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- ...(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]].]]29 KB (4,426 words) - 21:31, 2 April 2024
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- [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] '''[[battleship]]s''' of the '''Kongo class''' were the last class of capital ships not bui1,013 bytes (140 words) - 19:34, 17 August 2010
- A class of originally British-designed Japanese [[battleship]]s, the first of which was built in a British shipyard in the 1910s; the cl252 bytes (38 words) - 08:17, 16 July 2010
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- 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 b10 KB (1,409 words) - 10:08, 10 February 2023
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- [[Trafalgar-class battleship]] launched in 1887 by the [[Royal Navy]104 bytes (11 words) - 02:53, 1 September 2010
- [[Trafalgar-class battleship]] launched in 1887 by the [[Royal Navy]]105 bytes (11 words) - 02:59, 1 September 2010
- A ''Schlachtschiff'' (battleship) of the navy in [[World War II]].103 bytes (13 words) - 09:26, 5 April 2024
- <noinclude>{{Subpages}}</noinclude>British [[battleship]] of the 35,000 ton [[King George V-class]], commissioned in 1941.122 bytes (13 words) - 08:50, 25 July 2023
- Single-ship [[aircraft carrier]] class converted from [[Yamato-class]] battleship hull122 bytes (12 words) - 13:04, 3 September 2010
- [[United States Navy]] [[battleship]] of the [[Iowa-class]]; served in [[Vietnam War]] and 1983-1984 Lebanon cr151 bytes (18 words) - 10:08, 10 February 2023
- '''''USS New Jersey''''' (BB-64) is a U.S. [[battleship]] of the [[Iowa-class]], entering service in the latter part of the [[Secon She was the only battleship activated for [[naval gunfire support]] during the [[Vietnam War]], and lat636 bytes (98 words) - 15:41, 8 April 2024
- ...e of Leyte Gulf]], the last naval engagement between forces based around [[battleship]]s161 bytes (22 words) - 16:30, 27 June 2009
- Largest caliber [[naval gun]] ever deployed on a battleship; used by the Japanese [[Yamato-class]] but never fired against a ship or sh181 bytes (26 words) - 22:04, 2 November 2010
- A steam-powered [[battleship]] of the "pre-Dreadnought" type, with a mixture of main gun calibers133 bytes (17 words) - 20:33, 17 March 2009
- The first "all-big-gun" [[battleship]], obsoleting all others in the world when built, yet having very little ac164 bytes (22 words) - 20:36, 17 March 2009
- A cancelled class of U.S. [[battleship]]s, slower and more heavily gunned and armored than the [[Iowa-class]]145 bytes (21 words) - 08:15, 16 July 2010
- ...unk at the [[Action off Samar]] while exchanging gunfire with the Japanese battleship ''IJN Kongo''181 bytes (25 words) - 20:13, 31 August 2010
- ...I, who specialized in [[naval guns and gunnery|"big gun"]] ships such as [[battleship]]s and [[cruiser]]s; Commander, Battle Force, Pacific Fleet218 bytes (31 words) - 15:08, 21 August 2010
- <noinclude>{{Subpages}}</noinclude>Two-ship class of German [[battleship]]s, optimized for commerce raiding and short Atlantic operations so extreme248 bytes (35 words) - 08:46, 25 July 2023
- [[Battleship]] of the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]], of the [[Yamato-class]], sunk by U.S.179 bytes (28 words) - 19:42, 15 July 2010
- [[Battleship]]-centric task force under Vice Admiral [[Takeo Kurita]] at the [[Battle of254 bytes (34 words) - 20:35, 17 June 2010
- U.S. Navy [[Iowa-class]] [[battleship]], on whose deck the Japanese surrender was signed; last class of battleshi213 bytes (35 words) - 10:16, 2 February 2023
- Lead ship of the class of the biggest [[battleship]]s ever built; sunk by U.S. carrier aircraft in 1945, while on a "do-or-die239 bytes (37 words) - 20:51, 15 July 2010
- ...eapon, which was radio-controlled by a human observer, to sink the Italian battleship ''Roma'' in 1943.<ref name=RomaSinking>{{citation | title = The Sinking of the Battleship Roma, September 9th, 1943979 bytes (145 words) - 17:57, 24 May 2008
- ...tory at the [[Battle of Surigao Strait]]. He is known, then, as the last [[battleship]] admiral to win a combat engagement; Surigao Strait was the last fight bet He was a gunnery specialist who, as the [[battleship]] became obsolete as the dominant naval force, remained an expert in the us964 bytes (153 words) - 15:42, 8 April 2024
- U.S. WWII naval command for modern [[battleship]]s and [[cruiser]]s used in fleet operations; designated TF34 when part of277 bytes (41 words) - 09:05, 23 June 2010
- [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] vessel, laid down as a [[battleship]] of the [[Yamato-class]] but converted to an [[aircraft carrier]]; sunk on265 bytes (37 words) - 19:46, 15 July 2010
- The last class of [[battleship]]s deployed by any navy; these were [[United States Navy]] vessels launched272 bytes (41 words) - 10:07, 10 February 2023
- ...amples were German [[Lützow-class]] (commerce raiding; also called "pocket battleship") and U.S. [[Alaska-class]] (carrier escort)341 bytes (43 words) - 14:52, 16 April 2011
- [[United States Navy|U.S.]] [[battleship]], [[Pennsylvania-class]], that exploded and sank from Japanese air attack268 bytes (39 words) - 20:45, 2 April 2024
- A large [[warship]] with guns comparable to those of a [[battleship]], equal or greater speed, but less [[armor (naval)|armor]]; "can catch wha251 bytes (41 words) - 11:24, 4 July 2009
- A four-ship class of 35,000 ton U.S. Navy [[battleship]] begun just before the Second World War; more compact and better protected302 bytes (46 words) - 00:08, 14 August 2010
- A two-ship class of U.S. Navy [[battleship]]s, originally to Treaty requirements and but upgunned to the [[16"-45 cal289 bytes (41 words) - 00:13, 14 August 2010
- Largest (71,000 ton) [[battleship]] class of the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]], the largest but not necessarily298 bytes (40 words) - 16:49, 15 July 2010
- ...nification in the [[Yamato Dynasty]], Japanese art, [[bushido]], etc.; the battleship ''[[IJN Yamato]]'' was named for it.294 bytes (42 words) - 18:25, 6 January 2024
- ...er naval gun''' was the largest caliber [[naval gun]] ever deployed on a [[battleship]]. It was used by the Japanese [[Yamato-class]] but never in battle.258 bytes (36 words) - 08:20, 11 March 2024
- A class of originally British-designed Japanese [[battleship]]s, the first of which was built in a British shipyard in the 1910s; the cl252 bytes (38 words) - 08:17, 16 July 2010
- ...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>{{citation1 KB (166 words) - 11:04, 8 April 2024
- *[http://www.battleshipcove.org Battleship Cove Website]473 bytes (61 words) - 17:52, 10 February 2010
- ...ed by the [[Yamato Dynasty]] and also in Japanese art and [[Bushidō]]. The battleship ''[[IJN Yamato]]'' was named in recognition of it.291 bytes (46 words) - 18:28, 6 January 2024
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- U.S. designation for Japanese battleship force, under [[Vice admiral|Vice Admiral]] [[Takeo Kurita]], which, in the362 bytes (53 words) - 14:39, 17 June 2010
- * [[USS Nebraska (BB-14)|USS ''Nebraska'' (BB-14)]], a battleship, in commission 1907–1920318 bytes (35 words) - 08:07, 9 July 2023
- *[[USS Utah (BB-31)|USS ''Utah'' (BB-31)]], an American battleship419 bytes (56 words) - 09:36, 8 August 2023
- ...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 Arch2 KB (320 words) - 09:34, 1 September 2010
- '''HMS Prince of Wales''' was a [[Royal Navy]] battleship of the [[King George V-class]], whose entire operational life was less than ...941, she was sent out, shipyard workmen still on board, to hunt the German battleship ''[[KMS Bismarck]]'', in company with the [[battlecruiser]] ''[[HMS Hood]]'2 KB (336 words) - 11:04, 8 April 2024
- ...the Navy dirigible service, and finally to sea as executive officer of the battleship [[USS Utah]].<ref>{{citation1 KB (214 words) - 10:05, 10 February 2023
- ...nese heavy cruisers had significant torpedo armament. Heavy cruisers and [[battleship]]s could thicken the antiaircraft defenses around [[aircraft carrier]]s, ye2 KB (236 words) - 11:04, 8 April 2024
- {{r|Battleship}}383 bytes (50 words) - 20:11, 27 July 2009
- ...ns of the power of its main battery, while, under defined circumstances, a battleship's armor could protect it. The Japanese [[Kongo-class battleship|''Kongo''-class battleship]]s had originally been constructed as battlecruisers, but were remodeled in5 KB (692 words) - 11:04, 8 April 2024
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- ...na'' memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii which spans over the wreckage of the battleship.495 bytes (75 words) - 18:47, 3 April 2024
- {{r|Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award}}465 bytes (60 words) - 21:14, 11 January 2010
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- ==A "pocket battleship"== ...ns were 11", heavier than those used by [[Royal Navy]] cruisers but not of battleship calibre. The ship had an extended cruising range and good habitability, but4 KB (567 words) - 09:26, 5 April 2024
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- ...signated ''HMS Dreadnought'', the best-known being the first all-big-gun [[battleship]], [[HMS Dreadnought (1905)|''HMS Dreadnought (1905)'']]814 bytes (93 words) - 00:54, 1 June 2009
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- ...l in the German Navy (navy) of the [[Second World War]], a specialist in [[battleship]]s and [[anti-surface warfare]] who was killed in action when ''[[KMS Bisma | publisher = Battleship Bismarck: The Legend Lives!}}</ref>3 KB (536 words) - 09:26, 5 April 2024
- U.S. '''''Iowa-class''''' [[battleship]]s were the last class of battleship to serve in combat. When they entered service late in the [[Second World W2 KB (265 words) - 15:42, 8 April 2024
- Auto-populated based on [[Special:WhatLinksHere/Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award]]. Needs checking by a human.592 bytes (79 words) - 10:08, 10 February 2023
- {{r|Kongo-class battleship}}643 bytes (77 words) - 22:32, 15 July 2010
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- The '''USS Missouri''' is an [[Iowa-class]] [[battleship]] of the [[U.S. Navy]] which was active during [[World War II]]. She is fam799 bytes (124 words) - 08:56, 8 February 2024
- ''This is the modern destroyer; see [[Kongo-class (battleship)]]''844 bytes (122 words) - 19:16, 17 August 2010
- ...nary "all-big-gun" [[battleship]], which quickly made obsolete every other battleship afloat or building, [[HMS Dreadnought (1905)|''HMS Dreadnought'' (1905)]].2 KB (379 words) - 11:04, 8 April 2024
- [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] '''[[battleship]]s''' of the '''Kongo class''' were the last class of capital ships not bui1,013 bytes (140 words) - 19:34, 17 August 2010
- ...remely competent naval aviation, much of the leadership still believed the battleship supreme. A critical error was that the Navy did not institute a pilot rotat ...to him from pro-war zealots, and, since the CinC's headquarters was on a [[battleship]], he could be better protected.<ref>{{citation4 KB (672 words) - 20:45, 2 April 2024
- {{r|Battleship}}1 KB (143 words) - 20:40, 2 April 2024
- ...o establish the fact with certainly, but it appears probable that a second battleship of the Cavour class has also been severely damaged and beached. In the inne4 KB (646 words) - 11:04, 8 April 2024
- She then took several hits from 14" battleship and 6" cruiser guns, losing one engine.<blockquote>It was like a puppy bein ...fire support." Coming out of the smoke, they encountered a [[Kongo-class battleship]], whose fire missed them but they hit with 5-inch fire on the potentially3 KB (469 words) - 15:42, 8 April 2024
- The only modern [[battleship]]s built by Nazi Germany were the two ships of the '''Bismarck-class''', th1 KB (213 words) - 08:47, 25 July 2023
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- ...ecialized carriers, really conversions or "hermaphrodites" that retained [[battleship]] or [[cruiser]] functions, still had a conventional superstructure with no1 KB (214 words) - 13:34, 3 September 2010
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- ...t attack craft]], which may now be armed with [[guided missile]]s. Since [[battleship]]s and [[cruiser]]s were too cumbersome to chase and kill torpedo boats, a ...ctions, including the [[Battle of Surigao Strait]], the last battleship-to-battleship action, were quite effective.5 KB (751 words) - 20:16, 6 September 2009
- | publisher = Hyperwar}}</ref> After withstanding battleship fire, she was sunk by a torpedo from ''USS Blackfin'' (SS-322).1 KB (204 words) - 23:09, 31 August 2010
- *[[USS Arizona BB-39]], a battleship sunk in the attack on Pearl Harbor1 KB (180 words) - 15:43, 25 February 2023
- ...eship]]s ever built. She was unlucky to have gone to sea after independent battleship operations, without adequate aircraft escort, became completely obsolete. ' Admiral [[Matome Ugaki]] commanding the battleship division, wrote in his diary <blockquote>This is like losing a part of mys5 KB (740 words) - 10:05, 10 February 2023
- At Leyte Gulf, he commanded a [[battleship]] division, and Force "A" of the First Striking Force while Admiral [[Takeo1 KB (240 words) - 22:10, 15 July 2010
- ...ts, were built, mostly for river and harbor combat. As seaworthy armored [[battleship]] designs emerged, monitors generally fell out of use. There were a few exc2 KB (242 words) - 13:58, 25 December 2012
- '''IJN Musashi''' was the second Japanese [[battleship]] of the [[Yamato-class]], and the first of the class to be sunk. Never fir2 KB (238 words) - 15:41, 8 April 2024
- ...f>KMS = navy Schiff</ref> ''Bismarck''''' was a German ''Schlachtschiff'' (battleship) that was commissioned by the navy in 1940. One of two [[Bismarck-class]] b ...untered the [[battlecruiser]] ''[[HMS Hood (1920)|HMS Hood]]'' and the new battleship ''[[HMS Prince of Wales]]'', which was still in shakedown with shipyard tec4 KB (588 words) - 09:26, 5 April 2024
- ...]]s every year, he ordered the [[United States Navy]] to design "[[maximum battleship]]s," the largest battleships that they could use.4 KB (615 words) - 10:07, 6 August 2023
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- ...ited States, which were the traditional names for [[battleship]]s when the battleship was the most important ship type in the Navy.4 KB (594 words) - 08:51, 20 March 2024
- ...cks-homeport</ref> that was built in 1980s to berth the [[USS Iowa (BB-61)|Battleship Iowa]] as part of the former [[Naval Station New York]].<ref>[http://www.gl2 KB (296 words) - 17:47, 18 July 2022
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- ...del, who claimed in excess of 500 Soviet [[tank (military)|tanks]] and a [[battleship]].2 KB (285 words) - 09:17, 5 April 2024
- ...mar]], while exchanging gunfire with Japanese heavy ships, primarily the [[battleship]] ''[[IJN Kongo]]''. She was named in honor of [[Samuel B. Roberts (sailor2 KB (255 words) - 15:41, 8 April 2024
- * Friedman, Norman, and A. D. Baker. ''Naval Firepower: Battleship Guns and Gunnery in the Dreadnaught Era'' (2008) * Hodges, Peter. ''The Big Gun: Battleship Main Armament 1860-1945'', (1981), highly detailed coverage7 KB (970 words) - 14:07, 10 February 2023
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- ...f that year, her torpedo planes hit the [[KMS Bismarck]], making the enemy battleship virtually unmaneuverable and allowing other British warships to close and s2 KB (304 words) - 11:04, 8 April 2024
- ...eously Commanding Officer of USS Yankton. Fitch was Gunnery Officer of the battleship USS Wyoming (BB-32) during most of the First World War. In 1920-27, he had2 KB (300 words) - 07:27, 14 September 2010
- ...[[Royal Navy]] for special missions including an underwater attack on the battleship ''[[KMS Tirpitz]]''. Italy and Britain also used even smaller underwater s2 KB (309 words) - 15:42, 8 April 2024
- ...here was a threat from heavily gunned raiders, perhaps an older cruiser or battleship.2 KB (333 words) - 16:22, 30 March 2024
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- ...[cruiser]]. In comparison, the [[ship of the line]] was analogous to the [[battleship]] when big-gunned battleships were still the most powerful ships, but tied2 KB (380 words) - 11:04, 8 April 2024
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- ...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 Fleet5 KB (781 words) - 15:42, 8 April 2024
- ...g from the [[United States Naval Academy]] in 1908, he served aboard the [[battleship]] ''USS Nebraska'' in the [[Great White Fleet]]. Annapolis in 1908. Becomin2 KB (325 words) - 15:41, 8 April 2024
- ...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]] let3 KB (407 words) - 15:42, 8 April 2024
- ...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 close2 KB (395 words) - 20:45, 2 April 2024
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- ...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 receive3 KB (507 words) - 18:47, 3 April 2024
- ...(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]].]]29 KB (4,426 words) - 21:31, 2 April 2024
- ...the [[Battle of Hampton Roads]] and the introduction of a radically new [[battleship]] type with ''[[HMS Dreadnought (1905)]]''.3 KB (445 words) - 09:00, 28 April 2024
- ...eagoing career was extensive, including command of five destroyers and the battleship Mississippi. Spruance also held several engineering, intelligence, staff an3 KB (514 words) - 15:41, 8 April 2024
- ...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. Cru9 KB (1,502 words) - 15:42, 8 April 2024
- ...ly an air-to-surface missile. It had dramatic results, sinking the Italian battleship ''Roma'' after Italy surrendered and Germany kept fighting.3 KB (529 words) - 02:18, 7 April 2024
- 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 b10 KB (1,409 words) - 10:08, 10 February 2023
- ...al]] of the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]], who was killed in action, on his [[battleship]] flagship ''[[IJN Yamashiro]]'', while commanding [[Battle of Leyte Gulf#F4 KB (668 words) - 09:34, 25 September 2013
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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.4 KB (600 words) - 11:04, 8 April 2024
- ...ame a critical world commodity; when the [[Royal Navy]] made every other [[battleship]] in the world obsolete with ''[[HMS Dreadnought (1905)]]'', one of its inn4 KB (581 words) - 17:59, 17 March 2024
- ...destroyers. All of these models were also used on [[aircraft carrier]]s, [[battleship]]s, and other large combatants.4 KB (536 words) - 15:41, 8 April 2024
- ...e — as may be observed in some segments of [[Sergei Eisenstein]]'s ''[[The Battleship Potemkin]]''.4 KB (698 words) - 18:34, 11 July 2009
- ...ury, and their "sledgehammers" were torpedoes that could cripple or sink a battleship — if the torpedo boat could survive to get into range.4 KB (592 words) - 16:22, 30 March 2024
- {{seealso|Battleship}} ...ot "Jacky" Fisher]], the Royal Navy introduced a revolutionary design of [[battleship]] that was considered to render all earlier battleships obsolete. The first11 KB (1,676 words) - 11:04, 8 April 2024
- ...ips came in 1919 when he had one year's duty as Executive Officer of the [[battleship]] [[USS South Carolina|USS ''South Carolina'']]. After that, he was assigne ...roduced the [[circular cruising formation]] to the fleet, first based on a battleship and then on the early [[aircraft carrier]], [[USS Langley|USS ''Langley'']]17 KB (2,581 words) - 20:45, 2 April 2024
- ...ze of the American force, and included nine carriers with 473 planes, 18 [[battleship]]s and [[cruiser]]s, and 28 [[destroyer]]s. Ozawa's pilots boasted of their ...ttle he was highly cautious and inflexible once he had made up his mind. A battleship sailor, he still did not fully appreciate the power of his carriers. The Ja9 KB (1,396 words) - 15:41, 8 April 2024
- ...2. The first shipboard installations were on the gunnery-training ship (ex-battleship) USS Wyoming (AG-17) and the destroyer USS Coghlan (DD-606) in July, 1942.4 KB (620 words) - 11:04, 8 April 2024
- ...rcise, there was a catastrophic explosion in a 16" gun turret aboard the [[battleship]] ''USS Iowa'''. The cause has never been definitively established, but the | url = http://media.newscientist.com/article/mg13117866.300-battleship-blast-was-accident-not-suicide-.html13 KB (1,960 words) - 11:04, 8 April 2024
- ...r]] for [[World War II]] service. In 1967, she won the [[Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award]] for the Atlantic Fleet. ...cuted off the coast of [[Spain]]. In 1967, she won the [[Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award]] for the Atlantic Fleet. In January 1968, she was in the Caribb9 KB (1,397 words) - 10:05, 6 August 2023
- ...ed action was in the [[Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal]], commanding a battleship division with supporting ships. His flagship, [[USS Washington (BB-56)]], d5 KB (725 words) - 15:41, 8 April 2024
- ...lass of 1928, who then served routine tours aboard a [[destroyer]] and a [[battleship]]. In 1934, he qualified as a [[naval aviator]], and formed a friendship wi5 KB (782 words) - 15:42, 8 April 2024
- *4 [[battleship]]s of the new [[HMS Dreadnought (1905)|''Dreadnought'']] type5 KB (811 words) - 11:04, 8 April 2024
- ...ter, he supported the development of airpower and a halt to building new [[battleship]]s. At the policy level, he was against the invasion of [[Manchuria]] and6 KB (896 words) - 20:45, 2 April 2024
- ...eir attending screen fought bravely against overwhelming odds. While the [[battleship]]s and [[cruiser]]s in suicidal attacks, the [[Light aircraft carrier|"jeep ...e command ship got underway for [[New Guinea]], in company with a powerful battleship-cruiser force, and, although buffeted by 80-knot winds en route, completed12 KB (1,709 words) - 15:42, 8 April 2024
- ...] whose duties included [[communications intelligence]], [[cruiser]] and [[battleship]] command including on the [[Doolittle Raid]], and [[psychological operatio ...the recent signing of the Tripartite Pact with Germany and Italy. The U.S. battleship force in the Pacific, in particular, was being regarded more and more as th25 KB (3,954 words) - 12:48, 2 April 2024
- ...and split his forces. Yamamoto sailed with the Main Body, built around a [[battleship]] force; the carrier force, under VADM [[Chuichi Nagumo]], preceded them. **Battleship Division 113 KB (1,923 words) - 05:46, 3 September 2010
- ...''Massachusetts'' (BB-59)]] or "Big Mamie," on display as a museum ship in Battleship Cove.]] ...zzie herself, her father, stepmother and cat. Fall River is also known for Battleship Cove, the world's largest collection of [[World War II]] naval vessels, whi21 KB (3,471 words) - 20:44, 25 March 2024
- ...Pacific beginning in 1941. At the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor, this battleship USS ''Colorado'' was located at the naval base in San Diego, California, an15 KB (2,313 words) - 08:34, 20 September 2023
- After the [[battleship]] ''USS Maine'' mysteriously exploded in Havana harbor on February 25, 18987 KB (1,160 words) - 15:42, 8 April 2024
- ...nk, ranging from many auxiliaries and destroyers to eight carriers and one battleship.9 KB (1,305 words) - 05:33, 31 May 2009
- ...represented a tradeoff against habitability. One of the reasons the German battleship ''[[KMS Bismarck]]'' took an incredible pounding before sinking is that Ger9 KB (1,388 words) - 08:41, 23 February 2024
- At the beginning of the century, the [[battleship]], in various forms, was the dominant naval vessel. [[Cruiser]]s scouted fo9 KB (1,323 words) - 20:45, 2 April 2024
- ...se]]'' and ''[[HMS Prince of Wales]]'' in 1941. The last battleship-versus-battleship engagement was the [[Battle of Surigao Strait]] in 1945, although torpedoes ...secondary batteries which served tactically for close-range attacks. The battleship turret, developed in the 1860s, was a mainstay of naval armament from the 147 KB (7,596 words) - 15:31, 4 April 2024
- ...s that the tank will go the way of the armored knight, the heavy gun naval battleship, and other obsolete technologies. Tanks keep evolving, however, as well as10 KB (1,608 words) - 09:17, 5 April 2024
- ...ocked so particular ship classes cannot use them). Between the cruiser and battleship class, there are battlecruisers. And for each class of ship, there are "Tec10 KB (1,709 words) - 16:48, 28 March 2010
- ...of torpedoes, could threaten much larger warships such as battleships. The battleship of the early 20th century was the largest, most heavily armed, and most hea A few days later, on the 16th, nine British destroyers escorted the battleship HMS Warspite|''HMS Warspite'', but the actual surface action was fought by49 KB (7,489 words) - 02:18, 7 April 2024
- ...ese representatives signed the formal articles of surrender on the deck of battleship [[USS Missouri (BB-63)]].10 KB (1,410 words) - 17:14, 7 March 2024
- ...ritish, Dutch and Australian bases. The attack crippled much of the U.S. [[battleship]] fleet and led to a state of war between the two nations. In launching thi ==Battleship bombardment of Henderson Field==43 KB (6,654 words) - 15:31, 8 April 2024
- ...er 1945—six days after the formal Japanese surrender ceremony on board the battleship [[USS Missouri (BB-63)]]. She disembarked her troops and discharged her car11 KB (1,606 words) - 17:15, 7 March 2024
- ...e all. Cruiser armor did not meet one of the contemporary definitions of a battleship: armor proof against shells the same size as its main battery. There were c ...resence of battleships, was extremely unwise. A battlecruiser might find a battleship, but never fight one. At the [[Battle of Jutland]], when British battlecrui34 KB (5,338 words) - 20:45, 2 April 2024
- ...were damaged so severely they were knocked out of the war, together with a battleship, a cruiser, 37 destroyers, two escort carriers, and 24 smaller ships. It wa12 KB (1,934 words) - 08:21, 14 March 2024
- ...Admiral [[William Halsey|William "Bull" Halsey]], whose flagship was the [[battleship]] [[USS New Jersey (BB-62)|USS ''New Jersey'' (BB-62)]]. At the time of thi ! Battleship64 KB (10,100 words) - 20:45, 2 April 2024
- ...w York]] in convoy on 27 July 1941, bound for [[Iceland]]. Screened by a [[battleship]], three [[heavy cruiser]]s, and seven [[destroyer]]s, the convoy included ...ew the two ships toward the fire support area where shells from the nearby battleship [[USS Pennsylvania (BB-38)|USS ''Pennsylvania'' (BB-38)]] whistled overhead37 KB (5,753 words) - 05:15, 31 March 2024
- ...f the Fritz-X rocket-boosted armor-piercing weapon, which sank the Italian battleship ''Roma''.17 KB (2,545 words) - 05:11, 31 March 2024
- ...p;inch mount, the Assault Boat Coxswain Award, and the [[Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award]]. She was awarded the [[Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal]] for16 KB (2,343 words) - 10:37, 29 March 2024
- ...The U.S. would never fight the [[Alfred Thayer Mahan|Mahanian]] decisive [[battleship]] engagement in the Western Pacific, the assumption of early Japanese strat17 KB (2,638 words) - 09:26, 5 April 2024
- ...d propel the vessel at high speed. For war service, the vessel was painted battleship gray and equipped with numerous rubber life rafts in case of loss or sinkin15 KB (2,452 words) - 14:09, 30 March 2021
- ...anese dive bomber before arriving in the outer transport area. While the [[battleship]]s delivered a pre-assault ombardment, ''Thuban'' began lowering her boats.21 KB (3,237 words) - 05:14, 31 March 2024
- ...War, they operated at the center of concentric rings of [[cruiser]]s and [[battleship]]s that were there as massive [[anti-aircraft artillery]] platforms. Rings21 KB (3,288 words) - 08:34, 22 April 2024
- ...Leyte operation, was the Battle of Surigao Strait, the last battleship-to-battleship gun duel in history. Battle of Leyte Gulf#Force "C"|A Japanese force, under ...continuing for over 30 minutes. The inflicted damage included causing the battleship ''Fuso'' to break in half but not sink. Finally, six US battleships complet59 KB (8,914 words) - 07:36, 18 March 2024
- ...ough some missile-launching submarines displace as much as a World War I [[battleship]].23 KB (3,544 words) - 10:05, 10 February 2023
- ...War II)|attack on Pearl Harbor]], sinking or damaging the entire American battleship fleet. U.S. [[aircraft carrier]]s were not in the harbor, and the attack le ...Day". The formal surrender was signed on September 2, 1945, on an American battleship in Tokyo Bay. The surrender was accepted by General [[Douglas MacArthur]] a53 KB (8,195 words) - 13:42, 6 April 2024
- ..., the day Japan signed the formal articles of surrender on the deck of the battleship [[USS Missouri (BB-63)|USS ''Missouri'' (BB-63)]], anchored there. Shortly27 KB (4,091 words) - 12:13, 13 March 2024
- ...lacing the renewable wind energy of sailing ships. Yet, the first modern [[battleship]]s were fuelled by [[Fuel oil|oil]] rather than [[coal]]. This was done for35 KB (5,044 words) - 16:53, 12 March 2024
- On the deck of the [[battleship]] [[USS Missouri (BB-63)|''USS Missouri'' (BB-63)]], selected because Presi35 KB (5,450 words) - 07:15, 31 March 2024
- ...ered to scatter by the British Admiralty. It mistakenly thought the German battleship ''Tirpitz'' was about to intercept the convoy. Twenty-two more ships were s35 KB (5,382 words) - 13:16, 6 April 2024
- ...icides, so King [[George V]] vetoed Churchill's proposal in 1915 to name a battleship "The Cromwell"; but King [[George VI]] made no objection to the naming of a36 KB (5,768 words) - 08:53, 2 March 2024
- * 1898 - Explosion sinks battleship "Maine" in Havana harbor; cause --whether accident, or caused by Cubans or30 KB (4,428 words) - 12:14, 13 March 2024
- ...[Image:SMS Grosser Kurf Zeppelin.jpg|200px|thumb|left|A Zeppelin above the battleship [[SMS Großer Kurfürst|SMS ''Großer Kurfürst'']] in 1917]] -->36 KB (5,621 words) - 07:33, 20 April 2024
- ...t using a paper-stone-scissors analogy. Submarines could sneak up on a big battleship and sink it with a torpedo, but the torpedo would probably miss a small des46 KB (7,337 words) - 15:47, 25 March 2024
- ...peare 2017, p. 300.</ref> He explained that even the successful use of the battleship [[HMS Warspite (03)|HMS ''Warspite'']] at Narvik had put her at risk from m67 KB (10,380 words) - 00:18, 19 July 2023
- ...aplin]]'s ''[[The Gold Rush]]'' and [[Sergei Eisenstein|Eisenstein]]'s ''[[Battleship Potemkin]]''.{{sfn|Willett|Manheim|1970|p=xxxiii}} Brecht had compared [[Ka56 KB (8,532 words) - 08:07, 26 April 2024
- Hitler had little sense of war at sea. The "pocket battleship" ''[[KMS Graf Spee]]'' had conducted, in late 1939, effective commerce raid67 KB (10,629 words) - 13:42, 6 April 2024
- ...ion, Churchill vowed that Britain would do the same and that for every new battleship built by the Germans, Britain would build two.<ref>Gilbert 1991, p. 243.</r ...rs freeing 299 British merchant seamen who had been captured by the pocket battleship <i>Admiral Graf Spee</i>. These actions, supplemented by his speeches, cons171 KB (25,041 words) - 09:26, 5 April 2024