On Nov. 5, 1915, the armored cruiser USS North Carolina (CA-12) became the first ship to launch a plane while under way. According to U.S. Armored Cruisers: A Design and Operational History by Ivan ...

USS San Diego (Armored Cruiser No. 6) Painting by Francis Muller, 1920. It depicts the ship sinking off Fire Island, New York, after she was torpedoed by the German submarine U-156, 19 July 1918.

World War I era cruiser USS San Diego (ACR-6) Mine or torpedo? For a hundred years, the cause of the explosion that sank USS San Diego (ACR-6) has been a mystery. But now researchers are on an ...