light cruiser
Americannoun
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King, on the battleship Nevada, and McClelland, on the light cruiser Helena, survived the attack, though McClelland was hurled in the air by a torpedo blast and broke his leg.
From Washington Times • Dec. 12, 2021
The nearest was the Argenine General Belgrano, a light cruiser.
From New York Times • Dec. 15, 2017
He was drafted at age 18 in 1943 and became a radioman third class on the light cruiser Vincennes, he said.
From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2014
A light cruiser, weighing 3,750 tons and 446ft long, it holds the record for the fastest build time of any major warship.
From BBC • May 8, 2013
It consisted of two armoured cruisers, the Good Hope and the Monmouth, the light cruiser Glasgow, and an armed liner, the Otranto, the latter being incapable of engaging a ship of war.
From The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 by Parrott, James Edward
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