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...here was a threat from heavily gunned raiders, perhaps an older cruiser or battleship.

| pre-dreadnought battleship

* Battleship

...[cruiser]]. In comparison, the [[ship of the line]] was analogous to the [[battleship]] when big-gunned battleships were still the most powerful ships, but tied

* [[battleship]]

...Naval Gun Factory in Washington, D.C.. He then was Gunnery Officer of the battleship California, Fleet Gunnery Officer on the Staff of Commander Scouting Fleet

...g from the [[United States Naval Academy]] in 1908, he served aboard the [[battleship]] ''USS Nebraska'' in the [[Great White Fleet]]. Annapolis in 1908. Becomin

...ver more explosive to an area than the [[16"-50 caliber Mark 7]] guns of [[battleship]]s of the [[Iowa-class]], and its better [[circular error probability]] let

...usually used a major combatant vessel such as a [[ship of the line]] or [[battleship]]. Under some circumstances, when the admiral's attention was needed close

**[[Battleship Memorial Park]], [[Mobile, Alabama]]

...he faculty of the Naval Academy in the 1930s, then commanding a cruiser, a battleship, and an air division. Promoted to vice admiral in 1940, he began to receive

...(World War II)|Pearl Harbor]], Hawaii which spans over the wreckage of the battleship.]] ...''Massachusetts'' (BB-59)]] or "Big Mamie," on display as a museum ship in Battleship Cove, [[Fall River, Massachusetts]].]]

...the [[Battle of Hampton Roads]] and the introduction of a radically new [[battleship]] type with ''[[HMS Dreadnought (1905)]]''.

...eagoing career was extensive, including command of five destroyers and the battleship Mississippi. Spruance also held several engineering, intelligence, staff an

...of the battleships at the end of the strait. At about 03:00 the Japanese battleship ''Fuso'' and three destroyers were hit by torpedoes and ''Fuso'' broke in t ...ed them to hit targets from a much greater distance than the Japanese. The battleship ''Yamashiro'' sank under heavy shell from the battleships and cruisers. Cru

...ly an air-to-surface missile. It had dramatic results, sinking the Italian battleship ''Roma'' after Italy surrendered and Germany kept fighting.

The '''Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award''' is presented annually by the [[United States Navy]]'s [[Chief The Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund was established in 1917 by the Tribune Association. It was initiated b

...al]] of the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]], who was killed in action, on his [[battleship]] flagship ''[[IJN Yamashiro]]'', while commanding [[Battle of Leyte Gulf#F

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...ve, there is no modern equivalent to the type, although the now-obsolete [[battleship]] is often compared to ships of the line.