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Large cruiser

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Large cruiser [r]: Designation for several national classes of WWII cruiser, much heavier-gunned than heavy cruisers but not approaching the capabilities of battlecruisers; major examples were German Lützow-class (commerce raiding; also called "pocket battleship") and U.S. Alaska-class (carrier escort) [e]

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