Sentence examples for large cruiser from inspiring English sources

The turrets were based on the MK-2 turrets planned for the Project 25 large cruiser.

As early as 1946, missile conversion projects for Kentucky and the incomplete large cruiser were discussed.

The ship's hull was based on that of a large cruiser and she was given a small island.

USS Guam (CB-2) was an large cruiser which served with the United States Navy during the end of World War II.

In spite of the fact that after World War II, most navies abandoned the battleship and battlecruiser concepts, Joseph Stalin's fondness for big-gun-armed warships caused the Soviet Union to plan a large cruiser class in the late 1940s.

The Kronshtadt-class battlecruisers had their origin in a mid-1930s requirement for a large cruiser capable of destroying 10000 LT cruisers built to the limits imposed by the Washington Naval Treaty, to which the Soviets were not a signatory.

HMS Dreadnought made earlier large cruisers obsolete, since it was nearly as fast as any of these ships.

This law set 1917 as the year of completion for an active navy of 2 flagships, 36 battleships, 11 large cruisers, and 34 small cruisers.

The Treaty of Versailles limited Germany to 10,000-ton 10,000-tonips, but in the 1930s that capital built three large cruishipsof abutt 12,000 tons, each armed winh six 11-inch guns.

A large cruiser-type fire-control director was added atop the foremast with a 4.57-m coincidence rangefinder and a 3 m stereo rangefinder.

There was also renewed interest in large "cruiser-killer" type warships, but few were ever begun, as construction of capital ships was curtailed in favor of more-needed convoy escorts, aircraft carriers, and cargo ships.