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Henri IV

The second ship of the Guépratte-class, the Henri IV was completed just a month prior to the fall of paris in June 1942.

It has become obvious that France would fall months before she was completed, and as she was fitting out, the entirity of the Bank of France Gold Bullion was loaded onto her. While 'formally' deployed with the Saint Louis to the West Indies with several high profile French capital ships (primarily the Normandie, and Triomphant), the real reason was obvious- they were to sail to Halifax Canada as soon as France was to fall. Unloading the bullion for safe keeping, the small fleet sailed south towards Martinique.

The Henri IV's crew, while anti-Vichy, had little inclination to join Britain. Reaching Martinique, the US government pressured Martinique to intern her so that she would not fall into German hands. She along with several of other French Captial Ships would remain out of Vichy control until the US entered the war.

The French sailors were very pro-American, and at the announcement of the US entry, they flew American Flags, and burned Nazi flags on her deck.
Minnesota-class

Minnesota-class overvias the first American Battleship to meet the 35,000 tonnes limit of the Washington

## Minnesota-Class

### Builders

Norfolk Naval Yard, Philadelphina Naval Yard

## Anti-Aircraft

(15x4) 40mm Bofors

(15x2) 20mm Oerlikons

## Sensors

XCAM-13

Treaty. Built on a shortened South Dakota-style hull, the Minnesota-class was the first battleship to mount 3 16in guns in a turret. To reduce weight, they were mounted in a common cradle.
The class served as under the same reasoning of Britains reasoning to build the Nelson-class. Which is, a lighter variant to conserve the costs, so that the extra ships of the South Dakota class wouldn't be scrapped.
They suffered from a separated belt, with the belt being 2in thicker around the turrets.

Replacing the Florida-class, the Minnesota class resembled later generation US battleships such as the South Dakota-class and North Carolina.
However, with their typical standard battleship design, they were very slow, and they barely met the Treaty standards.
Kii-class

IJN Owari in drydock, 1938

## Anti-Aircraft

(17x3) 25mm/60 Type96

(16x2) 40mm Bofors "Chi" Type98

(8x2) 100mm/65 Type 98

The Kii-class was the third class of Japanese Battleships built in accordance with the 8-8 plan. Largely based on the Amagi-class Battlecruiser, which in itself was based heavily on the Tosa-class, the Kii-class became the iconic ship of the Japanese Navy.

The Kii-class was armed with 16.1in guns, mounted in tandem in 5 turrets. The class was divided in 2, with the Kii and Owari being equipped with 16x 140mm secondaries mounted in casemates, as was typical at the time.

However, the Kai sub-class instead ditched 8 of the 140mm casemates, instead having 100mm turrets. The Kii and Owari would later be refit with this improvement during their 1933 and 1934 overhaul respectively.

With information pertaining to the USN conversion of the USS Concorde and the USS Constitution into full Aircraft Carriers, and the launching of the converted HMS Invincible and HMS Invincible, the Imperial Admiralty chose to convert the 60% complete Izu into a full battlecarrier, drawing inspiration from the HMS Invincible.

Overall, the Kii-class was a well armed brawler, and nearly identical in size to the British Saint Andrew-class Battleships. Both classes were nearly 50000 tonnes, but while the Saint Andrew mounted massive 18in guns, the Kii-class remained with 16in guns.

## Ships In Class

IJN Kii 1923

IJN Owari

IJN Kai

IJN Izu (BattleCarrier Conversion)
IJN Kii (1923)

The IJN Kii, was the leadship of the Kii-class battleship. Ordered in 1921, as apart of a mass Japanese naval build up program (the famed 8-8 fleet scheme).
Built with 16.1in guns, Kii was the largest and heaviest warship in the world at the time of her commissioning, weighing in at nearly 50,000 tones.
This was much to the anger of the western powers, as this was just as the Washington Naval treaty was shaping up with a 35000 ton limit.

The Kii first saw action in 1935, when she was deployed alongside her sisters to bombard Chinese costal cities.

Kii would also be the Japanese ship present at the 1937 British Jubilee, where she towered over her compatriots.

In 1941, she would be the Flagship of the Strike fleet sent to attack Pearl Harbor.

Sunk by USS Alliance 1948
Hindenburg-class

## Anti-Aircraft

16x- 37 mm SK C/30

24x- 20mm FlaK 30

8x- 55mm L/77 Gerät Zweillung

4x- 55mm L/77 Gerät

## Sensors

FuMO 23

Model 26

Model 213

Model 30

The Hindenburg-class is famous for having the only German ship to cross into the pacific 'fleet' during the war, but in reality the Hindenburg-class was one of the most successful classes of cruisers bar none.
With there high speed and impressive armament, the Hindenburg’s was employed as a commerce raiders, finding success in the Northern Sea and Mediterranean.
Additionally, they were designed as a defensive unit in the than concept of North Sea Oil Drilling.

With 4 triple turrets, no doubt inspired by the ever increasingly large cruiser class ships of other nations, the Hindenburg was the top of its class when it came to commerce raiding.

## Ships In Class

* Hindenburg
* Haus
* Hollmann
* Bülow
Retribution-class

## Anti-Aircraft

6x- 20 barrel unrotated projectiles

32x- QF 2pdr 40mm Mk.VIII "Pom Poms"

(5x4) 0.5in Vickers Machine Gun

24x- 20mm Oerlikon AA guns

8x- 40mm Bofors

## Sensors

2x- Type 273

4x- Type 285

6x- Type 282

4x- Type 274

2x- Type 279B

2x- Type 79

As the last class of battlecrusiers built by the British, the Retribution-class had the speed of a destroyer, the armament of a Battleship, and the armor of a cruiser. In essence a perfect Battlecruiser. Armed with the 14in guns found on the KGV, the Retributions gained the superior accuracy that the KGV was known for.

The Retribution was largely based on the machinery of the KGV, while the hull design was a completely new design. The Retribution was the first British warship featuring a truncated stern. The internal subdivision and hull design later inspired the Vanguard-class battleship.

In fact, the Vanguard has been viewed as an armored variant of the Retribution, even though the Retribution was armed with newer guns.

While the large criticism of Battlecruisers in WW1 is they had to rely on larger battleships in battle, the British Admiralty decided that a Battlecruiser would be a cheap (in comparison to another battleship) supplementary offensive force in a battle.

However, they would serve in WW2 as superior escorts, as they were refitted in 1941 with a heavy AA suite.

The Retributions were based off the up coming Lion class, having a similar truncated stern. In fact, their armament and internal subdivision would later inspire the Vanguard-class battleships.

The Retribution marked the end of British Battlecruisers, but were a fine send off for the type.

## Ships in Class

HMS Retribution (52)

HMS Resistance (93)

HMS Resolute (84)

HMS Resolve (42)
Operation Downfall

Pre Op: Tanegashima, Yakushima, and the Koshikijima Islands

Operation Pastel

## Operation Olympic

X-Day Landing at Kyūshū, began at 5:00am January 3, 1950. Flagship USS Alliance.

Capture cities of Miyazaki, Ariake, and Kushikino

1. USS Seattle
2. USS Indiana
3. USS Connecticut
4. USS Hawaii

## Operation Coronet

Y-Day Landing, March 31, 1950. Flagship USS Constellation

Constellation Taskforce - Sugura Bay

1. USS Constellation
2. USS Consititution
3. (need a few more carriers)
4. Battleship?
5. few more cruisers
6. USS Seattle
IJN Izu

The Izu was the fourth Kii-class hull laid down in 1923. Halfway through construction, Japanese intelligence indicated that the American admiralty had decided to convert the Constitution and Concorde to CVs. This, combined with the information that the British Indomitable would be completed as a full carrier, led to the Izu being completed as a carrier.

However, since the forward guns had already been fitted, the Izu was completed as a battlecarrier, with her forward guns being retained while the rear of the ship was plated over as an armored carrier.

This led the Izu being one of the most strategically important warship of the Japanese navy. She was the only Japanese warship capable of handling full carrier operations (even though she had a limited hanger capacity), and shelling targets, making her ideal for invasions, as she could provide air support, and shell targets.

Instead of having to deploy a full carrier, and a large Battleship, the Izu could be deployed with a light escort carrier and be able to serve the same purpose.
Her armored deck was extremely resilient, which led to her outlasting many of Japan's other carriers.
Her hardiness later inspired the Settsu (a full carrier conversion of a Yamato class Battleship) to be heavily armored.

Flagship of small fleet sent to attack French Indochina in May 1940, sinking Gascogne. She would oversee landing operations that would see French Indochina captured. Accompanied by IJN Yamashiro.

Present at Siege of Adak Island, encountering USS Pennsylvania, sunk by aircraft from USS Shangri-La.
HMS King George V

Only ship to not undergo refit with 15in guns

## Badge

Perfect ship to later be fit with Missile's in her "B" Turret, in 1957, and refit again in 1979.

Sinks IJN Ashitaki with HMS Monarch in 1941 in the Mediterranean.

Would hunt down the Charles Martel with the HMS Illustrious after the crew attempted to mutiny against British internment in Ceylon, 1942.

Would take fire from Charles Martel's secondaries and AA guns, but was undamaged, and return fire would destroy Charles Martel's #2 main battery
Krasny Tovarishch

Krasny Tovarishch was a massive Soviet Aircraft Carrier, based off the cancelled hull of the sister ship to battleship *Sovietsky Soyuz**.* Actually enlarged over the Sovietsky Soyuz-class carrier, the *Krasny Tovarishch* remains the Soviet Navy's largest warship ever commissioned.

The Krasny Tovarishch did not suffer from many of the problems that plagued her battleship sister, due to her non-rushed construction period, and from insights gained from wartime experience.

With a Hanger capacity of 112 aircraft, the Tovarishch was comparable in size to the Midway-class aircraft carrier. However, the actual aviation capabilities of the Tovarishch was heavily hindered by inefficiencies in the *Tovarishch's* layout and command.

Sharing an identical aviation management as the smaller

In reality, the Tovarisch was o
Kamikaku-class

## Anti-Aircraft

62x- 25mm AA cannon

22x- 100mm/65 Type 98

The second largest Aircraft Carriers of the IJN, they were about identical in size to the U.S. Midway class.
However, they were famous for mainly carrying torpedo bombers, with smaller aircraft carriers carrying fighters.
They were the first carriers with the new breed of Octagonal Tower, no doubt a trait carried over from Battleship design.
After the conversion of the U.S. Carriers to angled decks, the Japanese decided to mimic them, resulting in the gradual conversion of the class from 1946 till 1948.
It is widely considered that Japan should've spent more time building Kamikaku-class carriers, instead of the Yezo and Izumo Battleships.

## Ships In Class

* IJN Kamikaku

* IJN Hakuryū
* IJN Kuroryū
* IJN Tenhō
Italian Navy

Wins the African Campaign in 1943, and manages to remain in power until France is liberated in 1946, and a French invasion with American support blasts thru Africa.

Surrenders August 8, 1947

## Battleships

### Conte di Cavour-class

* Conte di Cavour
* Giulio Cesare
* Leonardo da Vinci

### Andrea Dorea-class

* Andrea Dorea
* Caio Duilio

### Francesco Caracciolo-class

* Francesco Caracciolo
* Cristoforo Colombo
* Marcantonio Colonna
* Francesco Morosini

### Littorio-class

* Littorio
* Vittorio Veneto
* Roma
* Imperio

### Centurio-class

* Centurio
* Fasces
* Aureus

## Aircraft Carriers

* *Conte di Savoia (converted Ocean Liner)*

### Aquila-class

* Aquila
* Falco

## Cruisers

### Michelangelo Buonarroti-class Battlecruiser

* Michelangelo Buonarroti

* Marcius Agrippa

Zara-class

### Udine-class Heavy Cruiser

* Udine

* Napoli
Kronshtadt-class

Profile Image of the Kronstadt

## Anti-Aircraft

6 × 4 - 37-millimeter (1.5 in)

The Kronshtadt Class Battlecruiser was the lighter Soviet counterpart to the Sovetskaya Rossiya-class battleship.
While the Frunze was intended to use B-38 16in guns, time overruns led to 15in guns from Germany being imported to use. The Kronshtadts were specifically built to counter the threat of the german Bismarck-class.
However, with the Kronshtadt, the B-38 guns were prepared in time for use on this class.

Mounted in 3 double turrets, they were essentially a cheaper, faster, less armored, and heavier gunned version of the Frunze.

The two ships of the class, Kronshtadt and Sevastopol were both laid down in April of 1938. Both ships would be commisioned in the fall of 1943, after the Nazi Invasion of Russia.

In turn, the Kronstadt were deployed to the North Sea, and Black Sea, attacking Nazi surface ships, while the Sevastapol was deployed to the Pacific theater.

## Ships in Class

Kronshtadt

Sevastopol
Fearless-class

HMS Fearless at Malta, 1946

## Anti-Aircraft

72x- 2 pounder Pom poms

20x- 20mm Oerlikons

12x- 40mm Bofors

## Sensors

Type 281 Air Warning Radar

Type 273 Surface Warning Radar

Type 284 Radar

4x- Type 285 Gunnery Fire-control Radar

6x- Type 282 Pom Pom Air Directories

The Fearless class of battleships were a response to the intiment threat of war. With the delay of the development on the Lion-class 16in guns, and the enlargement of the German navy, 2 solutions were developed. A 45,000 tonne ship with 15in guns in storage (which would become the Vanguard). And a 52,000 tonne KGV successor. With war build up reaching a breaking point, both solutions were developed.

Built as an enlarged KGV-class ship, they had 4 quadruple turrets of 14in guns. The design studies were started as soon as KGV was ordered, as a possible counter to the enlarged German navy. However, due to the KGV being just ordered, and with similar requirements, and lack in change in British naval doctrine, the Fearless class was designed quite quickly and highly resembled the KGV.

While the KGV had been built as a treaty warship, the lack of other national obedience spurred the British to develop a 52,000 tonne battleship.

The Fearless-class was of exceptional quality, as much of their design was incorporated from the KGV. Their construction was relatively quick considering the economic demands of war, but they all entered service after the Second Battle of Jutland.
While originally intended to use 15in guns, the excellent quality of the 14in guns on the KGV, and with the 15in guns being used for the Vanguards, and the development problems with the 16in guns in the Lions led to turrets almost identical to the KGV being used.
Ordered with war on the immediate horizon, the Fearless class helped replenish the British fleet after Jutland.
Once in the war effort, the Fearless's became the backbone of the British battleship fleet. of and were deployed to every theater.
To maintain the same speed as the KGVs, the Fearless were equipped with additional Boilers, leading to a distinctive third funnel.

The area between the funnels became used for air operations, until 1946, when the ships were each heavily refitted leading to more AA and 5.25 turrets being attached.

During the war, while KGV ships were refit with 15in guns, the Fearless class were unable to accompany this refit.

## Ships in Class

HMS Fearless (83)

HMS Enterprise (20)
Campaigns

## Pacific:

* Saigon Defense (French Loss) - 1940
* Java Sea (Japanese Victory) - 1940
* Battle of Cocos Islands (Japanese Victory)
* First Battle of Midway 1942 (Japanese Victory)
* Battle of Coral Sea 1942 (American Victory)
* Second Battle of Midway 1943 (Allied Victory))
* Battle of Java Sea (Allied Victory) - 1943
* Battle for Australia (Japanese defeat) (1946)
* Battle off Korean Peninsula 1946 (Soviet defeat)
* Marshall Islands 1947 (Allied Victory)
* Guadalcanal - 1947 (Allied Victory)
* Battle of the Marianas - 1948 (US Victory)
* Battle of Leyte Gulf - 1948 (US Victory)
* Raid on Panama Canal - 1948 (Japanese Victory)
* Battle of Philippines 1948 (US Victory)
* Iwo Jima - 1949 (US Victory)
* X-Day Landings - 1950 (US Victory)

## Atlantic/North Sea

* Battle of Denmark Straight 1942 - German Victory/Loss
* Battle of Falkland Islands 1945 - British Victory
* D-Day 1947

## Mediterranean

Battle of Toulon - 1941

Raid of Malta - 1941

Battle of Crete - 1944 (Italian Victory)

Battle of Cyprus - 1946
Antietam-class

USS Antietam as she appeared in 1945

## Anti-Aircraft

(36x1) 20mm Oerlikons

(16x4) 40mm Bofors

## Sensors

The Antietam-class was a class of battlecruisers compromised of 2 ships, the USS Antietam and USS Gettysburg. Both ships were heavily based on the North Carolina-class of Battleships.

The Antietam-class was based on a heavily modified plan for the North Carolina that called for 14in guns.

The USS Antietam was deployed to the Pacific Fleet while the USS Gettysburg was primarily deployed to the Atlantic fleet.

Ships in Class:

USS Antietam

USS Gettysburg
HMS Unicorn

## Badge

Crete symbol, over a tudor flag, on a field of red

The HMS Unicorn was the 3rd ship of the Minotaur-class of light cruisers. The HMS Unicorn served her career exclusively in the Pacific Theater, transferring there immediately after her sea trials came to a close.

While transferring to the Pacific along with her recently commissioned sister HMS Centurion, and the newly refitted Heavy cruiser HMS Collingwood, a German U-boat managed to torpedo the HMS Collingwood while transiting the Gibraltar Straight.

The HMS Unicorn and Centurion quickly reacted and started trying to hunt the offending U-boat. While it was believed the Unicorn had sunk the U-boat, when a large oil slick rose to the surface where the Unicorn had extensively depth charged, it was discovered later that the Type XXIII U-boat had, in fact, just released decoy oil.

While not in critical damage, the Collingwood would make port in Malta to make repairs. However, with repairs slated to take at least a month, the HMS Unicorn and HMS Centurion were ordered to continue sail.

This would be the only action the HMS Unicorn would ever see in the Atlantic, and even then it was really in the Mediterranean theater.

Reaching Ceylon to undergo refueling in November 1948, the HMS Unicorn would be deployed to a taskforce compromised of \_\_\_\_
Admiral-class Battlecruiser

HMS Hood as she would have appeared in 1942

## Anti-Aircraft

(4x1) QF 4-inch Mk I anti-aircraft guns

The Admiral-class of battlecruiser were a trio of warships built by the royal navy in the aftermath of WW1. While originally the Admiralty planned on building Warrior-class battlecruisers and Saint Andrew-class battleships, a go between warship was designed based on the Queen Elizabeth-class battleship.

The resulting Admiral-class (so called because every ship was named after an royal navy admiral), was a 45,000 tonne design, with a top speed of 32 knots. The 4 ships in class were to be called Hood, Anson, Howe, and Rodney.

While 4 ships were originally planned, only one was completed to specification. With the impending Washington Treaty coming into effect, and many nations disgruntled over the continued construction of the Warrior-class and Saint Andrew Class, work was suspended on the Admiral class.

While all 4 were laid down, only the lead ship, HMS Hood, would be completed to specification. At the time of cancellation, the Hood was 72% complete. The following Anson, and Howe were cancelled at 50% and 30% completion respectively.

The Hood was launched to much fanfare, as she was considered the last elegant royal navy warship.

Only 10% complete, the Rodney was scrapped completely. While Anson and Howe were cancelled, little effort was made to scrap the vessels, with more money being spent on maintenance of the incomplete hulls over actually scrapping the hulls.

In 1924, with work starting on the conversion of 2 Lexington-class battlecruisers, the admiralty decided to rename and convert the incomplete hulls into a new type of warship called a battlecarrier.

With the first of its type being the Courageous-class during WW1, the hulls were to be completed with a 600 ft long flight deck, and the forward 2 turrets remaining.

Work resumed on converting the newly rechristened Invincible and Indomitable in 1926. However, the plans for the Indomitable were changed again. The Indomitable was instead converted into a full length carrier, with a flight deck 800ft long.

All used as the bleeding edge of the Royal Navy (as these perfectly filled the role of a capital warship, without having to risk of a sneak attack on a Saint Andrew-class or Warrior-class), the Admiral-class is fondly remember as one of the best classes of warships of all time.

## Ships in Class:

* HMS Hood (51)
* HMS Invincible (59)
* HMS Indomitable (63)
* HMCS Canada
Moltke

The Moltke was the final Bismarck class battleship completed. While 2 more where originally planned, the developments of the Tegetthoff-class led to these being cancelled.
The Moltke was completed to the Tirptz sub class improvements, but with one intresting change.
Instead of the relatively legendary 15in guns of the other ships, Moltke was completed with the turrets of theScharnhorst-class, after they had been refitted with twin 15in guns of the Bismarck class in 1942.
Directly using the triple 11in guns of the Gneisenau and Scharnhorst, the Moltke was completed otherwise to spec of a Tirpitz sub class ship.
This gave the Moltke a very intresting profile, and helped replace the loss of a few of Germany's ships.

She was mostly used for lighter convoy duty, along with Merchant raids. In fact, Moltke was such a successful Merchant Raider, the Kreigsmarine heavily consider either refitting one of her sister ships into the same configuration, or building an entirely new ship like her

Sunk by HMS Indomitable aircraft
HMS Queen Mary

The lead ship of the Queen Mary-class of Battleships, the HMS Queen Mary was the only ship of her class to share the 406mm guns from the previous Lion-class.

Unlike her 18in armed sisters, the Queen Mary served a relatively mudane service carrier

## Service history:

Helps protect convoy alongside HMS Thunderer, HMS Prince of Wales after loss of USS Washington to Tegetthoff and Tirpitz, 1946

1948 - Flagship in the East Pacific, alongside battleships HMS Superb, HMS Anson, and the fleet carriers HMS Africa and HMS Formidable. Along with the heavy cruiser HMS Vigilant
IJN Nantai

The IJN Nantai is the the fourth Ishikari-class battlecruiser. Originally laid down in 1944, her construction was put on hold as the factory producing the 12.1in guns was bombed during an American raid.

While her turrets were completed, the decision was made to convert her into an aircraft carrier.

Her Turrets would later be taken out of storage, and modified to take 18in guns and used on her sister IJN Yoshino.

## Service History

The IJN Nantai was attached to the Indian Ocean Fleet under Rear Admiral \_\_\_\_ on his flagship IJN Zuiryū.

### Battle of Maldvies

On February 6, 1948 the IJN Nantai was attached to a task force in charge of repelling a rumored British invasion of the Maldvies.

The IJN Nantai came under fire by

was sunk in the Straight of Malacca by a US submarine on March 17, 1949.
Kriegsmarine

The Kreigsmarine was heavily gutted under the terms of the Versailles treaty of WW1.
Left with 2 admittably modern battleships, a couple horribly outdated cruisers, and a single battlecruiser. After the war, under the Washington Treaty the New Wagner Republic was only allowed 2 new battleships, 2 battlecruisers, and 1 Carrier.

In 1932, significant oil reserves were discovered in the Baltic Sea. This became a signficiant pressure point, as baltic states expanded aggresively into the sea. During Hitler's rise, and apart of the Nazi rearmament, the Naval arm was a huge part of that plan to ensure Nazi oil supplies.
During the 1930s, the Kreigsmarine would develop some of the finest battleships, and cruisers. Germany would also be one of the first mainland European power to develop a full Aircraft carrier.
The German navy was also in possession of the largest and most advanced fleet of Submarines. By Wars end, the Germans were building some of the finest submarines in underground mountain submarine bases.

## Battleships

### *Deutschland-*class

* *Hannover*
* *Schleswig-Holstein*
* *Schlesien*

### Bayern-class Battleship

* Bayern
* Baden
* Sachsen (Cancelled, scrapped 1921)
* Württemberg (cancelled, converted into Barracks Ship)

### Nassau-class

* Nassau
* Rhineland
* Weissach (Cancelled after fire)
* Ersatz Brandenburg (Cancelled)

### Sharnhorst-class

* Scharnhorst
* Gneisenau
* Brandenburg

### Bismarck-class

* Bismarck (sunk 1944)
* Tirpitz (sunk 1946)
* Derfflinger
* Moltke (subclass) (sunk 1947)

### Hutton-Class

* Hutton
* Berlichingen
* Nettelbeck

### Tegetthoff-class

* Tegetthoff
* FriedrichderGroße

## Aircraft Carriers

### Graf Zeppelin-class

* Graf Zeppelin
* Peter Straßer
* Hoeppner
* Shütte-Lanz

### Immelmann-class

* Immelmann
* Richtofen
* Boelcke
* Udet
* Berthold
* Voss
* Grser

### Jade-class (converted class of Ocean Liner)

* Jade (former SS *Gneisenau*)
* Elbe (former SS Potsdam)
* Weser (Former SS Scharnhorst)

### Converted Ocean Liners:

* Europa (former SS Europa)
* Bremen (former SS Bremen)

## Battle Cruiser

### Mackensen-class

* Mackensen (Converted into CV)
* Prinz Eitel Ferdinand
* Yorck (Turned into Utrecht)

### Lutzow-class

* Lützow (ex-Deutschland)
* Admiral Scheer
* Von Der Tann
* Graf Fitti (converted into Battlecarrier)

### Clausewitz-class

* Clausewitz
* Lilienstern
* Seydlitz

## Cruisers

### Königsberg-class Light Cruiser

* Königsberg
* Karlsruhe
* Köln

### Leipzig-class Light Cruiser

* Leipzig
* Nürnberg

### Admiral Hipper-class Heavy Cruiser

* Admiral Hipper
* Blücher
* Prinz Eugen
* Elbing (Given to Soviets in 1939 - finished and commissioned as *Tallinn)*

### Roon-class Heavy Cruiser

* Roon
* Pommern

### Hindenburg-class Heavy Cruiser

* Hindenburg
* Haus
* Hollmann
* Bülow
Michigan-class

## Anti-Aircraft

(16x4) Bofors 40mm

100x- Oerlikons 20mm

(8x2) 3in/70 Mark 26

## Sensors

One of the final USN battleship designs, the Michigan-class was not a groundbreaking design, instead being was essentially amounted to a stretched Iowa-class with 4 turrets. Being substantially longer then the Iowa and Montana-class, the Michigan-class was very large and very capable.

While maintenance costs eventually forced the ship into a relatively early retirement over the Iowa-class, the ships would serve a semi-illustrious career.

## Background:

After an American reconnaissance flight over the Kure Naval Arsenal revealed a massive hidden dry dock, Naval Strategist's believed Japan was working on a 'Super-Carrier', even larger then the preceding Kaizoku-class aircraft carrier.

This led to the ordering of what would become the Constellation-class Aircraft Carriers. However, subsequent recon pictures in 1943 revealed 15 large guns outside of the covered dry dock, identical to the "18.1 in" guns on the Yezo-class.

US Naval Intelligence indicated the Izumo was armed with the 18.1in guns of the preceding Aki-class and Yezo-class battleships. While in reality these ships were armed with 20.1in guns, this was not discovered until after the wars end.

While it was believed that the Yezo-class and Aki-class were equipped with 18.1in guns, it was believed that the 16in Super Heavy AP shells fired by the Iowa-class and Montana-class would be capable of countering these ships.

Fearing that the currently under construction of the Iowa-class and Montana-class would be dramatically outmatched by 15 18in guns, traditional Battleship supporters in Congress leaped at the chance to push for another battleship class to be ordered.

## Ships In Class

The ships in class would serve extremely mediocre service lives.

* USS Michigan (BB-71)
* USS South Carolina (BB-72)
* USS Oregon (BB-73)
Krasynn Oktyaber

Krasynn was laid down as the Imperator Nikolai I in 1914. While she was captured by the Germans in March 1918, but the Germans had little reason to complete the battleship. Later, she remained in Nikolayev during the Russian civil war, and after the Soviets gained power, she was initially set for sale, until late-1922, when she was finally completed in 1923.
Afterwards, she served mainly with the Black Sea fleet, as the flagship. She was renamed after the October Revolution, as a symbol of the glorious Soviet uprising.
By 1933 it became clear that she needed to be refurbished, so the decision was made to update her fire systems, and other sensors.

However, in 1938 it became clear that war was looming. Put to Port again for refit, she was equiped with a widened torpedo bulge for stability. Additionally, new AA systems were installed, and a Atlantic bow was added for better stability. Finally, the 12in turrets were replaced with a newer design, which had a higher firing rate.

The newly refit Krasynn Oktyabr was the flagship of the Black Fleet until 1942 when the newly refitted Svoboda took over. The Krasynn Oktyabr was present at the Battle of Black Sea, where she sank the German cruiser Koenigsberg. However, she later took a hit from the Gneisenau, which took out a huge amount of electrical systems and crippled her navigation systems.
She was towed to Kiev, where she remained till early 1943.
Returning to action, she was takes to escort allied merchants to the northern sea ports.

Engaging with Germans several times, she sank several submarines and destroyers. Later tasked to help in the defense of Sevastapool, She Used her main guns, and AA fire, she helped destroy several Panzer units, and aircraft. However, she fled when it came clear Sevastapool would fall.
Later that year, after a patrol in which she sank several German merchants, she was torpedoed by U-72 on April 7th, 1942.
Sent to port, she missed the Second battle of Jutland (though it's doubtful that she would've participated anyway).
Repaired in 1943 it was decided to move her to the Black Sea as a training ship, to help train sailors for the Frunze-class, and Sovietski Soyuz-class battleships. Replacing her as flagship was the cruiser Murmansk.
In late 1944 after some of Frunze-class battleships had been built, she was mostly left in reserve, patrolling the Black Sea.
However, on the eve of December 12th, 1945 she was torpedoed three times by U-3007. She capsized 100km off the coast of Istanbul.
Tegetthoff

The Tegetthoff - Also known as Pride of Hitler- was the leadship of the Tegetthoff-class Battleships, the first and only class of German supership.

sinks USS Washington (BB-61) august 6,1946 in commerece raid alongside the Tirpitz .

Siege of Malta Sinks HMS Fearless.

Torpedoed by a Russian Submarine, and severely damages the propellers leading to a vibration that wrecks the delicate gearing of the turbine engines.

Sunk by strike aircraft from HMS New Zealand in 1947 off of Iceland
USS Antietam

The USS Antietam was the lead ship of the Antietam-class battlecruiser, and the first battlecruiser commisioned since the USS Ranger in 1926. The Antietam served primarily in the Pacific fleet.

Present at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the USS Antietam was heavily damaged in the subsequent air attack. While she was supposed to be deployed on a neutrality patrol with the USS Enterprise, when her port propeller struck an unknown underwater object, and would lead to her being docked while the USS Ranger was deployed as her escort.

While not accounted for on the Japanese battleplan, after the first wave, pilots reported to Admiral Yamamoto that a large unknown American Battleship was in a dry dock.

This last minute change led to more bombers targeting the Antietam. The rounds dropped by the Japanese would be hypereffective against the Antietam, penetrating and destroying her rear turret, and lighting a fire on her superstructure

Additionally, an explosion from a close miss blew the Antietam off the drydock blocks, leading to her port deck hitting and being crushed by the side of the dock. This would heavily damage the port side of her. This, combined with a torpedo destroying the dry dock locks in the third wave would cause the Antietam be submerged up to the base of her turrets.

With the rise of water, the Antietam started to float, but due to her angle, she was seen as being a capsize risk, so her lower decks were flooded so she would effectively sink in place. In total, approximately 75 men would be killed in the attack aboard the Antietam.

Afterwards, it was discovered that she had been improperly positioned on the Dry Dock blocks, which allowed her to be blown off the supports.

For the rest of her service life, her port side would be noticeably crushed in, and the ship would have to maintain a decent amount of starrboard helm to maintain a straight course.

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Marat

Would deploy troops to prevent chinese refugees from flooding into Port Arthur, 1937

Transfers to Baltic to undergo refit in 1938, attached to Baltic fleet under Flagship *Svoboda*.

On November 30, 1939 shells Helsinki alongside Battleships *Svoboda*, *General Alekseyev,* Battlecruisers *Navarin*, *Krasnaya Zvezda*, along with the cruisers *Kirov, Chervona Ukraina*

Sunk during Port Arthur raid 1944.
Izmail

The Izmail was the lead ship of the Izmail-class Aircraft carrier. The Izmail was one of the more successful Soviet Carriers. She would serve a long illustrious career as apart of the Soviet Navy.

She would be the lightest of the Izmail-class carriers, as she was the only ship of the class that would receive welded joints as opposed to riveted joints.

The practise was seen as too time consuming which led to her being commissioned nearly a year after the second ship of the class Ulyanovsk would be commissioned.

The Izmail would be the first soviet carrier to have a jet aircraft land and take off, and would be extensively refit during the 1950s with these.

## WW2 Service

Once commisioned in the Spring of 1944, she would become the flagship of the Russo-Pacific Fleet, based out of Port Arthur. After the Japanese 1943 air raid on Port Arthur, that would see the battleships Marat, and Svobodnaya Rossiya sunk, alongside the carrier Gromov sunk, and the heavy damaging of the new battleship Sovetskaya Rossiya, it was decided that the need for several russian carrier groups were necessary in the Pacific.

The Izmail (alongside the Battlecruiser Sevastapol) were the first of the capital ships to reach the Pacific, with the other 2 carriers (Arkhangelsk, and Politovsky) being transferred the following year after the North Atlantic Passage thawed.

In an event known as Operation Krasynn More (Red Sea) the Izmail managed to make a breakout dash past the Korean Penisula to Port Arthur.

The Izmail's first call to arms was in the Yellow Sea, where she, alongside the battlecruiser Sevastopol, managed to sink a lone Japanese Cruiser IJN Miune.

Would sink Hakuryū 1947, and the Kirishima 1946.

## Cold War

Maintained Constant Pressure on the US Campaign in Korea, with MiGs constantly buzzing American aircraft. Refit into helicopter carrier in 1965, retired 1970 and scrapped in 1972
Long Beach-class

## Anti-Aircraft

(18x4) 40mm Bofors

(45x1) 20mm Oerlikons

The Long Beach-class battlecruiser, was a class of 3 battlecruisers ordered just after the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor. A built up version of the previous Alaska-class, the Long Beach class used the same 12in / 50 caliber guns of the Alaska, in 4 triple turrets.

Weighing in at 38,000 tonnes, this class was more similar to a minature Battleship, then anything remotely close to a cruiser.
However, her light armor and smaller armament led the case to be classified as a battlecruiser.
The Long Beach class was originally designed to use the same machinery as an Essex-class carrier. Instead, she would get the machinery from Midway-class carriers- themselves getting their machinary from the Montana-class Battleship. With 212,000 SHP, the Long Beach class was extraordinarily fast, reaching speeds of 35 knots.

Another separation from the Alaska-class battlecruiser preceding her was the inclusion of a Torpedo Buldge. This exponentially increased the surviability of the Long Beach-class, leading to the ships very easily shrugging off hits that would be devestating to the Alaska-class.

They were surprisingly protested by several members of congress, as they were seen as wasteful excess considering the ordering of the Montana class, and the recent design study of what would become the Michigan class.

However, they were exceptional warships, as they had the anti-air capabilities of a flotilla of cruisers, with the armament of cruisers. After the commissioning of the Key West, Congress considered ordering 2 more ships of the class, but instead chose to fund the Constellation-class CVA.

## Ships in Class

USS Long Beach (CC-5)

USS Key West (CC-6)

USS Hampton Roads (CC-7)
Reina Victoria Eugenia-class

The Original design for the RVE

## Anti-Aircraft

2 × single 3-inch (76 mm) AA guns

## Sensors

The Reina Victoria Eugenia class (or RVE-class), was the only Super dreadnought class of warships of the Spanish Navy.

Both ships would be commisioned as British warships during WW1, afterwhich they were returned to Spain and formally commisioned.

The RVE-class was compromised of 2 warships- a third warship, *San Jose*, was ordered. However, San Jose was scrapped to make way for the laying down of HMS Malaya in 1913. 15in turrets destined for San Jose would even be used on HMS Malaya.

The RVE herself was completed to specification of having 13.5in guns, as designed to save money. However, the heavier Santiago was completed with 15in guns from the Revenge-class, and overall greatly resembled a further scalled down HMS Revenge

Ships In Class:

Reina Victoria Eugenia (renamed *Purísima Concepcion)*

Santiago
Peter Straßer

April 1943- Apart of taskforce compromised of Lilienstern, Blücher, and Richtofen

Sinks Kronshtadt March 25, 1947 with Boelcke.

Battle of Norwegian Sea, April 9, 1947

Rendezvous with Hutton-class Berlichingen, battlecruiser Clausewitz and pocket battleship Pommern.

Soviet Fleet is made up of battleship Sovetskaya Belorussiya, battlecruisers Krasnaya Zvezda, Moskva, and carrierNovorossiysk

Strasser is heavily damaged

Undergoes repair and refit to handle Jet operations, reenters service Jan 1948.
Kaliningrad

The final ship of the Stalingrad-class Battlecruiser, the Kaliningrad was laid down as Chelyabinsk in 1946. Continuously delayed by war time production and the Soviet shift to the production of new T-43 Tank.

Completed in 1951, the Chelabinsk was renamed Kaliningrad, after the German City Koenigberg, which had been annexed by the Soviets as war repariations in the following months after the European war ended.

One of the longest serving Stalingrad-class battlecruisers, in 1964, after the successful conversion of her sister Kursk, she would undergo a refit that would see her lose all of her main armament, and be replaced with Missile silos. Fitted with over 30 nuclear weapons, the Kaliningrad and her sister Kursk would be continuously deployed as mobile fronts for the Soviet

As of 1970, Soviet Naval Doctrine planned on having the two ships serve well into the 21st Century, with an extremely extensive refit scheduled for 1980. However, the Soviet Navy, wanting to combat American Nuclear-powered Cruisers, decided to instead invest in a new warship class heavily based of the experiences learned from the Kursk and Kaliningrad. This new class would become the *Kirov-class* Guided Missile Battle Cruiser.
Madrid

The third ship of the Catalonia-class, the Madrid was built to a mildly different specification. After work with Britain progressed into the project that would ultimately result in the La Capitana-class, and the Americans started sending over guns for what would ultimately become the Triunfo-class, the Madrid was armed with the (3x2) 12in/45 Mk5 guns from the recently retired USS Florida. While completely new machinary and turrets were designed, the underlying barbette was directly from the USS Florida.

The Idea of mounting Battleship guns on a cruiser was not loss, and the idea would eventually lead to Germany building the *Deutschland*-class Panzercruiser.
USS Samao

The USS Samao was the final ship of the Alaska-class Large Cruisers. Initally ordered to the Puerto Rico sub-class of the Alaska, during construction she would be converted into a full length carrier, identical to her sister USS Puerto Rico.

As the Puerto Rico sub-class used a similar power plant of the Iowa, these ships were expotentially fast, being clocked at 37kn, with a rumored top speed of 40kn.

On July 12, 1947, an american fleet compromised of the USS Samao, Cruiser USS Cheyenne, and Battlecruiser USS Key West came under fire from a IJN fleet compromised of battlecruisers IJN Kongō, and IJN Kiitaka, and the carrier IJN Ryūjō.

Her Aircraft would sink the Kiitaka, while Key West would sink Kongo.

Aircraft from the Ryūjō would sink the Samao and Cheyenne
USS Enterprise

On Patrol on December 7, 1941, with USS Ranger.

Heavily crippled during first Midway Campaign, during 1943 second battle, aircraft from Enterprise sinks IJN Kamiho

Was supposed to be USS Antietam but last minute issues led to her being docked

Sinks IJN Ryūjō shortly after March 12, 1947 after the loss of USS Cheyenne, and the USS Samao
Gneisenau

1941 would shell Arkhangelsk alongside Scharnhorst and Graf Zepplin, and heavily damage Krasnaya Zvezda

Turrets would be placed on Moltke after being refit with 15in guns

Present at Battle of Black Sea, would knock Krasynn Oktyaber out of the fight, and sink *General Alekseyev*

Sunk 1947 in black sea by Kronshtadt
Alsace-class

Line drawing of Alsace

## Anti-Aircraft

(8x2) 100 mm (3.94 in) in 8 CAD Modèle 1931 mountings

(8x4) 37 mm (1.5 in) in 8 CAD Modèle 1933 mountings

## Sensors

2x- 46ft Triple Stereoscopic OPL

2x- 9.8ft OPL rangefinder

20ft Double Stereoscopic OPL

26ft double Steroscopic OPL

28ft DSR

20ft DSR

13ft OPL Rangefinder

2 Variants of class- Those built at Penhoët shipyards (Alsace, and Flandre) would have double funnels, while those built at Brest (Normandie, and Bourgogne) would have funnels similar to the Richelieu-class.

## Ships In Class

* Alsace
* Normandie
* Flandre
* Bourgogne
Yamato-class

(Converted into Carrier)

IJN Yamato and IJN Musashi anchored off Truk Islands

## Anti-Aircraft

(6x2) 12.7 cm/40 Type 89 naval gun

(8x3) Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Gun

(4x2) 13.2mm Hotchkiss M1929

The Yamato-class battleship was the largest battleship ever built in the world at the time of their commisioning. The Yamato would be one of the most successful classes of battleships, with her underestimated main armament of 18.1in guns (beleived to be 16in by the Americans).

## Ships in Class

* IJN Yamato
* IJN Musashi
* IJN Shinano (Converted into Carrier)
* IJN Kii (A-150) (Converted into Carrier)
Brandenburg

In action with Graf Spee on merchant raids 1940-1941 using Greenland Fjords for cover.

When returning to Germany for a refit, Brandenburg would be torpedoed by HMS Scorpion, leading to the ship losing power.

Would come under fire from HMS Queen Elizabeth , HMS Rodney , and HMS Thunderchild .

HMS Thunderchild would sink her.
Warrior-class

The Warrior class was built in tandem with the Saint Andrew-class Battleship as the newest warships of the newly refurbished and overhauled British fleet. All 4 ships would become the last battlecruisers until the introduction of the Retribution-class Battlecruiser.

The lovely warrior-class was one of the fiercest classes of battleships to ever be made, far surpassing the similar Amagi-class built by the Japanese in the same time period. The warrior-class used 1st generation 16in guns, that would later appear on the Nelsons, and Duke of Lancaster-class battleships. In some essence, the Warrior-class design greatly influenced the Royal Naval warship doctrine of the next 40 years.

The Warrior-class, however, was not well adequate to the times. There design was far more in line with a contemporary Battleship, but by the late 30s, with the build up of the other navy's, the Warrior-class was far more in line with a battlecruiser instead of battleship.

## Super Warrior and HMS Magnificent

The final ship of the class was ordered as a "Super Warrior". Whereas the other 3 ships of the class were in reality 4ft shorter then the lighter armed Admiralty-class, the "Super Warrior" combined the Warrior-class with that of the Admiral Fisher "HMS Invincible" Battlecruiser concept (not to be confused with the later carrier HMS Invincible).

This Super Warrior was designed to mount the a fourth 16in Triple turret, and relocate the Middle Turret into a much more common AB-XY layout. The Super Warrior (Named Mary Rose in Battlecruiser form), was to be the largest big gun warship of the post WW1 ship craze, coming in at a massive 55000 tonnes, and the first warship to be over 1000ft long.

However, shortly after her keel was laid, the HMS Mary Rose was cancelled, and reordered as a Carrier. This shocked many Naval Experts around the world, and many "Battleship Admirals" Scoffed at the idea.

This would eventually lead to the HMS Magnificent.

## Ships In Class

* HMS Warrior (76)
* HMS Monarch (17)
* HMS Superior (93)
* HMS Magnificent (45)
Tonnant

Commissioned before the fall of France, Tonnant was the only French to engage a German warship before France fell.
Engaging the Bismarck is a quick standoff, with the Tonnant mistaking Bismarcks size for the Hutton and retreated. The Germans refused to give chase as the Bismarcks fire control had taken damage, and the Tonnant very much out matched the Bismarck. However, by June, it had come clear that the Germans would take France, so Tonnant sailed for the Mediterranean with the Jean Bart.

Staying with Jean Bart, when her captain decided to leave Casablanca, the British engaged. During this, the Tonnant sunk the HMS Hermes. After this, she returned to Casablanca in need of repairs, when land based RAF bombers bombed her.

Ships in Casablanca

**Tonnant**, Jean Bart, Flandre, Guépratte, Suffren

Taking several bomb hits, she was beached in an effort to save her.
The maneuver worked, And she was successfully reflected. A sailers committee throughout the fleet was largely at odds with the command, as they heavily disagreed with cooperating with German demands.

In December 1941, a day after hearing of the U.S. entry into the war, the French Sailors peacefully overtook the ship. Steaming with the Richelieu and Jean Bart, they encountered The reached New York in Late January 1941. Reunited with her sister ship Triomphant, and the carriers Guépratte and Henri IV. They were both refit as "gifts", and sent back to the Atlantic.

## Sinking:

The Tonnant would be the largest ship ever sunk by aerial Kamikaze attacks, being only surpassed by the sinking of the 70000 tonne USS Constellation in March 1950 by a human torpedo. The *Tonnant* would be sunk by several direct hits from the new Kamikaze Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka off of Singapore.
Sinop-class

Svoboda in 1927

## Sensors

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The Svoboda-class was the first modern true battleship of the Soviet Navy, with her lead ship Svoboda commissioned in 1924. Designed with the help of Italian designers, the Svoboda was a decently armored 34,000 tonne warship.

Designed after the Civil War, the Svoboda-class was the first Soviet designed and built capital ship. However, much of her design was largely based off work on the monarchy era Black Sea Battleship Studies.

The subsequent Svoboda-class vastly improved upon the previous *Krasynn Oktyaber* battleship. In many ways, the Svoboda was the world's first modern battleship, and defined shipbuilding for decades.

The world's largest battleship upon her commissioning, the Svoboda directly led to the partial renouncement of the Washington Naval Treaty as nations scrambled to counter the Svoboda-class.

Equipped with 9x- 16/45in guns, the Svoboda was heavily armed, and fast, with a top speed of 25kn.

In many ways, the Svoboda-class was the most advanced battleship of the time, and would be almost a decade ahead of her time.

While the subsequent Officer Purges crippled the Soviet's ship building programs, the Svoboda's were consistently used as propaganda.

## Ships in Class:

* Svoboda - Sinop
* Krasnyy Soyuz - Ochakov
* Sodruzhestvo - Azov