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Kirov-Class Battleship New Artist Rendition

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Russia Commissioned the Nuclear Battlecruiser Admiral Nakhimov in 1986 and Sent Her to the Yard at Severodvinsk in 1999. She Came Out in 2025. She Has Now Spent Roughly Twice as Long Being Repaired as She Ever Spent in Service, at a Cost of About $5,000,000,000.

The old Kirov-class carried 20 P-700 Granit missiles. The rebuilt Admiral Nakhimov carries up to 80 in new vertical launch cells, compatible with the...

Isaac Seitz8 hours ago

USS South Dakota Colorized Photo Creative Commons Photo

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Seaman First Class Calvin Graham Was 12 Years Old Aboard the 45,233-Ton Battleship USS South Dakota at the Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on 14-15 November 1942. Japanese Shellfire Killed 40 of Her Crew That Night.

USS South Dakota: Nine 16-inch/45 Mark 6 rifles in three triple turrets, twenty 5-inch/38s, and by 1945 some 76 Bofors 40mm and 67 Oerlikon...

Christian D. Orr1 day ago

Battleships and heavy cruisers steam in column off Kamaishi, at the time they bombarded the iron works there, as seen from USS South Dakota (BB-57). USS Indiana (BB-58) is the nearest ship, followed by USS Massachusetts (BB-59). Cruisers Chicago (CA-136) and Quincy (CA-71) bring up the rear. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

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The 45,233-Ton US Navy Battleship USS Indiana Carried 9 16-Inch Guns and 143 Anti-Aircraft Barrels, and Earned 9 Battle Stars From Marcus Island to Tokyo Bay. 2 of Her 3 Sister Ships Are Floating Museums Today. Indiana Was Stricken on 1 June 1962 and Broken Up the Following Year.

USS Indiana: Nine 16-inch/45 Mark 6 rifles in three triple turrets, twenty 5-inch/38s, and then the real wartime armament: 76 Bofors 40mm and 67...

Christian D. Orr1 day ago

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45,000-Ton US Navy Battleship USS Alabama Was Towed Through the Panama Canal With 11 Inches of Clearance on Each Side. She Carried 9 16-Inch Guns Firing 2,700-Pound Shells, Earned 9 Battle Stars Across the Pacific, and Never Lost a Sailor to Enemy Fire.

At the Battle of the Philippine Sea in June 1944, battleship USS Alabama's SK-2 radar picked up incoming Japanese aircraft at roughly 190 miles...

Brandon Weichert2 days ago

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The US Navy Bolted 32 Tomahawk Missiles Onto 58,000-Ton Iowa-Class Battleships. The Upgrade Took Their Reach From 24 Miles to 1,553.

The four 1980s Iowa-class warships fired 1,083 sixteen-inch shells in the Gulf War — 759 from Missouri, 324 from Wisconsin. Against $1.7 billion in...

Harry J. Kazianis3 days ago

USS New Jersey Iowa-Class Battleship Creative Commons Photo

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A 16-Inch Shell From an Iowa-Class Battleship Weighed 2,700 Pounds and Reached 24 Miles. The Tomahawk the US Navy Bolted On in the 1980s Weighed 992 Pounds and Reached 1,553 Miles.

An Iowa-class battleship's 16-inch guns threw a 2,700-pound shell about 24 miles. In the 1980s the US Navy pulled out four 5-inch mounts and...

Christian D. Orr5 days ago

USS Washington Battleship Creative Commons Image

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The US Navy Designed the 35,000-ton North Carolina-Class Battleships Around 12 14-Inch Guns in Quadruple Turrets. In 1937 It Threw Out the Design and Fitted 9 16-Inch Guns Instead.

Summary and Key Points: The US Navy built only 2 North Carolina-class battleships, and one of them holds a record no other battleship on...

Brent M. Eastwood7 days ago

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The US Navy’s Montana-Class Battleship: 71,000 Tons and Packed with Even More 16-Inch Gun Firepower Than The 57,500-Ton Iowa-Class Battleships

The Montana-class was the largest battleship the United States ever designed and none of the five was ever started. At 921 feet with a...

Isaac SeitzSeptember 7, 2026

Aerospace & Defense

115,080-Tons of US Navy Iowa-Class Battleships Fired 1,083 Shells, 52 Cruise Missiles, and Drones at Saddam Hussein Before Becoming Museum Battleships

They opened the war with cruise missiles, spent five weeks doing the oldest job in naval warfare, took the only enemy missiles fired at...

Harry J. KazianisSeptember 5, 2026

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Japan Thought It Sank a Fleet of Battleships at Pearl Harbor. 6 of the 8 Came Back and Helped Destroy the Japanese Navy.

On the night of October 25, 1944, a Japanese force pushed north through Surigao Strait and found six American battleships waiting across its path....

Harrison KassSeptember 1, 2026

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Russia Commissioned the Nuclear Battlecruiser Admiral Nakhimov in 1986 and Sent Her to the Yard at Severodvinsk in 1999. She Came Out in 2025. She Has Now Spent Roughly Twice as Long Being Repaired as She Ever Spent in Service, at a Cost of About $5,000,000,000.

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Seaman First Class Calvin Graham Was 12 Years Old Aboard the 45,233-Ton Battleship USS South Dakota at the Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on 14-15 November 1942. Japanese Shellfire Killed 40 of Her Crew That Night.

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The 45,233-Ton US Navy Battleship USS Indiana Carried 9 16-Inch Guns and 143 Anti-Aircraft Barrels, and Earned 9 Battle Stars From Marcus Island to Tokyo Bay. 2 of Her 3 Sister Ships Are Floating Museums Today. Indiana Was Stricken on 1 June 1962 and Broken Up the Following Year.

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45,000-Ton US Navy Battleship USS Alabama Was Towed Through the Panama Canal With 11 Inches of Clearance on Each Side. She Carried 9 16-Inch Guns Firing 2,700-Pound Shells, Earned 9 Battle Stars Across the Pacific, and Never Lost a Sailor to Enemy Fire.

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The US Navy Bolted 32 Tomahawk Missiles Onto 58,000-Ton Iowa-Class Battleships. The Upgrade Took Their Reach From 24 Miles to 1,553.

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A 16-Inch Shell From an Iowa-Class Battleship Weighed 2,700 Pounds and Reached 24 Miles. The Tomahawk the US Navy Bolted On in the 1980s Weighed 992 Pounds and Reached 1,553 Miles.

Aerospace & Defense

The US Navy Designed the 35,000-ton North Carolina-Class Battleships Around 12 14-Inch Guns in Quadruple Turrets. In 1937 It Threw Out the Design and Fitted 9 16-Inch Guns Instead.

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The US Navy’s Montana-Class Battleship: 71,000 Tons and Packed with Even More 16-Inch Gun Firepower Than The 57,500-Ton Iowa-Class Battleships

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115,080-Tons of US Navy Iowa-Class Battleships Fired 1,083 Shells, 52 Cruise Missiles, and Drones at Saddam Hussein Before Becoming Museum Battleships

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Japan Thought It Sank a Fleet of Battleships at Pearl Harbor. 6 of the 8 Came Back and Helped Destroy the Japanese Navy.

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