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Japan, 67 Escort (kaibōkan)/200 planned, 26 lost, 76 cancelled.
WW2 IJN Destroyers:

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Knox, Roark, Gray, Hepburn, Connole, Rathburne, Meyerkord, W. S. Sims, Lang, Patterson, Whipple, Reasoner, Lockwood, Stein, Marvin Shields, Francis Hammond, Vreeland, Bagley, Downes, Badger, Blakely, Robert E. Peary, Harold E. Holt, Trippe, Tanning, O...

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The two ships of the Margherita class, were the first large Italian modern battleships designed in 1898 by Benedetto Brin, admiral, chief engineer and later minister of the navy.
They were fast and powerful albeit at the cost of some protection. Main armament was massive, since outside the usual two twin 305 mm (12 inches) turrets, the secondary battery comprised no les...


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Breastwork Monitors: HMS Cerberus, Magdala (1967-1924)
RN Ironclads 1860-80

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The Fokker T.III was a follow up of the T-II prototypes created for the US Navy (3 made). It was enlarged, 30% heavier, with cockpits for three rather than two, and a larger W-12 instead of a V-12. Another important addition was its convertible nature with floats that could be swapped for a wheeled undercarriage. The first T.III first flew in the summer of 1923 as a land-base...


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