An aerial view of the cruiser HMS Liverpool, 19 February 1942. This view shows the key features of the class - 12 x 6-inch guns and a midships aircraft catapult.
Italian cruiser Eugenio Di Savoia, 16 May 1939. Note details of ship's name, prop guard, and smoke generating equipment above ship's name. Muzio Uzio Attendolo and Emanuele Filiberto Duca D'Aosta are at left and center, respectively.
HMS Achilles, a Leander class light cruiser of 7,000 tons. The Royal Navy had hoped ships of approximately this size would be the new future standard in the 1930s.
Mogami during trials, 1938. Lead ship of her class of light cruisers (five triple 6" gun turrets), she was later converted into a heavy cruiser (five double 8" gun turrets). Later, during WW2 her two aft turrets were removed and she was converted in a seaplane carrier.
Russian Pacific Fleet flagship Project 1164 / Slava-class cruiser Varyag transits toward the Golden Gate Bridge after visiting San Francisco, June 25, 2010
German light cruiser Nürnberg. Note the float plane (probably an Arado 196) flying very low over her stern. Nürnberg would survive the war and was given to the Soviet Union as reparations. She remained in service until the late 50's.