Light Cruisers Today
Three light cruisers are still in existence as museum ships, and one is still used in active service by a navy - BAP Almirante Grau of the Peruvian Navy. The three ships preserved as museum ships are: HMS Belfast (1938) in London, HMS Caroline (1914) in Belfast, and USS Little Rock in Buffalo, New York. Similar ships include the protected cruisers Aurora (St Petersburg) and USS Olympia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), and the bow of the Puglia (Italy).
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