Category Archives: Peru – Military

Light cruiser BAP Almirante Grau (CLM-81), circa 1970 

warshipnerd•57m ago The world’s last gun cruiser. After 65 years of service in the Dutch and Peruvian Navies, was finally decommissioned in 2017. Plans to preserve her as a museum fell through and she has sadly been scrapped.

Getting ready for RIMPAC! USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), Peruvian Navy tank landing ship BAP Pisco (AMP 156), Royal New Zealand Navy auxiliary ship HMNZS Aotearoa (A11), and USS Essex dock at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, July 3, 2026