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USS Washington opened fire on the Japanese battleship Kirishima from 8,400 yards during the night of November 14–15, 1942, close enough for radar-directed 16-inch...
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USS Washington opened fire on the Japanese battleship Kirishima from 8,400 yards during the night of November 14–15, 1942, close enough for radar-directed 16-inch...
USS Missouri combined 58,000 tons, 212,000 shaft horsepower and nine 16-inch guns with combat service in World War II, Korea and Desert Storm. A...
Built for $52.8 million, USS South Dakota displaced 44,519 tons at full load and fired a 24,300-pound armor-piercing broadside. “Battleship X” survived Santa Cruz...
Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz believed leadership meant choosing capable people, giving them resources and resisting the urge to micromanage. From Midway to Guadalcanal...
The Iowa class was designed for a fight that never arrived. Four ships, 36 sixteen-inch guns, 33 knots to run down Japan's fast capital...
Before Yamato had even entered service, Japan was studying its successor. Design A-150, later nicknamed the Super Yamato, was to carry six 51-centimeter guns,...
The story of Hiroo Onoda is a classic explainer in the psychological extremes of military devotion. His legacy remains a subject of intense debate,...
Summary and Key Points: The Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano, converted from a Yamato-class battleship after Japan’s Midway losses, became the largest carrier built in...
Key Points You Need to Know: Battleships once defined naval power, but not all lived up to their reputations. -The Japanese IJN Fusō suffered...
Imperial Japan guessed poorly at Pearl Harbor. It misjudged the impact of its actions on a peacetime strategic competitor, made a foe of that...