Tag Archives: cruiser

USS Chicago Kit

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

New model kit of the USS Chicago from Cyber Hobby. Although now serving as a Guided Missile Cruiser, the USS Chicago (CA-136) was originally built as a Baltimore class heavy cruiser for service during WWII.

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Bolzano Italian Heavy Cruiser

Posted on October 24, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Bolzano Italian Heavy Cruiser See Also: Italian Navy Ship Silhouettes Source: FM 30-50: Recognition Pictorial Manual of Naval Vessels, U.S. Navy Department, September 1943.

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Arrangement of Guns on Naval Vessels

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Illustation of the typical arrangement of guns on a WWII battleship, cruiser, and destroyer from Naval Ordnance and Gunnery, NAVPERS 16116, Bureau of Naval Personnel, Training Division, May, 1944:  

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