https://ift.tt/9d0cion Mallory Shelbourne and Sam LaGrone December 22, 2025 7:07 PM – Updated: December 22, 2025 9:58 PM Naval Sea Systems Command image The centerpiece of the Trump administration’s revamp of the U.S. Navy is the largest surface combatant America will build since World War II. The U.S. Navy will buy two new “battleships” asContinue reading “Trump Unveils New Battleship Class; Proposed USS Defiant Will Be Largest U.S. Surface Combatant Since WWII”
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USS Rall (DE-304) in San Francisco Bay, April 23, 1944
HMNZS Leander (75)
https://ift.tt/35UYi9a HMNZS Leander was a light cruiser which served with the Royal New Zealand Navy during World War II. She was the lead ship of the Leander class. The ship initially served as HMS Leander in the Royal Navy before her transfer to New Zealand in 1937. In 1945, the ship was returned to the Royal Navy as HMS Leander and was involved in the Corfu Channel incident. The ship was scrapped in 1950. History Leander wasContinue reading “HMNZS Leander (75)”
HMS/HMNZS Gambia
https://ift.tt/wmzZM9G HMNZS Gambia Gambia was ordered under the 1938 Naval Programme and was one of seven cruisers planned for this class. This was a new cruiser design for the Royal Navy and it met the requirements of the 1936 London Naval Treaty that restricted displacement to 8,000 tons. On 22 September 1943 HMNZS Gambia was commissionedContinue reading “HMS/HMNZS Gambia”
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