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the French light cruiser Marseillaise was sabotaged by her own crew on November 27, 1942, in order to prevent the Germans from capturing the ship?
the light cruiser Oyodo of the Imperial Japanese Navy was Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa's flagship after the aircraft carrier Zuikaku was sunk during WWII's Battle of Leyte Gulf?
the only American ship larger than a destroyer to survive the Dutch East Indies campaign was the light cruiser Marblehead (pictured)?
the Crown Colony-class light cruiser HMS Nigeria made one of the earliest captures of German Enigma material?
the C-class light cruiser HMS Carlisle (pictured) was damaged by German bombers during the Allied landings in Sicily and spent the rest of the war in Alexandria harbour?
all Imperial German Navy light cruisers of the First World War were patterned after the German Gazelle-class light cruiser (pictured), designed in 1895–96?
during the Battle of Jutland, the German dreadnought SMS Posen accidentally rammed the light cruiser SMS Elbing, which had to be scuttled due to the damage?
in the early 1940s, HMS Ceres (pictured), a C-class light cruiser of the British Royal Navy, was involved in the evacuation and later recapturing of British Somaliland?
World War II Imperial Japanese Navy light cruiser Kuma was torpedoed by a Royal Navy submarine while engaged in anti-submarine warfare training?

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A Saber-class light cruiser, in service in the 24th century.

The term light cruiser is a starship classification that is applied to starships that are designed as small-to-medium sized multi-purpose vessels. (ST reference book: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Technical Manual).

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The term "light cruiser" refers to a type of ship (spaceship or starship), smaller and more lightly armed or armored compared to a heavy cruiser, equivalent in some cases to a frigate.