Commonwealth Union of America
Command Emblem of the CUA Navy
Jack of the CUA Navy
The Union Navy utilises a lot of what are "United States Ships" in that other universe. With most of those it will be just copy/paste unless there is something I think that could have been done better at the time. I understand the need for the halt on instituting new weaponry designs so that those in production could be mass produced as retooling is what takes the time. The one event I would like to change for that is to upgrade the 5"/38cal singles and twins to the 54cal model before fixing production or even replace them with either the UK 4.5" (in my twin turret model-see CUS Columbia for details) or 5.25" which the CUA Navy would have access to through its Canadian Commonwealth connections. That connection could give some interesting combinations for the smaller ships.
The CUA Navy policy is survivability for its battlefleet and so never built battlecruisers only battleships. Even its early scout cruiser force was made up of armoured cruisers rather than the true scout/light cruiser used by other navies as the eyes of the fleet. It was not till 1923 that the CUA started receiving a class of 'light' cruisers that were half as big again as any of the British or German equivalents.
| Class Name | No. | First Date | Page Address (Click on thumbnail for page view) |
| Aircraft Carriers | |||
| John Adams | 1 | 1921 |
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| Washington | 2 | 1926 |
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| Rhode Island | 2 | 1928 |
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| Thomas Jefferson | 2 | 1932 |
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| Andrew Jackson | 4 | 1936+ |
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| Abraham Lincoln | 24 | 1941+ |
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| Spruce | 38 | 1941 |
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| Ulysses S Grant | 12 | 1942+ |
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| Theodore Roosevelt | 6 | 1944+ |
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| Woodrow Wilson | 6 | 1944+ |
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| Battleships / Battlecruisers | |||
| CUS Michigan | 2 | 1909 |
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| CUS Delaware | 4 | 1911 |
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| CUS Alberta | 4 | 1913 |
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| CUS Quebec | 4 | 1914 |
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| CUS Vermont | 6 | 1916 |
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| CUS Pennsylvania | 4 | 1917 |
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| CUS Manitoba | 4 | 1918 |
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| CUS Columbia | 3 | 1936+ |
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| CUS Massachusetts | 4 | 1940+ |
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| CUS Montana | 4 | 1943+ |
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| Cruisers (Heavy, Light, Armoured, AA) | |||
| CUS Boston (AC-TS) | 4 | 1908 |
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| CUS Providence (CL/A) | 10 | 1917+ |
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| CUS Detroit (SC/CA) | 12 | 1923+ |
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| CUS Salt Lake City (CA) | 2 | 1928+ |
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| CUS Philadelphia | 6 | 1932+ |
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| CUS Wichita | 8 | 1937+ |
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| CUS Honolulu | 8 | 1938+ |
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| CUS Anchorage | 16 | 1941+ |
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| CUS Chicago | 24 | 1941+ |
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| CUS Augusta | 15 | 1942+ |
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| CUS Vancouver | 6 | 1944+ |
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| Destroyers | |||
| CUS Belmont DD | 84 | 1917+ |
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| CUS Appalachia DD | 2 | 1926 |
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| CUS Collins DD | 16 | 1930+ |
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| CUS Miller DD | 24 | 1933 |
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| CUS Frankford DD | 32 | 1937 |
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| CUS McLean DDL | 24 | 1938 |
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| CUS Huntington DD | 180 | 1941 |
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| CUS Lawson DD | 48 | 1944 |
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| CUS Drummond DDL | 24 | 1945 |
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| CUS Colborne DDE | 140 | 1941 |
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| CUS Maitland DDE | 160 | 1942 |
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| Miscelaneous | |||
| CUS New Hampshire (TS-ADV) | 4 | 1906 |
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| CUS Hawaii (Mon) | 4 | 1932 |
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| CUS Huron (FCC) | 24 | 1944+ |
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Brooklyn Navy Yard in the 1930's
Pride of the fleet CUS Montana ready for trials.