Military Wednesday - Battleships

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Wednesday, Jan 27 2010 by

A battleship is a large, heavily armored warship with a main battery consisting of the largest caliber of guns. Battleships were larger, better armed and armored than cruisers or destroyers. There are currently no battleships in active service.

United States

Battleship USS Oregon (BB-3) Memorial (StreetView)
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Battleship USS Oregon (BB-3) Memorial

Wreck of the Battleship USS Utah (BB-31) sunk during attack on Pearl Harbor (Google Maps)
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Wreck of the Battleship USS Utah (BB-31) sunk during attack on Pearl Harbor
USS Oklahoma (BB-37) Memorial (Birds Eye)
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USS Oklahoma (BB-37) Memorial

USS Arizona (BB-39) Memorial (Birds Eye)
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USS Arizona (BB-39) Memorial

USS North Carolina (BB-55) (Birds Eye)
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USS North Carolina (BB-55)

Concrete Outline of the USS South Dakota (BB-57) (Google Maps)
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Concrete Outline of the USS South Dakota (BB-57)
Bow of the battleship USS Indiana (BB-58) (Birds Eye)
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Bow of the battleship USS Indiana (BB-58)

USS Massachusetts (BB-59), Hiddensee, USS Lionfish & USS Joseph P Kennedy (Birds Eye)
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USS Massachusetts (BB-59), Hiddensee, USS Lionfish & USS Joseph P Kennedy
Battleship USS Alabama (BB-60) (StreetView)
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Battleship USS Alabama (BB-60)

USS Iowa (BB-61) (Bing Maps)
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USS Iowa (BB-61)
USS New Jersey (BB-62) (Birds Eye)
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USS New Jersey (BB-62)

USS Missouri (BB-63) (Birds Eye)
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USS Missouri (BB-63)
Battleship USS Wisconsin (BB-64) (StreetView)
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Battleship USS Wisconsin (BB-64)

China

Chinese turret ship Dingyuan (replica) (Google Maps)
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Chinese turret ship Dingyuan (replica)

Russia

Naval 12" guns from the battleship Poltava mounted as a shore battery (Google Maps)
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Naval 12" guns from the battleship Poltava mounted as a shore battery

Germany

Tirpitz (Google Maps)
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Tirpitz

Japan

Battleship Mikasa (Google Maps)
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Battleship Mikasa

Japanese battleship Mutsu (big gun turret number 4) (Google Maps)
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Japanese battleship Mutsu (big gun turret number 4)
Japanese battleship Mutsu (one 16-inch (410 mm) gun on display) (Google Maps)
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Japanese battleship Mutsu (one 16-inch (410 mm) gun on display)

Miniature

Scale model of a battleship (StreetView)
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Scale model of a battleship

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