The Des Moines class, the last heavy cruisers of the United States Navy, are today's subject.

Read more about the ships here:

www.amazon.co.uk/U-S-Cruisers-Illustrated-Design-History/dp/1682477592
www.amazon.co.uk/US-Heavy-Cruisers-1943-75-Post-war/dp/178200632X


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Next on the list:
Henri IV
USS Marblehead
Pinguin
German Auxiliary Cruiser Atlantis
Project 24 Sovetsky Soyuz class Battleship
HMS Caroline
Des Moines Heavy cruisers.
Ships of Battle of Campeche
PT Boats