destroyer leader; both types were more survivable and mo ...ensors. This role was not infrequently assigned to a cruiser#light cruiser|light cruiser, but the "destroyer leader" type also emerged. After the war, the U.S. Navy

...hour of her getting underway; en route she witnessed the torpedoing of the light cruiser [[USS Honolulu (CL-48)]]. ...ted three Japanese planes in the vicinity, one of which crashed the nearby light cruiser [[USS Columbia (CL-56)]]. Before the day was over, ''Almaack's'' men would

...ed the Southern Attack Force. MacArthur's seagoing headquarters was on the light cruiser [[USS Nashville (CL-43)|''USS Nashville'' (CL-43)]]. !Light cruiser

...all die schönen Stunden'', or as the ''Königsberg-Lied'', after the German light cruiser ''Königsberg'', which is mentioned in one version of the song's lyrics. Th