Navypedia Usa

Because Navypedia organizes ships strictly by class and chronology, it is arguably the fastest way to get a "snapshot" of the US Fleet at any given time. You can see the evolution of destroyer doctrine simply by clicking through the classes sequentially, from the "Four-Stackers" of WWI to the missile destroyers of the Cold War.

Let’s take a hypothetical search for the USS Iowa (BB-61). On the official US Navy site, you get a history of WWII and the 1980s reactivation. On , you get: navypedia usa

It also listed her fate (scrapped in 2012 in Brownsville, TX) without the emotional eulogy—just the data. Because Navypedia organizes ships strictly by class and

Embrace the grey background, the tiny pixelated photos, and the endless tables of data. You are looking at the greatest free naval encyclopedia ever built. From the Monitor to the Merchant Marine , from the Wasp -class LHDs to the Spearhead -class EPF—Navypedia has logged it, measured it, and sorted it for the world to see. On the official US Navy site, you get

Consider this: The US Navy alone has more ship classes than the entire British Royal Navy has ships in service. Keeping track of the San Antonio -class LPDs (flight I vs II), the evolving Arleigh Burke Flights (I/II/IIA/III), and the 80-year-old Liberty ships still rusting in Suisun Bay—this requires mania. Navypedia provides that mania.

A digital publication containing deep-dive articles on naval history, such as the use of USN LST class ships as auxiliary carriers. Multi-volume sets like Fighting Ships of World War Two and Fighting Ships of the World since 1990