Editing Battlecruiser (section)

==Operators==

* {{navy|Russia}} operates one {{sclass|Kirov|battlecruiser|2}} with one more being overhauled.

===Former operators===

* {{navy|German Empire}} five surviving battlecruisers were all scuttled at Scapa Flow in 1919.
* {{naval|Australia|1913}} decommissioned its only battlecruiser [[HMAS Australia (1911)|HMAS ''Australia'']] in 1921.
* {{navy|Empire of Japan}} whose {{sclass|Kongo|battlecruiser|2}}s (upgraded and reclassified as fast battleships in the 1930s) all served in and were sunk in World War II, the last in 1945.
* {{navy|United Kingdom}} last battlecruiser, [[HMS Renown (1916)|HMS ''Renown'']] was decommissioned in 1945, following World War II.
* {{naval|United States|1912}} two [[Alaska-class cruiser|''Alaska''-class large cruiser]]s were both decommissioned in 1947.
* {{naval|Turkey}} decommissioned its only battlecruiser [[SMS Goeben|TCG ''Yavuz'']] in 1950.