USS Brooklyn (CL-40)
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USS Brooklyn was a light cruiser, the lead ship of her class of nine, and the third United States Navy ship to bear its name. Commissioned in 1937, she served in the Atlantic during World War II, as a
USS Brooklyn (1939)
Light cruiser
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A light cruiser was a type of small or medium-sized warship. The term is a shortening of the phrase "light armored cruiser", describing a small ship that carried armor in the same way as an armored cr
USS Brooklyn (CL-40)
…USS Brooklyn (CL-40) was a light cruiser, the lead ship of her class of nine, and the third United States Navy ship to bear its name. Commissioned in 1937, she served in the Atlantic during…
HMS Belfast, one of the last surviving light cruisers. She carries 12 6-inch guns and displaces 11,553 tons – "light" in World War II referred to gun size, not displacement.
HMS Mercury
HMS Gloucester, one of the Town class, in 1917
SMS Bremen