In October 1942, the U.S. Navy confronted the Imperial Japanese Navy off Guadalcanal in the Battle of Cape Esperance. As ...

Summary: The Albany-class guided missile cruisers, originating from the World War II-era Baltimore-class heavy cruisers, represented a significant transition in naval warfare towards missile dominance ...

Key Points and Summary - The Alaska-class ships were unique American warships from World War II, designed as massive "large cruisers" or battlecruisers. -Their mission was to be "cruiser-killers," ...

Back in 2015, the guided-missile cruiser Gettysburg began a lengthy modernization process that was supposed to enable the warship’s service life to be extended into the 2030s. The congressionally ...

Last April, the Russian Navy announced that the refit and upgrades to the Project 11442M heavy nuclear-powered missile cruiser Admiral Nakhimov were running behind schedule, and that the handover of ...

The guided-missile cruiser Gettysburg underway in 2013, before it began a lengthy and expensive modernization effort. (Navy) Back in 2015, the guided-missile cruiser Gettysburg began a lengthy ...