USS San Diego was the third of eight Atlanta-class light cruisers, designed to protect carriers with anti-aircraft guns and torpedoes, as opposed to previous destroyer classes, designed primarily ...

from the original Atlanta II class of the 1880s to the latest Ticonderoga class. Cruisers are larger than destroyers and smaller than battleships. Traditionally, this middleweight status has ...

The research team funded by billionaire Paul Allen has found the wreckage of the Atlanta-class cruiser USS Juneau (CL-52) near the Solomon Islands, according to a Monday announcement. The ship was ...