[SouthernBoyupNorth]

If any one believes battle wagons are going to make a come back.... they are smoking some thing and not sharing.

[NavyCanDo]

My Dad was on the USS Mississippi from 44-45. As old as she and her sister-ships were at the time, they were still very impressive and effective, and many a Marine owes there lives to those battle wagons. The only effective weapon the Japanese could bring against them was the Kamikaze, but even then, heavy damage that would take the ship out of service for a few months was the best the Japanese could hope for. My Dad's ship was hit twice.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Check the date, 1938.

Obsolete then, yes.