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Alaska-Class Battlecruiser: The U.S. Navy's Mini-Battleship Fiasco
Summary and Key Points: The Alaska-class battlecruisers were conceived in the 1930s as a response to Germany’s hybrid "pocket battleships" and a perceived threat from Japan's development of "super cruisers." -Supported by President …