SAAB B17

SAAB B17

PaeseSvezia
RuoloBombardiere, ricognizione
Primo volo18 maggio 1940
Costruito323

Le Saab 17 was a Swedish bomber-reconnaissance aircraft. The project was initiated in response to a request in 1938 from the Swedish air force for a reconnaissance aircraft that could replace the Fokker S 6. Design work began at the end of the 1930s as the L 10 by ASJA, but after the merger with Saab in 1939 it was renamed Saab 17. The wings were reinforced to make it possible for use as a dive bomber. Since there was a shortage of engines the aircraft were flown to their destination, where the engines were removed and returned for use by the next delivery. The aircraft was also made in three versions with different engines.

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USS Barry Cacciatorpediniere

USS Barry (DD-933)

PaeseUsa
Classe – TipoForrest Sherman – cacciatorpediniere classe
Lanciato1 ottobre 1955
Disattivato5 novembre 1982

USS Barry (DD-933) was one of eighteen Forrest Sherman–class destroyers of the United States Navy, and was the third US destroyer to be named for Commodore John Barry. Commissioned in 1954, she spent most of her career in the Caribbean, Atlantic, and Mediterranean, but also served in the Vietnam War, for which she earned two battle stars. Another notable aspect of her service was the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. Decommissioned in 1982, she became the “Display Ship Barry” (DS Barry), a museum ship at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., in 1984.

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USS Salem

USS Salem (CA-139)

PaeseUsa
Classe – TipoDes Moines-class – Heavy cruiser
Lanciato25 March 1947
Disattivato30 January 1959

Il terzo USS Salem (CA-139) is one of three Des Moines-class heavy cruisers completed for the United States Navy shortly after World War II. Commissioned in 1949, she was the world’s last heavy cruiser to enter service and the only one still in existence. She was decommissioned in 1959, after serving in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. She is open to the public as a museum ship in Quincy, Massachusetts

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Sottomarino Midget tedesco Seehund

Seehund

PaeseGermnaj
RuoloSottomarino Midget
Prodotto1944–1945
Costruito285

Le Seehund (tedesco: "sigillo"), noto anche come Tipo XXVII, era un sottomarino midget prodotto dalla Germania nazista durante la seconda guerra mondiale. Progettato nel 1944 e gestito da equipaggi di due uomini, fu utilizzato dalla Kriegsmarine (Marina tedesca) durante gli ultimi mesi della guerra, affondando nove navi mercantili e danneggiandone altre tre, perdendo 35 imbarcazioni, per lo più attribuite al maltempo. La Marina francese utilizzò tre battelli catturati dopo la guerra fino al 1953.

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Krupp Protze Kfz

TKrupp Kfz.81 Protze

PaeseGermnaj
RuoloTrattore d'artiglieria / Camion utility
Prodotto1934–1941
Costruito7000

L 2 H 43 e L 2 H 143 "Krupp-Protze” (unofficial designation) was a six-wheeled 6×4 German truck and artillery tractor produced between 1934 and 1941 and heavily used in World War II. It was powered by a 4-cylinder, 55 hp or, from 1936, 60 hp Krupp M 304 petrol engine. Its main purpose was to tow artillery, especially the PaK 36, and transport motorized infantry. This vehicle was extensively used on the Eastern Front, during the North African campaign and in France and Sicily. The “Krupp-Protze” was of relatively advanced design. Its fuel consumption was relatively high (24 Litres / 100 km on road) in comparison to the comparable Opel Blitz 1.5 t truck (16.5 liters / 100 km, produced 1938 – 1942). Total production was about 7,000 units.

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Sottomarino Midget di tipo A

Type A Midget Submarine

PaeseImpero del Giappone
classeSottomarino classe Kō-hyōteki
PeriodoSeconda guerra mondiale
CostruitoInconsapevole

Le Tipo A Ko-hyoteki (甲標的甲型 Kō-hyōteki kō-gata, Target ‘A’, Type ‘A’) class was a class of Japanese midget submarines (Ko-hyoteki) used during World War II. They had hull numbers but no names. For simplicity, they are most often referred to by the hull number of the mother submarine. Thus, the midget carried by I-16-class submarine was known as I-16’s boat, or “I-16tou.” This class was followed by: Type B (甲標的乙型 Kō-hyōteki otsu-gata), Type C (甲標的丙型 Kō-hyōteki hei-gata), and Type D (甲標的丁型 Kō-hyōteki tei-gata), the last one better known as Kōryū

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USS Joseph Kennedy

USS Joseph P. Kennedy

PaeseUsa
classeClasse Gearing cacciatorpediniere
Lanciato26 luglio 1945
SoprannomeJoey P

USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (DD-850) è un cacciatorpediniere classe Gearing della United States Navy. La nave prende il nome dal tenente Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., un aviatore navale, figlio dell'ex ambasciatore in Gran Bretagna, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., e fratello maggiore del futuro presidente John F. Kennedy. Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. servì, con interruzioni per modernizzazione, fino al 1973. Tra i punti salienti del suo servizio ci sono il blocco di Cuba durante la crisi dei missili cubani e le squadre di recupero a galla per Gemini 6 e Gemini 7. Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. è in mostra come nave museo a Battleship Cove, Fall River, Massachusetts. Fu aggiunta al National Register of Historic Places nel 1976 e designata National Historic Landmark nel 1989 come uno dei pochi cacciatorpediniere sopravvissuti della classe Gearing.

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PT Barca PT-617

PT boat

PaeseUsa
classeCacciatorpediniere di scorta classe Cannon
Lanciato20 febbraio 1944
IdentificazioneDE-766

Un Barca PT (abbreviazione di patrol torpedo boat) era una nave da attacco veloce armata di siluri (MTB) utilizzata dalla Marina degli Stati Uniti nella seconda guerra mondiale. Era piccolo, veloce e poco costoso da costruire, apprezzato per la sua manovrabilità e velocità ma ostacolato all'inizio della guerra da siluri inefficaci, armamento limitato e costruzione relativamente fragile che limitava alcune delle varianti alle acque costiere.

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USS Slater

USS Slater

PaeseUsa
classeCacciatorpediniere di scorta classe Cannon
Lanciato20 febbraio 1944
IdentificazioneDE-766

USS Slater (DE-766) is a Cannon-class destroyer escort that served in the United States Navy and later in the Hellenic (Greek) Navy. The ship was named for Frank O. Slater of Alabama, a sailor killed on the cruiser USS San Francisco during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for gallantry in action and the Purple Heart. Following service during World War II, the ship was transferred to Greece and renamed Aetos. Decommissioned in 1991, the destroyer escort was returned to the United States. USS Slater is now a museum ship on the Hudson River in Albany, New York, the only one of its kind afloat in the United States. (USS Stewart (DE-238) is exhibited at Seawolf Park in Galveston, Texas, but located on dry land and USS Atherton (DE-169) is still in service in the Philippine Navy.) Slater was designated a National Historic Landmark on 2 March 2012

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Veicolo da ricognizione Lynx

Lynx reconnaissance vehicle

PaeseUsa
RuoloVeicolo da ricognizione
PeriodoInconsapevole
CostruitoInconsapevole

Le Veicolo da ricognizione Lynx (manufacturer’s name: M113½ Command and Reconnaissance Vehicle, abbr. M113 C&R) is a United States-built tracked reconnaissance armoured fighting vehicle, which was employed by the armed forces of the Netherlands and Canada. Dutch vehicles were exported in the 1990s to Bahrain[1] and Chile, according to SIPRI 35 and 8 vehicles respectively. The M113½ was developed in 1963 as a private venture by FMC Corp., the manufacturer of the M113. It competed with the M114 but the US Army chose the M114 for production. The design was then offered to foreign buyers and gained the name Lynx when purchased by Canada.

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