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As USS North Carolina, it was the lead ship of the North Carolina class of battleships and the first fast battleship built ...
SlashGear1 年
Ranking The 10 Most Legendary Ships Of World War II
The Portland-class USS Indianapolis played an essential role in the outcome of World War II, being the ship that ... of Wales was a King George V-class battleship and the most advanced in the ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN2 天
Warship Sunk by the Nazis During World War II Located Off the Coast of Brazil
On July 19, 1944, a Nazi submarine torpedoed and sank the Vital de Oliveira, a Brazilian ship that transported troops ...
Task & Purpose2 年
How World War II ended with a battle between sailing ships
a Japanese crew that did not yet know World War II was officially over launched an attack that would be the final battle of the war. It was also the last battle between two ships under sail.
MercoPress22 天
One of the mightiest of WW2 battleships discovered 70 years after it was sunk
American billionaire Paul Allen has announced the discovery of the famous World War Two Japanese battleship ... carried a crew of 2.399 and sever aircraft. Armaments: Nine 18in guns with a ...
Navy Times on MSN15 天
The World War II destroyer escort that fought like a battleship
Many acts of heroism occurred during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, including a remarkable fight by the destroyer escort Samuel B Roberts.
Stars and Stripes7 天
Sailor who survived 1941 Pearl Harbor attack in battleship’s belly dies at age 103
William Henry Pratt, who survived both the 1941 surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and a series of dangerous patrols aboard a ...
朝日新聞社9 个月
Group: Rare WWII color clips show last days of warship Yamato
USA, Oita Prefecture--The last moments of Japan’s mammoth battleship Yamato were captured in extremely rare color footage taken from U.S. military aircraft in World War II, a war-history group said.