Cruiser facts for kids
A cruiser is a type of warship. It is usually bigger than a destroyer. Today, cruisers are often used for bombardment, which means firing powerful weapons at targets on land or sea. They also serve as important command ships. This means they are where the main leader, or admiral, directs a group of ships. These ships are sometimes called flagships.
Cruisers have changed a lot over time. When they were first used, older cruisers had large cannons. Like many other ships, they relied on these big guns. But over the years, cruisers have developed. Now, they use the same kinds of weapons as modern destroyers.
Cruisers were first built around 1915. They became very popular with navies in the early 1930s. Even today, cruisers are still an important part of many navies around the world. They have gone from being large, coal-powered ships to smaller, more efficient vessels.
Images for kids
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USS Port Royal, a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser, launched in 1992
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Russian Slava-class cruiser Varyag in the Pacific Ocean
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HMS Shannon, the Royal Navy's first armored cruiser.
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The Russian protected cruiser Aurora
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HMS Lion (1910)
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HMS Caroline, a World War I era light cruiser, served as a headquarters and training vessel in Belfast until 2011.
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Romanian coastguard cruiser Grivița
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Italian cruiser Armando Diaz.
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USS Atlanta (CL-51), at sea, unknown date.
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Russian Navy battlecruiser of the Kirov class, Frunze
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China's latest Type 055 destroyer has been classified by the United States Department of Defense as a cruiser because of its large size and armament.
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One cruiser alternative studied in the late 1980s by the United States was variously entitled a Mission Essential Unit (MEU) or CG V/STOL.
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Jeanne d'Arc of the French Navy, launched in 1961, decommissioned in 2010
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See also
In Spanish: Crucero (buque de guerra) para niños
