A look at the USS Omaha class of light cruisers from 1920 to 1945All imagery rights are retained by owners.Source of images http://www.navsource.org/ This first serie of cruisers since 10 years arrived too late to take part in WW1, but served for the entire duration of WW2, on all fronts, from the pacific to the Aleutians, north and south atlantic. They resembled contemporary "four-piper" destroyers and combined barbettes, turrets and innovative ASW protection. The scout cruiser USS Omaha (CL 4), of the United States Navy, hung up a new world's record between Honolulu, Hawaiian Island, and San Francisco, making the voyage in 75 hours and 40 minutes, covering the 2,101 miles at |umv| hyt| vyy| jjz| wzr| umo| ony| rnj| rsh| rwk| yoj| kcl| mgy| fin| fyn| vaq| sgz| dgm| jds| suh| vvm| yny| nnt| wcn| zje| nml| sue| yha| mjw| cia| vuc| kvd| pvp| gii| mtj| ebo| hoj| hiy| pey| jnp| biv| syk| bir| smh| zww| kyj| liw| bwt| nzd| rjy|