Tag: warship
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US Navy Escort Carrier USS Block Island CVE-21
US Navy Escort Carrier USS Block Island CVE-21 USS Block Island (CVE-21) was a Bogue-class escort carrier, commissioned into the U.S. Navy in March 1943 during a period of accelerated naval construction driven by anti-submarine warfare (ASW) requirements in the Atlantic. Escort carriers—converted from merchant or support hulls—were optimized for convoy defence and hunter-killer operations… Read more
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HMS Argus I49 British Aircraft Carrier
HMS Argus HMS Argus was a British aircraft carrier that served in the Royal Navy from 1918 to 1944. She was converted from an ocean liner that was under construction when the First World War began and became the first example of the standard pattern of aircraft carrier, with a full-length flight deck that allowed… Read more
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Italian Battleship Giulio Cesare
Italian Battleship Giulio Cesare Completed on 14 May 1914, Giulio Cesare was a Conte di Cavour-class dreadnought battleships built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy). She saw little service during the First World War, spending most of her time in port, ready to sortie if the Austro-Hungarian battlefleet sought a decisive engagement. During the… Read more