Alaska-class cruiser

The Alaska-class were six large cruisers ordered before World War II for the United States Navy (USN), of which only two were completed and saw service late in the war. The USN designation for ships of the class was "large cruiser", a designation unique to the Alaska-class, and the majority of leading reference works refer to them as such. However, various other works have alternately described these ships as battlecruisers despite the USN having never classified them as such, and having actively discouraged the use of the term in describing the class. The Alaskas were all named after territories or insular areas of the United States, signifying their intermediate status between larger battleships and smaller heavy and light cruisers.

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1943 — 1947  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Alaska class
speed 33 knot, length 241.25 metre, length 246.43 metre, draft 8.26 metre, beam 28 metre, 9 12"/50 caliber Mark 8 gun, 34 Oerlikon 20 mm cannon, 12 5"/38 caliber gun, 56 Bofors 40 mm, 
large cruiser, New York Shipbuilding Corporation, United States Navy, United States, 

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  USS Alaska ⓘ
  1943 Alaska-class cruiser

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  USS Guam ⓘ
  1943 Alaska-class cruiser

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  USS Hawaii ⓘ
  1945 Alaska-class cruiser

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  USS Puerto Rico ⓘ
  planned United States Navy cruiser

Frameless

Pattern sheet, MS32 7C for Alaska class

Alaska class drawings

Pattern sheet, MS-32 1D for Alaska-class battlecruisers

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
object	watercraft		USS Alaska	large cruiser, Alaska-class cruiser	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Guam	large cruiser, Alaska-class cruiser	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Hawaii	large cruiser, Alaska-class cruiser	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Puerto Rico	Alaska-class cruiser, large cruiser	Wikidata
commons	image		Pattern sheet, MS32 7C for Alaska class		Commons
commons	image		Alaska class drawings		Commons
commons	image		Pattern sheet, MS-32 1D for Alaska-class battlecruisers		Commons