The largest, most massive battleships to ever exist were the Japanese Yamato-class WWII-era warships which incorporated nine ultra-large 460mm 18.1-inch naval guns. The large weapons, designed for ...
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Forget the Montana-Class or Yamato Battleships: Japan Wanted a 90,000 Ton Monster Warship
Key Points and Summary – Japan’s Design A-150 “Super Yamato” was meant to be the ultimate battleship: up to 70,000–90,000 ...
After years of service to the nation, the Battleship North Carolina was about to fade quietly into history -- until school children came to the rescue. Mark Strassmann has the story. I toured the ...
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USS Kentucky: The lost Iowa-class battleship the Navy never finished
USS Kentucky (BB-66) was conceived first as a Montana-class super-battleship and then reordered as an Iowa-class fast ...
The Iowa-class ships can be traced back to the late 1930’s, when the “escalator clause” first emerged. First penned in the 1936 London Treat, if Japan (or other non-signatories) refused to confirm ...
Countless veterans have walked the decks of the Battleship USS Iowa over the years. But few, if any, have been as beloved by the San Pedro ship’s crew as Lloyd Glick, a Huntington Beach resident and ...
DECATUR - Walk down the stairs in the Adam Troxell Sr. home in Decatur and cast an eye upon a massive model ship. Extending over each end of a 7-foot pool table, the World War II battleship USS New ...
Summary: Speculative discussions on using atomic bombs against the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) suggest that, under ideal conditions, such an attack could have significantly damaged the IJN’s ...
SIMPSONVILLE, S.C. (WSPA) – The City of Simpsonville is set to unveil a piece of an historic artifact that has sat underwater for almost 100 years. A piece of the U.S.S. Arizona Naval Battleship ...
Terry Watkins, these faces tell *** story of pride. They are etched by time and memory. Their hats bear the visual reminders of the places and times they fought for their country. They are reminders ...
The Battleship North Carolina plays a cameo role in "Iwo, 26 Charlie," the latest military novel by retired Navy captain Peter Deutermann. Deutermann has written almost a full shelf of yarns since ...
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