During World War II, U.S. Navy cruisers filled a vital niche between the powerful but slow battleships and the less powerful ...

The bow of a US Navy cruiser damaged in a World War II battle in the Pacific has shone new light on one of the most ...

WWII battle stars: 15 (tied) Type: Light cruiser Class: Atlanta-class Year entered service: 1942 Personnel: 796 USS San Diego was the third of eight Atlanta-class light cruisers, designed to ...

The USS New Orleans was at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, and responded to the Japanese air attack. Later, the vessel pulled ...

Allied powers present: 8 battleships, 8 cruisers, 30 destroyers, 4 submarines, 390 aircraft Axis powers present: 6 aircraft carriers, 2 battleships, 2 heavy cruisers, 1 light cruiser, 9 destroyers ...

Between the two wars, most of the “theory’ of naval battle was that the “scouting ships”—destroyers, light cruisers and aircraft from the carriers would find the enemy fleet.

To determine the 15 biggest American naval battles of WWII, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed various historical accounts of naval battles during the war. Naval battles were ranked based on how many warships ...

The light cruiser San Diego was commissioned in 1942 and retired in 1946 shortly after the war.

The recently-discovered bow of the USS New Orleans has shone new light on its remarkable escape story after being hit by a Japanese torpedo and travelling backwards 1,800 miles across the Pacific ...

On a dark night with no moon and heavily overcast skies on Nov. 30, 1942, the USS New Orleans was one of 11 cruisers and ...

Gaijin Entertainment have revealed a new class of warships coming to its cross platform vehicular combat MMO, War Thunder. Light Cruisers are said to be the “center piece of any naval battle ...