The US did take a crack at the battlecruiser, however. The Lexington design earned serious consideration. But the Lexington ...

British battlecruiser HOOD ... Five months later, Bismarck's design was complete. She was launched on 14 February 1939. One of the most significant characteristics of this new ship was her ...

While the Kremlin sees the project as a matter of national pride, experts argue the ship’s Cold War-era design is ill-suited ... Kirov-class nuclear-powered battlecruiser Admiral Nakhimov ...