Cruiser

Cruiser can perform combat mission in isolation from the rest of the fleet. He can attack air, surface and submarine goal to make the shelling coastal areas. Interestingly, the cruiser could be any other type of ships. They called cruisers, if they at a great distance from the coast performed various tasks alone. Therefore, the cruiser narekali even sloop. And there was a definition in the 17 century, but only at the end of the first 19 accustomed us armored vehicles to the engine speed. Then they had to sail long cruises.
In the early 20 th century shipbuilding developed thriving as never before. Within a short period, several generations of cruisers. Baptism of fire, many of them during the First World War. Cruiser mercilessly thrown into the battle, because they cost much less dreydnoutov. After the war, it was decided to reduce the number of heavy cruisers, which led to massive construction of light. Before the Second World was built dozens of ships of this class. In the war years, construction continued, only the U.S. and Britain, completing 47 and 35 respectively. The Soviet Union, launched a war with 7 light cruiser, finished it with 10. Such a lag of the main potential enemies forced the Government to councils to begin large-scale construction. By 1950, was launched 34 cruisers, to 1957 - another 15.
By the end of 1950 faced the problem of counter-strategic submarines. She was only permitted construction vertoletonesuschih ships, which could effectively counter the submarine. And if the States could use these for more than a hundred aircraft carriers, the other countries had to build a cruiser, the host helicopters. Particularly successful was the cruiser Soviet-type «Moscow», who served as a platform for 14 helicopters.
Currently, the construction of cruisers is not true. It is connected primarily with the tactic of large compounds ships, in which multi-cruiser did not belong. Therefore, use them only in 4 countries in one - as a training ship.