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Rocket Cruiser
A cruiser is a type of warship. Modern cruisers are generally the largest ships in a fleet after aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships, and can usually perform several operational roles from search-and-destroy to ocean escort to sea denial. The term "cruiser", which has been in use for several hundred years, has changed its meaning over time. During the Age of Sail, the term ''cruising'' referred to certain kinds of missions—independent scouting, commerce protection, or raiding—usually fulfilled by frigates or sloops-of-war, which functioned as the ''cruising warships'' of a fleet. In the middle of the 19th century, ''cruiser'' came to be a classification of the ships intended for cruising distant waters, for commerce raiding, and for scouting for the battle fleet. Cruisers came in a wide variety of sizes, from the medium-sized protected cruiser to large armored cruisers that were nearly as big (although not as powerful or as well-armored) as a pre-dreadnought b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Arkansas (CGN-41) At Sea In 1985
USS ''Arkansas'' may refer to one of these ships of the United States Navy named in honor of Arkansas, the 25th state. * , a screw steamer originally named the ''Tonawanda'' that served in the American Civil War. After that war, she was renamed ''Tonowanda'', and lost off Key Largo in 1866. * , an with a single gun turret. She was one of the last monitor (warship), monitors of the U.S. Navy, commissioned in 1902, but having her name changed to the USS ''Ozark'' in 1906. Scrapped in 1922. * , one of two s, commissioned in 1912. One of the oldest ships of World War II, she was expended and wrecked in an atomic bomb test at Bikini Atoll in July 1946, where her wreckage still lies. * , one of four nuclear marine propulsion, nuclear-powered guided missile cruisers; commissioned in 1980 and decommissioned in 1998. * , a future nuclear marine propulsion, nuclear-powered attack submarine, announced in June 2016. See also * {{DEFAULTSORT:Arkansas United States Navy ship names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
