Battle Cruiser

Definition: Battle Cruiser

Battle Cruiser

Noun

1. A cruiser of maximum speed and firepower.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

High Tech

• Battle Cruiser 3000 AD (reference)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Poster from the "What the Navy is Doing" series, published by the Navy Recruiting Bureau, New York, circa 1919. It depicts the manufacture of 16"/50 guns at the Washington Navy Yard, D.C., for installation in the Lexington (CC-1) class battle cruisers and South Dakota (BB-49) class battleships then planned or in early stages of construction. Also shown are pictures of the battle cruiser design, a firing test at Indian Head, Maryland, and the effect of 16-inch shells on heavy armor. Credit: NAVY.

Hold a model of the battle cruisers (CC-1 class) then under construction, 8 March 1922. In the foreground is a model of an aircraft carrier design converted from the battle cruiser hull. This photo illustrates the genesis of the Lexington (CV-2) class aircraft carrier design. Standing in the background are (from left to right): Rear Admiral William A. Moffett, USN, Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics; Congressman Frederick C. Hicks, of New York; Congressman Clark Burdick, of Rhode Island; and Congressman Philip D. Swing, of California. Photographed at the Navy Department by Harris & Ewing. Credit: NAVY.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Arabic 

‏الطراد ضرب من السفن. (various references)

Danish

slagkrydser. (various references)

Dutch

slagkruiser. (various references)

French

croiseur de bataille, croiseur. (various references)

German

Schlachtkreuzer. (various references)

Greek 

καταδρομικό μάχησ, καταδρομικό μάχης. (various references)

Italian

incrociatore pesante. (various references)

Pig Latin

attlebay uisercray.(various references)

Portuguese

cruzador pesado. (various references)

Romanian

crucişãtor de linie. (various references)

Spanish

crucero de combate, crucero (cruise, cruiser, junction, ocean cruiser, transept). (various references)

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