USSAlabama(BB-60) was aSouth Dakota-classbattleship that was commissioned into the U.S. Navy in 1942. The last ship of its class,Alabamainitially served in the Atlantic Theater ofWorld War II, before receiving orders to shift to the Pacific in 1943. Largely serving as protection for Americ...
In early 1938, work began on a new battleship type at the request of US Navy General Board chief Admiral Thomas C. Hart. First seen as a larger version of the earlierSouth Dakota-class, the new battleships were to carry twelve 16" guns or nine 18" guns. As the design evolved, the ...
Battleships USS Colorado (BB-45) HMS Duke of York (17) USS Idaho (BB-42) USS Iowa (BB-61) (sister ship of USS Missouri and lead ship of the class) HMS King George V (41) USS Mississippi (BB-41) USS Missouri (BB-63) (The ship on which the ...
The Wickes class was the oldest class of the so-called "flushdeckers" to see service in World War II. Its direct predecessor was Destroyer 1916, the Caldwell class, from which no ship survived to participate in the Pacific War. The Wickes class resulted
I went to the recruiter and saw a Jersey model in the window and asked if the Navy still had the battleships. Upon confirmation I asked how I could get on there to fire the guns. After graduating BE/E, GM A school 1&2 as third in my class I was able to pick the Iowa and the...
She was assigned to a task force surrounding the Washington and South Dakota battleships, and was sent into Iron Bottom Sound in November 1942. The destroyer task force engaged a large force of Japanese ships just south of Savo Island. Although the encounter was brief, it caused fatal damage ...
A few years ago I wrote a piece calledThe Battleships of Pearl Harbor.I have added to it, and recently republished it. I followed that with an article entitled“Forgotten on the Far Side of Ford Island: TheUSS Utah, USS Raleigh, USS DetroitandUSS Tangier. ...
During World War II, the second South Dakota (BB 57) was commissioned as the lead ship in its class. The four ships of the South Dakota class are considered the most efficient battleships built under the limitations of the Washington Naval treaty. South Dakota served in the Pacific and Atlan...
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