Omaha-class light cruisers were designed and built after WWI, and their weapons systems reflected this. This class of ships was initially intended as a high-speed ocean scout and would inspire ...

Summary and Key Points: USS Long Beach (CGN-9) holds a unique place in naval history as the first nuclear-powered surface warship and the first cruiser built from the keel up since WWII.

Read also: "Mom, I'm a captive." Commanders abandoned the conscripts HMS Hawke, an Edgar-class cruiser, was 387 feet long and 59 feet wide. It was launched in 1891. Three years before the German ...