Battleships

[The Mad Hatter]

Today is the anniversary of D-Day.

Accordingly, I post photos of the battleships that supported the invasion:

USS Nevada:

USS Texas:

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USS Arkansas

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HMS Warspite

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HMS Rodney

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HMS Ramillies

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[MisterCairo]

Awesome ships all!

 

[Trenchfriend]

What's the sense of this thread??

Wanna discuss battleship classes?

 

[The Mad Hatter]

What's the sense of this thread??

Wanna discuss battleship classes?

If that's what you want to discuss, then please do so.

 

[The Mad Hatter]

Here is a chart of various WWII era battleship classes:

 

[The Mad Hatter]

HMS Rodney:

Not only did she support D-Day, but also played a major role in taking out Bismark.

Despite which, IMHO, along with her sister ship, Nelson, she was IMHO the ugliest battleship. Still, perhaps my personal favorite:

 

[Peacoat]

Excellent posts.

 

[The Mad Hatter]

Although not the most powerful, perhaps the most interesting Japanese battleships were the four Kongo class ships.

The American Iowas actually were constructed specifically to ward off the threat the Kongos posed to American carriers.