an era that ended with World War II and was arguably most famously represented by the pride of Britain’s Royal Navy at the time, the HMS Hood (Pennant No. 51). To Star Trek fans, meanwhile ...

The Australian heavy cruisers Shropshire (left ... engaged in rescue operations. Two U.S. Navy PT boat captains awarded the Medal of Honor in World War II were both cases in point: Lt.

The U.S. Navy also converted cruisers into Independence ... in precursors to the great carrier raids of World War II. At the end of the war, the Royal Navy ditched the idea of a hybrid, but ...