World War II Cruisers
Name | Class | Country | Year of Launch |
Abukuma | Nagara-class Light Cruiser | Japan | 1923 |
Adelaide | Town-class Light Cruiser | Australia | 1918 |
Admiral Graf Spee | Deutschland-class Heavy Cruiser | Germany | 1934 |
Admiral Hipper | Admiral Hipper-class Heavy Cruiser | Germany | 1937 |
Admiral Scheer | Deutschland-class Heavy Cruiser | Germany | 1933 |
Agano | Agano-class Light Cruiser | Japan | 1941 |
Algérie | Algérie-class Heavy Cruiser | France | 1932 |
Aoba | Furutaka-class Heavy Cruiser | Japan | 1926 |
Ashigara | Myoko-class Heavy Cruiser | Japan | 1928 |
Astoria (Cleveland-class) | Cleveland-class Light Cruiser | United States | |
Astoria (New Orleans-class) | New Orleans-class Heavy Cruiser | United States | 1933 |
Atago | Takao-class Heavy Cruiser | Japan | 1930 |
Atlanta | Atlanta-class Light Cruiser | United States | 1941 |
Augusta | Northampton-class Heavy Cruiser | United States | 1930 |
Australia | County-class Heavy Cruiser | Australia | 1927 |
Baltimore | Baltimore-class Heavy Cruiser | United States | 1942 |
Belfast | Town-class Light Cruiser | United Kingdom | 1938 |
Birmingham | Town-class Light Cruiser | United Kingdom | 1936 |
Blücher | Admiral Hipper-class Heavy Cruiser | Germany | 1937 |
Boise | Brooklyn-class Light Cruiser | United States | |
Bolzano | Trento-class Heavy Cruiser | Italy | 1932 |
Boston | Baltimore-class Heavy Cruiser | United States | |
Canberra (Baltimore-class) | Baltimore-class Heavy Cruiser | United States | 1943 |
Canberra (County-class) | County-class Heavy Cruiser | Australia | |
Chester | Northampton-class Heavy Cruiser | United States | 1929 |
Chicago | Northampton-class Heavy Cruiser | United States | 1930 |
Chikuma | Tone-class Heavy Cruiser | Japan | 1938 |
Chokai | Takao-class Heavy Cruiser | Japan | 1931 |
Colbert | Suffren-class Heavy Cruiser | France | 1928 |
Columbia | Cleveland-class Light Cruiser | United States | 1941 |
Concord | Omaha-class Light Cruiser | United States | 1921 |
Cornwall | County-class Heavy Cruiser | United Kingdom | 1926 |
Cumberland | County-class Heavy Cruiser | United Kingdom | 1926 |
Danae | Danae-class Light Cruiser | United Kingdom | 1918 |
De Grasse | De Grasse-class Light Cruiser | France | 1946 |
Delhi | Danae-class Light Cruiser | United Kingdom | 1918 |
Denver | Cleveland-class Light Cruiser | United States | 1942 |
Detroit | Omaha-class Light Cruiser | United States | 1922 |
Deutschland | Deutschland-class Heavy Cruiser | Germany | 1931 |
Devonshire | County-class Heavy Cruiser | United Kingdom | 1927 |
Dorsetshire | County-class Heavy Cruiser | United Kingdom | 1929 |
Dragon | Danae-class Light Cruiser | United Kingdom | 1917 |
Duguay-Trouin | Duguay-Trouin-class Light Cruiser | France | 1923 |
Dupleix | Suffren-class Heavy Cruiser | France | 1930 |
Duquesne | Duquesne-class Heavy Cruiser | France | 1925 |
Edinburgh | Town-class Light Cruiser | United Kingdom | 1938 |
Effingham | Hawkins-class Heavy Cruiser | United Kingdom | 1921 |
Elli | Zhaohe-class Protected Cruiser | Greece | 1913 |
Emden | Emden-class Light Cruiser | Germany | 1925 |
Émile Bertin | Émile Bertin-class Light Cruiser | France | 1933 |
Exeter | York-class Heavy Cruiser | United Kingdom | 1928 |
Fiume | Zara-class Heavy Cruiser | Italy | |
Foch | Suffren-class Heavy Cruiser | France | 1929 |
Furutaka | Furutaka-class Heavy Cruiser | Japan | 1925 |
Georges Leygues | La Galissonnière-class Light Cruiser | France | 1936 |
Glasgow | Town-class Light Cruiser | United Kingdom | 1936 |
Gloire | La Galissonnière-class Light Cruiser | France | 1935 |
Gorizia | Zara-class Heavy Cruiser | Italy | 1930 |
Haguro | Myoko-class Heavy Cruiser | Japan | 1928 |
Haichen | Hairong-class Protected Cruiser | China | |
Haichou | Hairong-class Protected Cruiser | China | 1897 |
Haiqi | Haitien-class Protected Cruiser | China | |
Hairong | Hairong-class Protected Cruiser | China | 1897 |
Helena (Baltimore-class) | Baltimore-class Heavy Cruiser | United States | |
Helena (St. Louis-class) | St. Louis-class Light Cruiser | United States | 1939 |
Hobart | Leander-class Light Cruiser | Australia | |
Honolulu | Brooklyn-class Light Cruiser | United States | 1937 |
Houston | Northampton-class Heavy Cruiser | United States | 1929 |
Indianapolis | Portland-class Heavy Cruiser | United States | 1931 |
Isuzu | Nagara-class Light Cruiser | Japan | 1921 |
Iwate | Izumo-class Armored Cruiser | Japan | 1900 |
Izumo | Izumo-class Armored Cruiser | Japan | 1898 |
Jean de Vienne | La Galissonnière-class Light Cruiser | France | 1935 |
Jeanne d'Arc | Jeanne d'Arc-class Light Cruiser | France | |
Jintsu | Sendai-class Light Cruiser | Japan | 1923 |
Juneau | Atlanta-class Light Cruiser | United States | 1941 |
Kaganovich | Kirov-class Light Cruiser | Russia | 1944 |
Kako | Furutaka-class Heavy Cruiser | Japan | 1925 |
Kalinin | Kirov-class Light Cruiser | Russia | 1942 |
Karlsruhe | K-class Light Cruiser | Germany | 1927 |
Kashii | Katori-class Light Cruiser | Japan | 1941 |
Kashima | Katori-class Light Cruiser | Japan | 1939 |
Kasuga | Kasuga-class Armored Cruiser | Japan | 1902 |
Katori | Katori-class Light Cruiser | Japan | 1939 |
Kinu | Nagara-class Light Cruiser | Japan | 1922 |
Kinugasa | Furutaka-class Heavy Cruiser | Japan | 1926 |
Kirov | Kirov-class Light Cruiser | Russia | 1936 |
Kiso | Kuma-class Light Cruiser | Japan | 1920 |
Kitakami | Kuma-class Light Cruiser | Japan | 1920 |
Kuma | Kuma-class Light Cruiser | Japan | 1919 |
Kumano | Mogami-class Heavy Cruiser | Japan | 1936 |
Köln | K-class Light Cruiser | Germany | 1928 |
Königsberg | K-class Light Cruiser | Germany | 1927 |
La Galissonnière | La Galissonnière-class Light Cruiser | France | |
La Motte-Picquet | Duguay-Trouin-class Light Cruiser | France | 1924 |
Leipzig | Leipzig-class Light Cruiser | Germany | 1929 |
London | County-class Heavy Cruiser | United Kingdom | 1927 |
Louisville | Northampton-class Heavy Cruiser | United States | 1930 |
Lützow | Admiral Hipper-class Heavy Cruiser | Germany | 1939 |
M (Planned) | M-class Light Cruiser | Germany | 1941 (Projected, not actual) |
M (Planned) | M-class Light Cruiser | Germany | 1945 (Projected, not actual) |
M2 (Planned) | M2-class Light Cruiser | Germany | 1947 (Projected, not actual) |
Marblehead | Omaha-class Light Cruiser | United States | 1923 |
Marseillaise | La Galissonnière-class Light Cruiser | France | 1935 |
Mauritius | Crown Colony-class Light Cruiser | United Kingdom | 1939 |
Maxim Gorkiy | Kirov-class Light Cruiser | Russia | 1938 |
Maya | Takao-class Heavy Cruiser | Japan | 1930 |
Memphis | Omaha-class Light Cruiser | United States | 1924 |
Miami | Cleveland-class Light Cruiser | United States | 1942 |
Mikuma | Mogami-class Heavy Cruiser | Japan | 1934 |
Milwaukee | Omaha-class Light Cruiser | United States | 1921 |
Minneapolis | New Orleans-class Heavy Cruiser | United States | 1933 |
Mogami | Mogami-class Heavy Cruiser | Japan | 1934 |
Molotov | Kirov-class Light Cruiser | Russia | 1939 |
Montcalm | La Galissonnière-class Light Cruiser | France | 1935 |
Montpelier | Cleveland-class Light Cruiser | United States | 1942 |
Myoko | Myoko-class Heavy Cruiser | Japan | 1927 |
N (Planned) | M-class Light Cruiser | Germany | 1942 (Projected, not actual) |
N (Planned) | M-class Light Cruiser | Germany | 1945 (Projected, not actual) |
N2 (Planned) | M2-class Light Cruiser | Germany | 1947 (Projected, not actual) |
Nachi | Myoko-class Heavy Cruiser | Japan | 1927 |
Nagara | Nagara-class Light Cruiser | Japan | 1922 |
Naka | Sendai-class Light Cruiser | Japan | 1925 |
Nashville | Brooklyn-class Light Cruiser | United States | 1937 |
Natori | Nagara-class Light Cruiser | Japan | 1922 |
Neptune | Leander-class Light Cruiser | United Kingdom | 1933 |
New Orleans | New Orleans-class Heavy Cruiser | United States | 1933 |
Newcastle | Town-class Light Cruiser | United Kingdom | 1936 |
Ninghai | Ninghai-class Light Cruiser | China | 1931 |
Northampton | Northampton-class Heavy Cruiser | United States | 1929 |
Noshiro | Agano-class Light Cruiser | Japan | 1942 |
Nürnberg | Leipzig-class Light Cruiser | Germany | 1934 |
O (Planned) | M-class Light Cruiser | Germany | 1943 (Projected, not actual) |
O (Planned) | M-class Light Cruiser | Germany | 1945 (Projected, not actual) |
O2 (Planned) | M2-class Light Cruiser | Germany | 1947 (Projected, not actual) |
Oi | Kuma-class Light Cruiser | Japan | 1920 |
Oyodo | Oyodo-class Light Cruiser | Japan | 1942 |
P (Planned) | M-class Light Cruiser | Germany | 1943 (Projected, not actual) |
P (Planned) | M-class Light Cruiser | Germany | 1945 (Projected, not actual) |
P1 (Planned) | P-class Heavy Cruiser | Germany | 1943 (Projected, not actual) |
P10 (Planned) | P-class Heavy Cruiser | Germany | 1944 (Projected, not actual) |
P11 (Planned) | P-class Heavy Cruiser | Germany | 1944 (Projected, not actual) |
P12 (Planned) | P-class Heavy Cruiser | Germany | 1945 (Projected, not actual) |
P2 (Planned) | M2-class Light Cruiser | Germany | 1947 (Projected, not actual) |
P2 (Planned) | P-class Heavy Cruiser | Germany | 1942 (Projected, not actual) |
P3 (Planned) | P-class Heavy Cruiser | Germany | 1944 (Projected, not actual) |
P4 (Planned) | P-class Heavy Cruiser | Germany | 1942 (Projected, not actual) |
P5 (Planned) | P-class Heavy Cruiser | Germany | 1943 (Projected, not actual) |
P6 (Planned) | P-class Heavy Cruiser | Germany | 1945 (Projected, not actual) |
P7 (Planned) | P-class Heavy Cruiser | Germany | 1945 (Projected, not actual) |
P8 (Planned) | P-class Heavy Cruiser | Germany | 1945 (Projected, not actual) |
P9 (Planned) | P-class Heavy Cruiser | Germany | 1944 (Projected, not actual) |
Pasadena | Cleveland-class Light Cruiser | United States | 1943 |
Pensacola | Pensacola-class Heavy Cruiser | United States | 1929 |
Perth | Leander-class Light Cruiser | Australia | 1934 |
Phoenix | Brooklyn-class Light Cruiser | United States | 1938 |
Pinghai | Ninghai-class Light Cruiser | China | 1935 |
Pola | Zara-class Heavy Cruiser | Italy | |
Portland | Portland-class Heavy Cruiser | United States | 1932 |
Primauguet | Duguay-Trouin-class Light Cruiser | France | 1924 |
Prinz Eugen | Admiral Hipper-class Heavy Cruiser | Germany | 1938 |
Q (Planned) | M-class Light Cruiser | Germany | 1943 (Projected, not actual) |
Q (Planned) | M-class Light Cruiser | Germany | 1945 (Projected, not actual) |
Q2 (Planned) | M2-class Light Cruiser | Germany | 1947 (Projected, not actual) |
Quincy (Baltimore-class) | Baltimore-class Heavy Cruiser | United States | |
Quincy (New Orleans-class) | New Orleans-class Heavy Cruiser | United States | 1935 |
R (Planned) | M-class Light Cruiser | Germany | 1943 (Projected, not actual) |
R (Planned) | M-class Light Cruiser | Germany | 1945 (Projected, not actual) |
R2 (Planned) | M2-class Light Cruiser | Germany | 1947 (Projected, not actual) |
Raleigh | Omaha-class Light Cruiser | United States | |
Saint Paul | Baltimore-class Heavy Cruiser | United States | 1944 |
Sakawa | Agano-class Light Cruiser | Japan | 1944 |
Salt Lake City | Pensacola-class Heavy Cruiser | United States | 1929 |
San Diego | Atlanta-class Light Cruiser | United States | 1941 |
San Francisco | New Orleans-class Heavy Cruiser | United States | |
San Juan | Atlanta-class Light Cruiser | United States | 1941 |
Sendai | Sendai-class Light Cruiser | Japan | 1923 |
Seydlitz | Admiral Hipper-class Heavy Cruiser | Germany | 1939 |
SP1 | Spähkreuzer 1938-class Scout Cruiser | Germany | |
SP10 (Planned) | Spähkreuzer 1938-class Scout Cruiser | Germany | 1944 (Projected, not actual) |
SP11 (Planned) | Spähkreuzer 1938-class Scout Cruiser | Germany | 1944 (Projected, not actual) |
SP12 (Planned) | Spähkreuzer 1938-class Scout Cruiser | Germany | 1944 (Projected, not actual) |
SP13 (Planned) | Spähkreuzer 1938-class Scout Cruiser | Germany | 1945 (Projected, not actual) |
SP14 (Planned) | Spähkreuzer 1938-class Scout Cruiser | Germany | 1945 (Projected, not actual) |
SP15 (Planned) | Spähkreuzer 1938-class Scout Cruiser | Germany | 1945 (Projected, not actual) |
SP16 (Planned) | Spähkreuzer 1938-class Scout Cruiser | Germany | 1946 (Projected, not actual) |
SP17 (Planned) | Spähkreuzer 1938-class Scout Cruiser | Germany | 1946 (Projected, not actual) |
SP18 (Planned) | Spähkreuzer 1938-class Scout Cruiser | Germany | 1946 (Projected, not actual) |
SP19 (Planned) | Spähkreuzer 1938-class Scout Cruiser | Germany | 1946 (Projected, not actual) |
SP2 (Planned) | Spähkreuzer 1938-class Scout Cruiser | Germany | 1942 (Projected, not actual) |
SP20 (Planned) | Spähkreuzer 1938-class Scout Cruiser | Germany | 1946 (Projected, not actual) |
SP21 (Planned) | Spähkreuzer 1938-class Scout Cruiser | Germany | 1946 (Projected, not actual) |
SP22 (Planned) | Spähkreuzer 1938-class Scout Cruiser | Germany | 1946 (Projected, not actual) |
SP3 (Planned) | Spähkreuzer 1938-class Scout Cruiser | Germany | 1944 (Projected, not actual) |
SP4 (Planned) | Spähkreuzer 1938-class Scout Cruiser | Germany | 1943 (Projected, not actual) |
SP5 (Planned) | Spähkreuzer 1938-class Scout Cruiser | Germany | 1943 (Projected, not actual) |
SP6 (Planned) | Spähkreuzer 1938-class Scout Cruiser | Germany | 1943 (Projected, not actual) |
SP7 (Planned) | Spähkreuzer 1938-class Scout Cruiser | Germany | 1943 (Projected, not actual) |
SP8 (Planned) | Spähkreuzer 1938-class Scout Cruiser | Germany | 1944 (Projected, not actual) |
SP9 (Planned) | Spähkreuzer 1938-class Scout Cruiser | Germany | 1943 (Projected, not actual) |
St. Louis | St. Louis-class Light Cruiser | United States | 1938 |
Suffren | Suffren-class Heavy Cruiser | France | 1927 |
Suzuya | Mogami-class Heavy Cruiser | Japan | 1934 |
Sydney | Leander-class Light Cruiser | Australia | 1934 |
Takao | Takao-class Heavy Cruiser | Japan | 1930 |
Tama | Kuma-class Light Cruiser | Japan | 1920 |
Tatsuta | Tenryu-class Light Cruiser | Japan | 1918 |
Tenryu | Tenryu-class Light Cruiser | Japan | 1918 |
Tone | Tone-class Heavy Cruiser | Japan | 1937 |
Tongji | Tongji-class Light Cruiser | China | |
Tourville | Duquesne-class Heavy Cruiser | France | |
Trento | Trento-class Heavy Cruiser | Italy | 1927 |
Trieste | Trento-class Heavy Cruiser | Italy | 1926 |
Tuscaloosa | New Orleans-class Heavy Cruiser | United States | 1933 |
Vincennes | New Orleans-class Heavy Cruiser | United States | 1936 |
Voroshilov | Kirov-class Light Cruiser | Russia | 1937 |
Yahagi | Agano-class Light Cruiser | Japan | 1942 |
Yingrui | Zhaohe-class Protected Cruiser | China | 1911 |
York | York-class Heavy Cruiser | United Kingdom | 1928 |
Yubari | Yubari-class Light Cruiser | Japan | 1923 |
Yura | Nagara-class Light Cruiser | Japan | 1922 |
Zara | Zara-class Heavy Cruiser | Italy | 1930 |
Zhaohe | Zhaohe-class Protected Cruiser | China | 1911 |
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