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- ...(World War II)|Pearl Harbor]], Hawaii which spans over the wreckage of the battleship.]] ...''Massachusetts'' (BB-59)]] or "Big Mamie," on display as a museum ship in Battleship Cove, [[Fall River, Massachusetts]].]]29 KB (4,426 words) - 21:31, 2 April 2024
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- {{r|Kongo-class battleship}}643 bytes (77 words) - 22:32, 15 July 2010
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- [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] '''[[battleship]]s''' of the '''Kongo class''' were the last class of capital ships not bui1,013 bytes (140 words) - 19:34, 17 August 2010
- A class of originally British-designed Japanese [[battleship]]s, the first of which was built in a British shipyard in the 1910s; the cl252 bytes (38 words) - 08:17, 16 July 2010
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- The '''Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award''' is presented annually by the [[United States Navy]]'s [[Chief The Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund was established in 1917 by the Tribune Association. It was initiated b10 KB (1,409 words) - 10:08, 10 February 2023
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- Auto-populated based on [[Special:WhatLinksHere/Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award]]. Needs checking by a human.592 bytes (79 words) - 10:08, 10 February 2023
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- [[Trafalgar-class battleship]] launched in 1887 by the [[Royal Navy]104 bytes (11 words) - 02:53, 1 September 2010
- [[Trafalgar-class battleship]] launched in 1887 by the [[Royal Navy]]105 bytes (11 words) - 02:59, 1 September 2010
- A ''Schlachtschiff'' (battleship) of the navy in [[World War II]].103 bytes (13 words) - 09:26, 5 April 2024
- <noinclude>{{Subpages}}</noinclude>British [[battleship]] of the 35,000 ton [[King George V-class]], commissioned in 1941.122 bytes (13 words) - 08:50, 25 July 2023
- Single-ship [[aircraft carrier]] class converted from [[Yamato-class]] battleship hull122 bytes (12 words) - 13:04, 3 September 2010
- [[United States Navy]] [[battleship]] of the [[Iowa-class]]; served in [[Vietnam War]] and 1983-1984 Lebanon cr151 bytes (18 words) - 10:08, 10 February 2023
- '''''USS New Jersey''''' (BB-64) is a U.S. [[battleship]] of the [[Iowa-class]], entering service in the latter part of the [[Secon She was the only battleship activated for [[naval gunfire support]] during the [[Vietnam War]], and lat636 bytes (98 words) - 15:41, 8 April 2024
- ...e of Leyte Gulf]], the last naval engagement between forces based around [[battleship]]s161 bytes (22 words) - 16:30, 27 June 2009
- Largest caliber [[naval gun]] ever deployed on a battleship; used by the Japanese [[Yamato-class]] but never fired against a ship or sh181 bytes (26 words) - 22:04, 2 November 2010
- The first "all-big-gun" [[battleship]], obsoleting all others in the world when built, yet having very little ac164 bytes (22 words) - 20:36, 17 March 2009
- A steam-powered [[battleship]] of the "pre-Dreadnought" type, with a mixture of main gun calibers133 bytes (17 words) - 20:33, 17 March 2009
- A cancelled class of U.S. [[battleship]]s, slower and more heavily gunned and armored than the [[Iowa-class]]145 bytes (21 words) - 08:15, 16 July 2010
- ...unk at the [[Action off Samar]] while exchanging gunfire with the Japanese battleship ''IJN Kongo''181 bytes (25 words) - 20:13, 31 August 2010
- ...I, who specialized in [[naval guns and gunnery|"big gun"]] ships such as [[battleship]]s and [[cruiser]]s; Commander, Battle Force, Pacific Fleet218 bytes (31 words) - 15:08, 21 August 2010
- <noinclude>{{Subpages}}</noinclude>Two-ship class of German [[battleship]]s, optimized for commerce raiding and short Atlantic operations so extreme248 bytes (35 words) - 08:46, 25 July 2023
- [[Battleship]] of the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]], of the [[Yamato-class]], sunk by U.S.179 bytes (28 words) - 19:42, 15 July 2010
- [[Battleship]]-centric task force under Vice Admiral [[Takeo Kurita]] at the [[Battle of254 bytes (34 words) - 20:35, 17 June 2010
- U.S. Navy [[Iowa-class]] [[battleship]], on whose deck the Japanese surrender was signed; last class of battleshi213 bytes (35 words) - 10:16, 2 February 2023
- Lead ship of the class of the biggest [[battleship]]s ever built; sunk by U.S. carrier aircraft in 1945, while on a "do-or-die239 bytes (37 words) - 20:51, 15 July 2010
- ...eapon, which was radio-controlled by a human observer, to sink the Italian battleship ''Roma'' in 1943.<ref name=RomaSinking>{{citation | title = The Sinking of the Battleship Roma, September 9th, 1943979 bytes (145 words) - 17:57, 24 May 2008
- ...tory at the [[Battle of Surigao Strait]]. He is known, then, as the last [[battleship]] admiral to win a combat engagement; Surigao Strait was the last fight bet He was a gunnery specialist who, as the [[battleship]] became obsolete as the dominant naval force, remained an expert in the us964 bytes (153 words) - 15:42, 8 April 2024
- U.S. WWII naval command for modern [[battleship]]s and [[cruiser]]s used in fleet operations; designated TF34 when part of277 bytes (41 words) - 09:05, 23 June 2010
- [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] vessel, laid down as a [[battleship]] of the [[Yamato-class]] but converted to an [[aircraft carrier]]; sunk on265 bytes (37 words) - 19:46, 15 July 2010
- The last class of [[battleship]]s deployed by any navy; these were [[United States Navy]] vessels launched272 bytes (41 words) - 10:07, 10 February 2023
- ...amples were German [[Lützow-class]] (commerce raiding; also called "pocket battleship") and U.S. [[Alaska-class]] (carrier escort)341 bytes (43 words) - 14:52, 16 April 2011
- [[United States Navy|U.S.]] [[battleship]], [[Pennsylvania-class]], that exploded and sank from Japanese air attack268 bytes (39 words) - 20:45, 2 April 2024
- A large [[warship]] with guns comparable to those of a [[battleship]], equal or greater speed, but less [[armor (naval)|armor]]; "can catch wha251 bytes (41 words) - 11:24, 4 July 2009
- A four-ship class of 35,000 ton U.S. Navy [[battleship]] begun just before the Second World War; more compact and better protected302 bytes (46 words) - 00:08, 14 August 2010
- Largest (71,000 ton) [[battleship]] class of the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]], the largest but not necessarily298 bytes (40 words) - 16:49, 15 July 2010
- A two-ship class of U.S. Navy [[battleship]]s, originally to Treaty requirements and but upgunned to the [[16"-45 cal289 bytes (41 words) - 00:13, 14 August 2010
- ...nification in the [[Yamato Dynasty]], Japanese art, [[bushido]], etc.; the battleship ''[[IJN Yamato]]'' was named for it.294 bytes (42 words) - 18:25, 6 January 2024
- ...er naval gun''' was the largest caliber [[naval gun]] ever deployed on a [[battleship]]. It was used by the Japanese [[Yamato-class]] but never in battle.258 bytes (36 words) - 08:20, 11 March 2024
- A class of originally British-designed Japanese [[battleship]]s, the first of which was built in a British shipyard in the 1910s; the cl252 bytes (38 words) - 08:17, 16 July 2010
- ...e, she triggered a European arms race, since she made obsolete every other battleship, even British ones being built at the same time.<ref name=Massey>{{citation1 KB (166 words) - 11:04, 8 April 2024
- *[http://www.battleshipcove.org Battleship Cove Website]473 bytes (61 words) - 17:52, 10 February 2010
- ...ed by the [[Yamato Dynasty]] and also in Japanese art and [[Bushidō]]. The battleship ''[[IJN Yamato]]'' was named in recognition of it.291 bytes (46 words) - 18:28, 6 January 2024
- {{r|Battleship}}202 bytes (25 words) - 01:09, 19 August 2009
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- U.S. designation for Japanese battleship force, under [[Vice admiral|Vice Admiral]] [[Takeo Kurita]], which, in the362 bytes (53 words) - 14:39, 17 June 2010
- * [[USS Nebraska (BB-14)|USS ''Nebraska'' (BB-14)]], a battleship, in commission 1907–1920318 bytes (35 words) - 08:07, 9 July 2023
- *[[USS Utah (BB-31)|USS ''Utah'' (BB-31)]], an American battleship419 bytes (56 words) - 09:36, 8 August 2023
- ...shi'' did have 18.1" 45-caliber guns, which fired the largest shell of any battleship, although its armor penetration was no greater than the 16" 50-caliber guns ...to order the conversion of the Yamato-class hull, ''IJN Shinano'', from a battleship to a carrier. She was sunk on 29 November 1944 by the submarine [[USS Arch2 KB (320 words) - 09:34, 1 September 2010
- '''HMS Prince of Wales''' was a [[Royal Navy]] battleship of the [[King George V-class]], whose entire operational life was less than ...941, she was sent out, shipyard workmen still on board, to hunt the German battleship ''[[KMS Bismarck]]'', in company with the [[battlecruiser]] ''[[HMS Hood]]'2 KB (336 words) - 11:04, 8 April 2024
- ...the Navy dirigible service, and finally to sea as executive officer of the battleship [[USS Utah]].<ref>{{citation1 KB (214 words) - 10:05, 10 February 2023
- ...nese heavy cruisers had significant torpedo armament. Heavy cruisers and [[battleship]]s could thicken the antiaircraft defenses around [[aircraft carrier]]s, ye2 KB (236 words) - 11:04, 8 April 2024
- {{r|Battleship}}367 bytes (48 words) - 09:03, 4 May 2024
- ...ns of the power of its main battery, while, under defined circumstances, a battleship's armor could protect it. The Japanese [[Kongo-class battleship|''Kongo''-class battleship]]s had originally been constructed as battlecruisers, but were remodeled in5 KB (692 words) - 11:04, 8 April 2024
- {{r|Battleship}}397 bytes (54 words) - 10:34, 12 October 2009
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- ...na'' memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii which spans over the wreckage of the battleship.495 bytes (75 words) - 18:47, 3 April 2024
- {{r|Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award}}466 bytes (60 words) - 21:16, 11 January 2010
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- ==A "pocket battleship"== ...ns were 11", heavier than those used by [[Royal Navy]] cruisers but not of battleship calibre. The ship had an extended cruising range and good habitability, but4 KB (567 words) - 09:26, 5 April 2024
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- {{r|Battleship}}543 bytes (79 words) - 00:08, 31 January 2011
- ...signated ''HMS Dreadnought'', the best-known being the first all-big-gun [[battleship]], [[HMS Dreadnought (1905)|''HMS Dreadnought (1905)'']]814 bytes (93 words) - 00:54, 1 June 2009
- {{r|Battleship}}339 bytes (46 words) - 20:49, 15 July 2010
- ...l in the German Navy (navy) of the [[Second World War]], a specialist in [[battleship]]s and [[anti-surface warfare]] who was killed in action when ''[[KMS Bisma | publisher = Battleship Bismarck: The Legend Lives!}}</ref>3 KB (536 words) - 09:26, 5 April 2024
- U.S. '''''Iowa-class''''' [[battleship]]s were the last class of battleship to serve in combat. When they entered service late in the [[Second World W2 KB (265 words) - 15:42, 8 April 2024
- Auto-populated based on [[Special:WhatLinksHere/Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award]]. Needs checking by a human.592 bytes (79 words) - 10:08, 10 February 2023
- {{r|Kongo-class battleship}}643 bytes (77 words) - 22:32, 15 July 2010
- {{r|Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award}}634 bytes (86 words) - 06:40, 16 March 2024
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- The '''USS Missouri''' is an [[Iowa-class]] [[battleship]] of the [[U.S. Navy]] which was active during [[World War II]]. She is fam799 bytes (124 words) - 08:56, 8 February 2024
- ''This is the modern destroyer; see [[Kongo-class (battleship)]]''844 bytes (122 words) - 19:16, 17 August 2010
- ...nary "all-big-gun" [[battleship]], which quickly made obsolete every other battleship afloat or building, [[HMS Dreadnought (1905)|''HMS Dreadnought'' (1905)]].2 KB (379 words) - 11:04, 8 April 2024
- [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] '''[[battleship]]s''' of the '''Kongo class''' were the last class of capital ships not bui1,013 bytes (140 words) - 19:34, 17 August 2010
- ...remely competent naval aviation, much of the leadership still believed the battleship supreme. A critical error was that the Navy did not institute a pilot rotat ...to him from pro-war zealots, and, since the CinC's headquarters was on a [[battleship]], he could be better protected.<ref>{{citation4 KB (672 words) - 20:45, 2 April 2024
- {{r|Battleship}}1 KB (143 words) - 20:40, 2 April 2024
- ...o establish the fact with certainly, but it appears probable that a second battleship of the Cavour class has also been severely damaged and beached. In the inne4 KB (646 words) - 11:04, 8 April 2024
- She then took several hits from 14" battleship and 6" cruiser guns, losing one engine.<blockquote>It was like a puppy bein ...fire support." Coming out of the smoke, they encountered a [[Kongo-class battleship]], whose fire missed them but they hit with 5-inch fire on the potentially3 KB (469 words) - 15:42, 8 April 2024
- The only modern [[battleship]]s built by Nazi Germany were the two ships of the '''Bismarck-class''', th1 KB (213 words) - 08:47, 25 July 2023
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- ...ecialized carriers, really conversions or "hermaphrodites" that retained [[battleship]] or [[cruiser]] functions, still had a conventional superstructure with no1 KB (214 words) - 13:34, 3 September 2010
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- ...t attack craft]], which may now be armed with [[guided missile]]s. Since [[battleship]]s and [[cruiser]]s were too cumbersome to chase and kill torpedo boats, a ...ctions, including the [[Battle of Surigao Strait]], the last battleship-to-battleship action, were quite effective.5 KB (751 words) - 20:16, 6 September 2009
- | publisher = Hyperwar}}</ref> After withstanding battleship fire, she was sunk by a torpedo from ''USS Blackfin'' (SS-322).1 KB (204 words) - 23:09, 31 August 2010
- *[[USS Arizona BB-39]], a battleship sunk in the attack on Pearl Harbor1 KB (180 words) - 15:43, 25 February 2023
- ...eship]]s ever built. She was unlucky to have gone to sea after independent battleship operations, without adequate aircraft escort, became completely obsolete. ' Admiral [[Matome Ugaki]] commanding the battleship division, wrote in his diary <blockquote>This is like losing a part of mys5 KB (740 words) - 10:05, 10 February 2023
- At Leyte Gulf, he commanded a [[battleship]] division, and Force "A" of the First Striking Force while Admiral [[Takeo1 KB (240 words) - 22:10, 15 July 2010
- ...ts, were built, mostly for river and harbor combat. As seaworthy armored [[battleship]] designs emerged, monitors generally fell out of use. There were a few exc2 KB (242 words) - 13:58, 25 December 2012
- '''IJN Musashi''' was the second Japanese [[battleship]] of the [[Yamato-class]], and the first of the class to be sunk. Never fir2 KB (238 words) - 15:41, 8 April 2024
- ...f>KMS = navy Schiff</ref> ''Bismarck''''' was a German ''Schlachtschiff'' (battleship) that was commissioned by the navy in 1940. One of two [[Bismarck-class]] b ...untered the [[battlecruiser]] ''[[HMS Hood (1920)|HMS Hood]]'' and the new battleship ''[[HMS Prince of Wales]]'', which was still in shakedown with shipyard tec4 KB (588 words) - 09:26, 5 April 2024
- ...]]s every year, he ordered the [[United States Navy]] to design "[[maximum battleship]]s," the largest battleships that they could use.4 KB (615 words) - 10:07, 6 August 2023
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- ...ited States, which were the traditional names for [[battleship]]s when the battleship was the most important ship type in the Navy.4 KB (594 words) - 08:51, 20 March 2024
- ...cks-homeport</ref> that was built in 1980s to berth the [[USS Iowa (BB-61)|Battleship Iowa]] as part of the former [[Naval Station New York]].<ref>[http://www.gl2 KB (296 words) - 17:47, 18 July 2022
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- ...del, who claimed in excess of 500 Soviet [[tank (military)|tanks]] and a [[battleship]].2 KB (285 words) - 09:17, 5 April 2024
- ...mar]], while exchanging gunfire with Japanese heavy ships, primarily the [[battleship]] ''[[IJN Kongo]]''. She was named in honor of [[Samuel B. Roberts (sailor2 KB (255 words) - 15:41, 8 April 2024
- * Friedman, Norman, and A. D. Baker. ''Naval Firepower: Battleship Guns and Gunnery in the Dreadnaught Era'' (2008) * Hodges, Peter. ''The Big Gun: Battleship Main Armament 1860-1945'', (1981), highly detailed coverage7 KB (970 words) - 14:07, 10 February 2023