Image Credits Alamy Stock Photo AB Forces News Collection 25 Black Rabbit Books Jason Knudson 18 22-23 27 DVIDS Petty Officer 1st Class Rawad Madanat 10-11 Freepik freepik 29 macrovector 9 macrovector_of- ficial 12 3D Horse 22-23 Shutterstock The Mariner 4291 28-29 Wikimedia Commons Commander U.S. Naval Forces Europe Africa U.S 6th Fleet 16 Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jeremy Graham 3 16-17 Mass Communi- cation Specialist 2nd Class Daniel Barker 9 Mass Communica- tion Specialist 2nd Class Nathan Lockwood 4-5 MC1 Justin L. Ailes 21 MC3 Paul Kelly U.S Navy 26-27 National Museum of the U.S. Navy 1 Naval Surface Warriors 16 Petty Officer 3rd Class Kevin Cunningham 6-7 Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Michael Sandberg 17 Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Bernardo Fuller 14 Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Lowell Whitman 24 Photographer's Mate Airman James R. Evans 19 Photographer's Mate Airman Jordon R. Beesley 13 32 Rhk111 15 Tim Masterson 16-17 U.S. Naval Forces Central Command U.S Fifth Fleet 7 17 U.S. Navy Chief Journalist Joe Kane cover 31 United States Navy 20-21 United States Navy Mass Communication Specialist John L. Beeman 21 Every effort has been made to contact copyright holders for material reproduced in this book Any omissions will be rectified in subsequent print- ings if notice is given to the publisher
4 CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 Ready for Launch CHAPTER 2 What Is a Cruiser CHAPTER 3 8 Powerful Guardians 16 CHAPTER 4 Defenders at Sea 24 Other Resources 30
4 CHAPTER 1 Ready for LAUNCH A U.S. cruiser slices through waves Its radar spins scanning the skies Inside sailors watch glowing screens Then suddenly an alert Enemy ahead The crew jumps into action The captain gives orders Big missiles rise from launchers They move into position The ship is ready to strike
