Battleships are obsolete because of the use of missles. In today's navy, any vessel can be fitted with cruise missles capable of sending accurate strikes at long distances. An attacker can easily dispatch such a vessel with the push of a button, making it difficult to protect such a large vessel and making it a high value target with huge loss of life.
They weren't battleships, they were obsolete and redundant World War 1 destroyers, and they weren't 'given', they were lent under the Lend/Lease Agreement and had to be either returned or paid for at the end of hostilities.
No. The US Navy did not have that many battleships.
Japan had 8 battleships built as such and also 4 fast battleships which had been built as battlecruisers but improved between the wars.
six battleships
OB is the abbreviation for obsolete.
They weren't battleships, they were obsolete and redundant World War 1 destroyers, and they weren't 'given', they were lent under the Lend/Lease Agreement and had to be either returned or paid for at the end of hostilities.
All battleships are strong...otherwise they would not be battleships.
Battleships weigh about 50,000 tons
The collective noun is 'a flotilla of battleships'.
It demonstrated that "Battlecruisers" shouldn't fight battleships...nor be used like battleships. Battleships are for "slugging it out" with other battleships; battlecruisers are for reconniassance, raiding, and killing cruisers.
Two battleships (Yamato and Musashi)
Who invented the war machines, tanks, battleships, and crossbow?
No. The US Navy did not have that many battleships.
Japan had 8 battleships built as such and also 4 fast battleships which had been built as battlecruisers but improved between the wars.
From 1906 to 1944; Britain had about 43 battleships.
six battleships
Battleships - video game - was created in 1987.