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Ranked: The 5 Best Battleships of All Time
The National Interest ^ | May 7, 2024 | Maya Carlin

Posted on 05/09/2024 6:04:27 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man

Before the rise of aircraft carriers, battleships were every navy’s most powerful asset.

Over the years, scores of these vessels sailed the seas, bristling with weapons, and their actions marked the turning points of world wars and other major conflicts.

Five battleships stand out among their number.

(Excerpt) Read more at nationalinterest.org ...


TOPICS: History; Military/Veterans; Society
KEYWORDS: battleships; dreadnoughts; military; navalfirepower; navy; usstexas; worldwartwo
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Glad the USS Texas made the list. She's being restored right now and so far looks awesome with her new paint.
1 posted on 05/09/2024 6:04:27 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man
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To: Macho MAGA Man
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Somali's, attempting to board by using grappling hooks, laughed so hard that they could not hang on . . . and gave up.

At the Pentagon, the ship is known as "The Floating Ballot Box."

2 posted on 05/09/2024 6:11:15 PM PDT by linMcHlp
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Forgot the Tirpitz. So much for lists.


3 posted on 05/09/2024 6:15:16 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: Macho MAGA Man

U.S.S. Missouri - BB63


4 posted on 05/09/2024 6:15:28 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Click bait unless you post the list.


5 posted on 05/09/2024 6:16:03 PM PDT by Steven Scharf
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Macho,

Thanks, now I’m going to listen to “Sink the Bismarck” by Johnny Horton.(Liked it as kid in the 1970’s)

“In May of 1941 the war had just begun
The Germans had the biggest ship that had the biggest guns
The Bismarck was the fastest ship that ever sailed the sea
On her decks were guns as big as steers and shells as big as trees.........”


6 posted on 05/09/2024 6:19:21 PM PDT by unclebankster (Globalism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.)
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To: Steven Scharf

New Jersey
Texas (the best)
Washington
Bismarck
Yamamoto


7 posted on 05/09/2024 6:21:20 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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To: smokingfrog

(Yamamoto)

Yamato


8 posted on 05/09/2024 6:23:36 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man (The last two weren't balloons. One was a cylindrical objects Trump is being given the Alex Jones tr)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

I have a small piece of the Admiral’s Deck off the New Jersey.


9 posted on 05/09/2024 6:25:06 PM PDT by cyclotic (Don’t be part of the problem. Be the entire problem)
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To: Macho MAGA Man; smokingfrog; Steven Scharf
Space battleship Yamato is top of the list.


10 posted on 05/09/2024 6:31:41 PM PDT by kiryandil (FR Democrat Party operatives! Rally in defense of your Colombian cartel stooge Merchan!)
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To: unclebankster

I prefer the movie. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xupkULMTn1c


11 posted on 05/09/2024 6:38:04 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (Pets are no substitute for children)
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...During the Second World War, USS Washington scored the sole one-on-one battleship kill...

A worthy one for the list. Washington's action in the naval battle of Guadalcanal is the nearest thing to a Jutland-style surface battle seen in WWII. Willis Lee's ship didn't just decisively defeat Kirishima, she landed twenty 16" shells on target in mere minutes. Kirishima was out of the fight after the first broadside hit.

12 posted on 05/09/2024 6:40:24 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: EvilCapitalist

Admiral Lutjens was way too confident.


13 posted on 05/09/2024 6:41:51 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man (The last two weren't balloons. One was a cylindrical objects Trump is being given the Alex Jones tr)
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To: cyclotic

That’s awesome 👍

How did you get it?


14 posted on 05/09/2024 6:44:03 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man (The last two weren't balloons. One was a cylindrical objects Trump is being given the Alex Jones tr)
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Yes he was. Good movie. And although it didn’t involve a battleship, I like “The enemy below” starring Robert Mitchum and Curt Jurgens.


15 posted on 05/09/2024 6:45:52 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (Pets are no substitute for children)
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To: unclebankster

“The Bismarck was the fastest ship that ever sailed the sea”

The Iowa class was capable of faster speeds. The New Jersey had a sustained run at almost 32 knots.

Our aircraft carriers were even faster.


16 posted on 05/09/2024 6:46:33 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: Macho MAGA Man

And Dana Wynter was Not Guilty.


17 posted on 05/09/2024 6:47:08 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (Pets are no substitute for children)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

The USS Texas was used in WW 1 and WW 2. During the Normandy landings, it’s 14 inch guns were used to suppress the Germans. At one point, the Texas’ captain ordered the ballast tanks on the seaward side to be flooded to list the ship in order to elevate the gun barrels. The purpose was to give the guns further range.


18 posted on 05/09/2024 6:50:10 PM PDT by Texas resident (Biden=Obama=Jarrett=Soros)
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To: EvilCapitalist

You got that right 👍


19 posted on 05/09/2024 6:50:10 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man (The last two weren't balloons. One was a cylindrical objects Trump is being given the Alex Jones tr)
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To: Fungi

Tirpitz fired its guns in anger one time at an island. It spent the rest of its existence hiding out in Norwegian fjords.


20 posted on 05/09/2024 7:03:31 PM PDT by Coronal
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