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Key Points and Summary – The Montana-class battleships were meant to be the apex of US naval gunpower: 60,000-ton giants with twelve 16-inch guns,...
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Key Points and Summary – The Montana-class battleships were meant to be the apex of US naval gunpower: 60,000-ton giants with twelve 16-inch guns,...
Key Points and Summary – Germany’s so-called “pocket battleships” — Deutschland, Admiral Scheer, and Admiral Graf Spee — were Hitler’s workaround to interwar naval...
Key Points and Summary – In April 1989, a catastrophic explosion in Turret 2 aboard the battleship USS Iowa killed 47 sailors during a...
Key Points and Summary: The Casablanca-class escort carrier (CVE) was the unsung hero of WWII, mass-produced by industrialist Henry Kaiser to overwhelm the Japanese...
Key Takeaways – The Montana-class was meant to be the U.S. Navy’s ultimate battleship: over 70,000 tons full load, twelve 16-inch/50 guns in four...
Key Points and Summary – The Italian battleship Vittorio Veneto was no paper tiger. Flagship of the Regia Marina’s Mediterranean fleet, this Littorio-class heavyweight...
Article Summary and Key Points – The USS New Jersey (BB-62), America’s most decorated battleship, has completed a $10 million, 12-week dry-dock overhaul and...
Article Summary – The F-105 Thunderchief, or “Thud,” began life as a supersonic nuclear striker before becoming the U.S. Air Force’s primary fighter-bomber over...
Key Points and Summary – Japan’s Yamato-class battleships were the largest and heaviest ever built, mounting nine 18.1-inch guns on hulls displacing more than...
Key Points – The USS Pennsylvania (BB-38), lead ship of its class of super-dreadnought battleships, was commissioned in 1916. -Though missing combat in World...