
	Where results make sense

Topic: Brooklyn class cruiser

Related Topics

Brooklyn, New York

Brooklyn Dodgers

Brooklyn Bridge

Brooklyn Manhattan Transit Corporation

Brooklyn College

Brooklyn Museum

Brooklyn Navy Yard

USS Brooklyn

Brooklyn Botanical Gardens

Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York

Brooklyn Queens Expressway

Brooklyn Heights

In the News (Thu 20 Nov 08)

Mitt Romney

Giovanni Trapattoni

Steve Ballmer

James Bond

Ricky Hatton

Mark Begich

Nicole Kidman

Joe Lieberman

Diego Maradona

Cleveland Browns

	Armored cruiser
		Armored cruisers were the chief combatants in two naval battles: the Battle of Ulsan[?] in the Russo-Japanese War, and the Battle of Coronel in World War I, and played important supporting roles in other battles of the period.
		She was redesignated as a "second class battleship" in 1894, an awkward compromise reflecting slowness compared to other cruisers, and weakness versus the first-line battleships of the time.
		On 17 July 1920, all existing US armored cruisers were merged with protected cruisers in a single class "cruiser" with hull classification symbol "CA" (not to be confused with the later use of the "CA" for heavy cruisers), bringing to an end the use of the term in the US.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ar/Armored_cruiser.html (271 words)

	Brooklyn class cruiser - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Brooklyn class cruisers were seven light cruisers of the United States Navy which served during World War II.
		All of the cruisers survived the war intact but were decommissioned by 3 February 1947.
		Although some of the class was scrapped, most of the cruisers were subsequently sold to South American countries including to Argentina where subsequently the ARA General Belgrano (ex-USS Phoenix) was sunk by HMS Conqueror during the Falklands War.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brooklyn_class_light_cruiser (159 words)

	file_nav_name Encyclopedia Index
		Classful networking is the name given to the first round of changes to the structure of the IP address in IPv4.
		Class envy is a pejorative term sometimes used to describe criticisms of the rich and powerful by the poor and less powerf...
		The Baltimore class cruisers were a class of heavy cruisers built for the United States Navy and the last heavy crui...
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/class.html (8393 words)

	Brooklyn III
		She was assigned to Cruiser Division 8 and attended to routine duties with the fleet until April 1939.
		On 23 May Brooklyn was ordered to the scene of the Squalus (SS-192) disaster, six miles south of the Isles of Shoals N. Until 3 June she acted as a base ship during the salvage and rescue operations.
		While thus engaged the cruiser was hit by a dud projectile that damaged two of the cruiser's guns and wounded five of her crew.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/b9/brooklyn-iii.htm (984 words)

	Brooklyn class
		These cruisers are the most direct copy of any Japanese ship anywhere in the world.
		The general outline of the gun mounts as undoubtely copied from the Japanese Takao class heavy cruisers - the armament was taken from the Mogami class.
		The class was unique in different respects, as they were the first flushdeck cruisers, which was necessary because the ships were to receive a hangar in the stern, belowdecks.
	www.microworks.net /pacific/ships/cruisers/brooklyn.htm (512 words)

	Town class cruiser (1936) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Town-class were a ten-ship class of light cruisers of the Royal Navy.
		As the London Treaty defined a "light cruiser" as one having a main armament no greater than 6.1 inches (155 mm) calibre, all three major naval powers sought to circumvent the limitations on heavy cruiser numbers by building "light cruisers" that were equal in size and effective power to heavy cruisers.
		The Edinburgh class were longer at 614 ft compared to 592 ft (187 to 180 m), initially to allow an increase in the main armament from twelve 6 inch (152 mm) guns in four triple turrets as in the two previous sub-classes, to sixteen 6 inch guns in four quadruple turrets.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Town_class_cruiser_(1936) (636 words)

	[No title]
		Their initial purpose, contrary to popular belief,was not only that of an anti-aircraft cruiser but that of a small, fast scout cruiser that could operate in conjunction with destroyers on the fringes of the battle line in addition to the defense of the battle line against destroyer and aircraft attack.
		This class was developed to satisfy the need for a light displacement, high speed vessel whose mission was primarily combating large scale attack by aircraft, but which also possessed the ability to perform certain types of cruiser duty.
		Three follow-on ships (Juneau Class) were commissioned in 1946 and were distinguished from the Atlanta Class by a reduction of the superstructure height by one level, a reduction in the distance between the stacks, and a substantial increase in the antiaircraft batteries.
	www.geocities.com /pentagon/4072/desig.html (1139 words)

	1/700 USS San Juan
		These cruisers were designed in the late 1930's under the constraints of the London Naval Treaty of 1936 which tried to place an 8,000 ton limit on cruisers with the abandonment of 8" gun (heavy) cruisers.
		Initial design concepts called for a 'mini all purpose' Brooklyn class cruiser with dual purposes 6" armament but was quickly changed as it became apparent that a successful design could not be achieved on that displacement and a dual purpose 6" mount would not be ready for some time.
		Their initial purpose, contrary to popular belief, was not only that of an anti-aircraft cruiser but that of a small, fast scout cruiser that could operate in conjunction with destroyers on the fringes of the battle line in addition to the defense of the battle line against destroyer and aircraft attack.
	www.internetmodeler.com /2000/march/ships/ship_san-juan.htm (2024 words)

	Brooklyn class cruiser
		The Brooklyn class were seven cruisers of the United States Navy which served during World War II.
		All of the cruisers survived the war intact but were decommissioned up until 3 February 1947.
		Although some of the class was scrapped, most of the cruisers were subsequently sold to South American countries including to Argentina where, famously, ARA General Belgrano (ex-USS Phoenix) was sunk by HMS Conqueror during the Falklands War.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/b/br/brooklyn_class_cruiser.html (120 words)

	SKOTFRED.COM \| USS Helena (CL-50) Historical Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Four weeks later the cruiser exacted vengeance for earlier wounds by pouring 6-inch shells into cruiser "Furutaka" and destroyer "Fubuki" (both were sunk in this action) and other enemy warships in the 11-12 October Battle of Cape Esperance (see "Salt Lake City" for details of battle).
		In the early months of 1943 the cruiser was primarily occupied with shore bombardments in the New Georgia area.
		Of the three cruisers and four destroyers in the American force, HELENA became the favorite target of aim for Japanese torpedoes because she lacked flashless powder.
	www.skotfred.com /cl50.html (651 words)

	Rig for a Small Cruiser
		In a like manner the catboat was used for cruising and living on board, an end for which she was in every way unfitted.
		It is not and never can be followed for mere gain, it cannot be corrupted by the betting and evil practices that have debased shell rowing, it does not derive its attractions from the merely brutal pleasure of killing something, while it gives full scope to the highest development of the physical and mental powers.
		For cruising the seats would fold out, making a bed for two or even three (4 x 7ft.), while a tent would be pitched over the boom.
	www.friend.ly.net /~dadadata/short/rig_cruiser/rig_cruiser.html (1445 words)

	Cruisers of New York Shipbuilding Corporation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The standard cruiser series began with Chester in 1907 and ended with Long Beach in 1959.
		The Alaska class heavy criusers were conceived of as cruiser-killers at a time when solitary surface raiders were thought to represent the greatest threat to U.S. Navy task forces.
		But the two which were completed served most of their short active careers in the bombardment role.
	yorkship.home.comcast.net /cruisers.htm (840 words)

	Light cruiser
		A light cruiser is a warship that is not so large and powerful as a regular (or heavy) cruiser, but still larger than ships like destroyers.
		In the World War II era, light cruisers had guns ranging from 5.25in to 6.1in, the most common size being 6in (152mm), while heavy cruisers usually had a battery of 8in (203mm) guns.
		In the Washington Naval Arms Limitation Treaty of 1920, light cruisers were defined as cruisers having guns of 6.1in or smaller, with heavy cruisers defined as cruisers having guns of up to 8in.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/l/li/light_cruiser.html (302 words)

	US Cruisers List: Light/Heavy/Antiaircraft Cruisers, Part 1
		Notes Light Cruiser CL Some ex CS, PG, CA Heavy Cruiser CA some ex CL The CL designation originated 17 July 1920 with ex-Scout Cruisers; a group of old Peace Cruisers and Protected Cruisers were added on 8 Aug 1921.
		CA was redefined as Heavy Cruiser and combined with the CL series 1 July 1931.
		Omaha class modernizations were kept to a minimum, as the ships were totally obsolete, they were decommissioned immediately after the war ended.
	www.hazegray.org /navhist/cruisers/ca-cl1.htm (3273 words)

	Cruisers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The BROOKLYN class light cruisers were designed and built in response to the new Japanese MOGAMl class cruisers that were coming on the world Naval scene with quite a stir in the mid 1930's.
		These ships were almost identical to the previous CA-68 class series except for the entirely redesigned stern section of the hull with only 1 aircraff crane on the fantail instead of 2 and several other changes to the superstructure to improve visibility and anti-aircraft capabilities.
		Heavy Cruisers of the Admiral Hipper Class: The Admiral Hipper, Blucher, Prince Eugen, Seydlitz and Lutzow by Gerhard Koop, Klaus-Peter Schmolke
	members.aol.com /ssycatalog/cruisers.html (3240 words)

	Cleveland class
		The Cleveland class was born with the need to increase both range and AA armament in mind.
		The rest of 27 cruisers saw service throughout the war, and the first batch of cruisers of this type came right in time to supplement the Brooklyn class in the fierce night and day battles around the Solomons.
		This class was well protected against torpedo and mine hits through a well sub-divided hull, which also had no openings as on the earlier cruiser classes.
	www.microworks.net /pacific/ships/cruisers/cleveland.htm (358 words)

	USO Canteen FReeper Style....Purple Heart Recipients We Thank you! ........August 7,2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The third Brooklyn (CL-40) was launched 30 November 1936 by New York Navy Yard; sponsored by Miss Kathryn Jane Lackey, daughter of Rear Admiral F. Lackey; and commissioned 30 September 1937, Captain W. Brereton, Jr., in command.
		Brooklyn joined the fleet in the Panama Canal Zone during the latter part of 1938.
		While thus engaged she was hit by a dud projectile from a coastal defense gun which damaged two of the cruiser's guns and wounded five of her crew.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/728965/posts (9774 words)

	Staten Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Three weeks later, on September 11, 1776, the British received a delegation of Americans consisting of Benjamin Franklin, Edward Rutledge, and John Adams at the Conference House on the southwestern tip of the island (known today as Tottenville) on the former estate of Christopher Billop.
		The Staten Island Unit of Gateway NRA is joined by the Jamaica Bay Unit in Brooklyn and Queens and the Sandy Hook Unit in New Jersey.
		It is connected to New Jersey via the Bayonne Bridge, the Outerbridge Crossing, the Goethals Bridge, and to Brooklyn by the Verrazano Narrows Bridge.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Staten_Island (6077 words)

	USS 'Phoenix' (CL-46)
		The light cruiser USS Phoenix (CL46) - sixth ship of the Brooklyn Class - was launched on 12 March 1938.
		After the attack these three ships were ordered to join the heavy cruiser Minneapolis, and proceed westwards to meet the USS Enterprise and Task Force 16 - which were on their way back to Pearl Harbor after ferrying aircraft to Wake Island.
		Ironically a search aircraft mistook the group of four cruisers for a Japanese force, with the result that American efforts to find the carriers which had made the Pearl Harbor attack were then concentrated in the wrong direction - south of Oahu.
	www.angelfire.com /fm/odyssey/LEYTE_USS_Phoenix_.htm (561 words)

	USS Nashville (Brooklyn Class Light Cruiser) by Iron Shipwright (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Brooklyn class light cruisers were the U.S. Navy’s first attempt at a "treaty light cruiser", a direct result of the
		As the US Navy studied feasibility of small cruisers, they felt that this compromise was unacceptable, and the Brooklyn design started off from where the New Orleans class heavy cruisers left off.
		Overall this is a very good representation of a mid to late war Brooklyn class cruiser.
	www.steelnavy.com /ISNashville.htm (1291 words)

	US Navy
		Identical in all respects to the preceding Tennessee class except for the substitution of eight 16 inch for twelve 14 inch.
		These were also the first ships with independent elevation for their rifles in the triple turrets.All previous classes had their main rifles in a single slide.
		All of these ships except Savannah and Honolulu found their way into foreign navies.The only ship of this class lost in combat was the Phoenix during the Falklands Conflict in 1982, she had been sold to Argentina and renamed General Belgrano.
	homepage.eircom.net /~war/usnavy.htm (975 words)

	Nashville
		The Brooklyn class, with its 6" gun main armament was the result.
		The appearance of Japan's Mogami class cruisers with their fifteen 6" guns dictated that the Brooklyns, then in the design stage, carry at least this many.
		In December 1944 she was hit by a kamikaze while en route to Mindoro in the Philippines.
	www.steelnavy.com /Nashville.htm (345 words)

	Naval History/USS Honolulu CL-48
		The second Honolulu was launched 20 August 1937 by the New York Navy Yard, sponsored by Miss Helen Poindexter, daughter of the Governor of Hlawaii; and commissioned 15 June 1938, Captain Oscar Smith in command.
		The battle-proved cruiser had another opportunity to damage the Japanese fleet 13 July in the Battle of Kolombangara.
		Shortly after midnight contact was made with an enemy cruiser-destroyer force in the "Slot." At 0110, Honolulu opened fire on a Sendai class cruiser; after three salvos the target burst into flame and was soon dead in the water.
	www.multied.com /Navy/cruiser/Honolulu.html (899 words)

	USS Boise: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
		...USS Boise (CL-47) USS Boise (CL-47) The Boise (CL-47) was a United States Navy...Navy Brooklyn-class-light-cruiser Brooklyn class light cruiser Brooklyn -class light cruiser....
		Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name Boise, after Boise, capital city of Idaho.
		The first Boise (CL-47) was a light cruiser commissioned in 1938 that saw service in World War II, and was later sold to Argentina.
	www.encyclopedian.com /us/USS-Boise.html (238 words)

	Book Review
		The USS Wichita was a one of a kind Cruiser that was essentially a Heavy Cruiser based on the Brooklyn Class Light Cruiser design.
		The massive 8 inch main guns were the prototypes for the later cruisers and look a little out of place on the 10,000 ton hull, as you can see by the colorized image on the cover.
		Her hull and superstructure were similar in size and shape to that of the Brooklyn's, with the same high freeboard and the sea plane hanger enclosed in the stern.
	www.modelwarships.com /reviews/books-plans/warship-pictorial/wp-14/wp-14.html (508 words)

	The Greatest American Fourth of July - The Boise
		The phrase "A One Ship Fleet" was originally applied to the Brooklyn class light cruiser, USS Boise, when she came to the United States for repairs after an epic battle in WWII.
		The phrase can also be lent to the successor of her namesake, the only other vessel to carry the name of Idaho's capital city, LA class "fast attack" submarine USS Boise.
		With her impressive firepower, incredible endurance, and ability to participate in nearly every facet of naval warfare, the submarine BOISE is well-equipped to continue the tradition of defending the country and her people.
	www.thirteen.org /julyfourth/boise.html (172 words)

	Navy League of the United States - Citizens in Support of the Sea Services
		Many of the destroyers and submarines of the Argentine Navy were American hand-me-downs of World War II vintage, but the Argentineans also operated two modern British-built Type 42 destroyers armed with Exocet missiles, three new corvettes, and two German-built Type 209 diesel submarines.
		The famed cruise ship Queen Elizabeth II was pressed into service as a troop transport.
		With her torpedo attack, the British submarine achieved what the Japanese failed to do at Pearl Harbor, and the Brooklyn-class cruiser that first went to sea in 1938 passed into the depths of the South Atlantic, taking with her more than 300 of her crew.
	www.navyleague.org /sea_power/march_02_16.php (3188 words)

	Brooklyn Class Cruiser
		This class was given fifteen 6 inch guns, as the naval authority had information Serve din North Africa, Sicily, \that the Japanese navy were building "Morgamis" would be mounting fifteen 6.1 inch.
		USS Brooklyn was built at New York navy Yard and launched 30 November 1936 and commissioned 18th July 1938.
		During the war USS Brooklyn served in North Africa, Sicily, Anzio and South France.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /brooklyn_class.htm (1025 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)