Battlecruiser - Wikipedia
The battlecruiser (also written as battle cruiser or battle-cruiser) was a type of capital ship of the first half of the 20th century. These were similar in displacement, armament and cost to battleships, but differed in form and balance of attributes.
List of battlecruisers - Wikipedia
They include battleships, battlecruisers, cruisers, destroyers, frigates, and corvettes. Aircraft carriers, amphibious assault ships, and mine hunters are not considered surface combatants.
List of battlecruisers of the United States - Wikipedia
Battlecruisers were effective when concentrating their fire on an enemy fleet's leading ships, as the Japanese armored cruisers had done to the Russians at the Battle of Tsushima in 1905. Another role envisioned was tracking down and destroying enemy commerce raiders.
The Search for America's Battlecruiser - Military History Online
One of the most hotly debated ship types in the United States Navy was the battlecruiser. Other navies had them in service or under construction - should the United States follow suit?
Battlecruisers Of World War II - CHUCKHAWKS.COM
Just like their earlier sisters in the First World War, the battlecruisers of all nations would work harder, steam farther, fight more often, and take more casualties than their battleship contemporaries in World War II. The battlecruiser story started with the British, so it seems only fair to examine their World War II battlecruisers first.
Contrasting Battle Cruisers | Naval History Magazine ...
Korvettenkapitan Vollerthun succinctly summed up the differences between Royal Navy and Imperial Navy battle cruisers by terming the British ships “battleship-cruisers” and the German ships “cruiser-battleships”—indeed a farsighted and prophetic characterization.
List of battlecruisers | Military Wiki | Fandom
The list of battlecruiser classes includes all battlecruisers listed in chronological order by commission. Classes which did not enter service are listed by the date of cancellation or last work on the project.