it has been cautious about selling capital ships, including battleships and aircraft carriers. -The most notable transfer was the USS Phoenix, which became the ARA General Belgrano and was sunk ...
The wreck of a US aircraft carrier that was sunk during World ... "Lexington was on our priority list because she was one of the capital ships that was lost during WWII," Vulcan spokesman Robert ...
These fast battleships, initially designed to escort aircraft carriers and engage enemy capital ships, were refitted with modern electronics and armed with Tomahawk cruise missiles and Harpoon ...
It was the 20th century's most numerous class of capital warships ... gave the ships much enhanced survivability Between 1943 and 1950, the 24 carriers were constructed at shipyards in Newport ...