Tag: Second World War
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Japanese Battleship Ise
Japanese Battleship Ise Laid down on 10 May 1915 and launched on 12 November 1916, Ise was the lead ship of her two-ship class of dreadnoughts. Although commissioned into the Imperial Japanese Navy on 10 December 1917, she did not participate in the First World War. During the late 1920s and early 1930s, Ise was… Read more
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US Aircraft Carrier USS Franklin CV-13
US Aircraft Carrier USS Franklin CV-13 Laid down on 7 December 1942 and launched on 14 October 1943, USS Franklin CV-13 was an Essex-class aircraft carrier of the US Navy. Commissioned into the navy on 31 January 1944 she then undertook a work-up phase before moving to the Pacific. From the end of June 1944,… Read more
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Japanese Battlecruiser Hiei
Japanese Battlecruiser Hiei Laid down on the 4th of November 1911 and launched on the 21st of November 1912, Hiei was the second of the four-ship Kongō-class battlecruisers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her three sisters were Kongō, Kirishima and Haruna. Commissioned into the fleet on the 19th of April 1915, she saw no… Read more