To: null and void
WW2 saw the demise of the battleship. And WW1 was fought with heavily armed, lightly armored ships. (Not claiming to be an expert).
9 posted on
02/16/2014 11:58:58 AM PST by
1rudeboy
To: 1rudeboy; null and void
After World War II, the US Navy adopted the Royal Navy’s practice of armoring carrier flight decks due to their experience with the Japanese Kamikazes.
12 posted on
02/16/2014 12:01:17 PM PST by
2ndDivisionVet
(I will raise $2M for Sarah Palin's next run, what will you do?)
To: 1rudeboy
15 posted on
02/16/2014 12:02:31 PM PST by
KC_Lion
(Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.- Sarah Palin)
To: 1rudeboy
(Not claiming to be an expert). Me neither.
I read the heavily armed/lightly armored squib within the last month or so and though, 'that's interesting', but didn't note the source or fact check it.
This is FR, if it's wrong I'm pretty sure someone will be along shortly with actual facts...
16 posted on
02/16/2014 12:02:42 PM PST by
null and void
(<--- unwilling cattle-car passenger on the bullet train to serfdom)
To: 1rudeboy
One of the critical lessons learned in WWII was the armored flight deck on carriers. Yes, WWII saw carriers rise to supremacy over the BBs, but the carriers designed from lessons learned during the war were substantially more heavily armored than those taken into the war.
17 posted on
02/16/2014 12:03:04 PM PST by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
To: 1rudeboy
WW2 saw the demise of some battleships. The Gulf War saw the effective use of a ww2 battleship, actually.
48 posted on
02/16/2014 1:22:02 PM PST by
arthurus
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To: 1rudeboy
batleships were used in the first desert storm. wisconsin and missouri.
98 posted on
02/16/2014 7:20:11 PM PST by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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