Length Range: 400-800 feet (122-244m)

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Bismarck and her sister ship Tirpitz were the largest battleships ever built by Germany, and two of the largest built by any European power.

USS Tortuga is a Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship of the US Navy. the second to be named for the Dry Tortugas.

American cruiser that earned 9 Battle Stars in the Pacific Theater of WWII

About the Vessel Portland was an Anchorage-class dock landing ship built in 1970. Portland was decommissioned in 2003 sunk as a target […]

Manitowoc was a LST (Landing Ship, Tank) in the United States Navy. Named for a city in Wisconsin, the word is Anishinaabe for “Home of the Great Spirit.”

Lütjens was a modified version of the American Charles F. Adams class, and built by an American shipyard.

The sinking of Indianapolis resulted in the greatest single loss of life at sea, from a single ship, in the history of the US Navy.

San Francisco (CA-38) was a New Orleans-class cruiser, and one of the most decorated ships of World War II, earning 17 battle stars.

Stier was a German auxiliary cruiser of World War II. The name Stier means “bull”. She was the last German raider to break out into the Atlantic in World War II.