The three Tiger class cruisers arouse strong opinions.
As the only major non-carrier RN warships built after WW2 they mark the transition of the RN from a force built round its battleships' big guns to a missile dominated navy.
The 6" and 3" guns fitted to them were supposed to be a new approach...
anti-submarine warfare
cold war
command cruiser
commandship
cruiser
east of suez
falklands war
fleet air arm
gun cruiser
helicopter and command cruiser
helicopter cruiser
naval fire support
north atlantic treaty organisation
nsfs
post-world war ii
royal navy
vstol carriers
world war ii
Link:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/project-america.htm
Interesting idea. Started off as cruise ships, and morphed into naval command ships.
1990s
accommodation hulk
barracks shipcommandship
department of defense
department of transportation
early 2000s
ingalls shipbuilding
litton ingalls
maritech
maritime administration
national shipbuilding research program
northrop grumman
post-cold war
u.s. navy
united states
united states navy
us navy
us-flag ship pilot project
war on terror
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