The four ships of the South Dakota class were a follow up to the two ship North Carolina class. Initial plans for the South Dakotas had called for a reduction in speed from the 27 knots of North Carolina to 23, which would allow them...
battleships
In the course of some actual academic research I happened upon Robert O'Connell's Sacred Vessels: The Cult of the Battleship and the Rise of the U.S. Navy. Someone (I forget.
One hundred and nine years ago today, the pretext for an imperial war was laid as the USS Maine was obliterated by five tons of its own gunpowder. Two days.
The North Carolina and South Dakota class battleships were designed with the limits of the Washington Naval Treaty in mind. Although much more could be accomplished in 1938 with 35000 tons than in 1921, sacrifices still had to be made. As had been practice in...
Part IPart IIPart IIIPart IVPart VPart VIPart VIIYavuz remained flagship of the Turkish Navy until 1954, when she was placed in reserve. In the picture to the left, taken in.
State of the art battleship armament in the late 19th century involved a mix of large and small caliber weapons. It was believed thatthe higher fire rate of the smaller.
Antidote to d's America-loathing screed...USS Arizona, second ship of the Pennsylvania class and fourth "standard type" American battleship, commissioned in October 1916. Arizona carried 12 14" guns in 4 triple turrets, displaced 31000 tons, and could make 21 knots. Like most oil-fired American battleships, Arizona's...
USS Oklahoma and her sister, USS Nevada, were the first of the "standard type" US battleships. The intention behind the standard type design was to create a squadron of battleships.
The first American battleship built on the West Coast was USS Oregon, commissioned in 1896. USS Virginia, USS Massachusetts, and USS New York were built in their nominal states. The.
USS Maryland represented the zenith of "standard type" US battleship development. The "standard type" ships had compatible speeds, turning circles, and armaments, allowing them to form a squadron that could operate as a cohesive unit. The last five of the twelve ships built to the...
Japan withdrew from the London Naval Treaty in 1936. The chief Japanese negotiator, Admiral Isoruku Yamamoto, feared that concessions on the part of his negotiating team would lead directly to.
HMS Renown was to be the sixth "R" class battleship, but construction was suspended at the beginning of World War I in the expectation that the ship would not be.