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U.S. WWII naval command for modern [[battleship]]s and [[cruiser]]s used in fleet operations; designated TF34 when part of

[[Imperial Japanese Navy]] vessel, laid down as a [[battleship]] of the [[Yamato-class]] but converted to an [[aircraft carrier]]; sunk on

...amples were German [[Lützow-class]] (commerce raiding; also called "pocket battleship") and U.S. [[Alaska-class]] (carrier escort)

The last class of [[battleship]]s deployed by any navy; these were [[United States Navy]] vessels launched

[[United States Navy|U.S.]] [[battleship]], [[Pennsylvania-class]], that exploded and sank from Japanese air attack

A large [[warship]] with guns comparable to those of a [[battleship]], equal or greater speed, but less [[armor (naval)|armor]]; "can catch wha

A four-ship class of 35,000 ton U.S. Navy [[battleship]] begun just before the Second World War; more compact and better protected

A two-ship class of U.S. Navy [[battleship]]s, originally to Treaty requirements and but upgunned to the [[16"-45 cal

Largest (71,000 ton) [[battleship]] class of the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]], the largest but not necessarily

A class of originally British-designed Japanese [[battleship]]s, the first of which was built in a British shipyard in the 1910s; the cl

...e, she triggered a European arms race, since she made obsolete every other battleship, even British ones being built at the same time.<ref name=Massey>{{citation

*[http://www.battleshipcove.org Battleship Cove Website]

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U.S. designation for Japanese battleship force, under [[Vice admiral|Vice Admiral]] [[Takeo Kurita]], which, in the

* [[USS Nebraska (BB-14)|USS ''Nebraska'' (BB-14)]], a battleship, in commission 1907–1920

*[[USS Utah (BB-31)|USS ''Utah'' (BB-31)]], an American battleship

...shi'' did have 18.1" 45-caliber guns, which fired the largest shell of any battleship, although its armor penetration was no greater than the 16" 50-caliber guns ...to order the conversion of the Yamato-class hull, ''IJN Shinano'', from a battleship to a carrier. She was sunk on 29 November 1944 by the submarine [[USS Arch