. "246.278"^^ . "27.7368"^^ . "9.4488"^^ . . "8.2296"^^ . "58.1528"^^ . "The Alaska class consisted of six large cruisers ordered before World War II for the United States Navy. They were officially classed as large cruisers (CB), but others have regarded them as battlecruisers. They were all named after territories or insular areas of the United States, signifying their intermediate status between larger battleships and smaller heavy and lighter cruisers."@en .