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The South Dakota-Class – the First Post-Treaty U.S. Navy Battleships – In the late 1930s, with the clouds of war on the horizon and...
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The South Dakota-Class – the First Post-Treaty U.S. Navy Battleships – In the late 1930s, with the clouds of war on the horizon and...
Bigger isn’t always better. This is especially true in the world of naval design. There have been times when building the largest warship was either...
Since I was a little boy, I have been obsessed with U.S. Navy battleships – and maybe seeing them someday head back out onto...
Forbes Contributing writer and Defense Expert Peter Suciu explains why the era of the battleships is truly over: For military history buffs, there is...
The Royal Navy has a proud history of building some amazing and truly historic warships and genuine battleships. But the Vanguard, which was launched in 1946, far...
All the battleships to see service in the United States Navy during the Second World War were crewed by men who went well above...
The Scharnhorst was far from the most heavily armed battleship deployed by the Kriegsmarine—but she arguably was its most successful. She and sistership Gneisenau...
When considering the role of suicide missions in Imperial Japan’s military machine, kamikaze pilots and banzai charges are what comes to mind. Taking their...
In my 9 months at 19FortyFive (whoa Nellie, where does the time go?), Yours Truly has penned several articles on battleships, including: (1) the...
It has been common practice in recent years for U.S. Navy sailors who served on the battleship USS Arizona (BB-39) to have their ashes scattered over the wreck site – ...