Search results for "Virginia class battleship" - New World Encyclopedia
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- were based on the 1780-vintage Perseverance class, which displaced around 900 ... engagement it was poor etiquette for a battleship to fire on an enemy frigate ...18 KB (2,809 words) - 06:46, 15 April 2024
- Battleship was the name given to the most powerfully gun-armed and ... The origin of the battleship can be found in the Great ships built ...59 KB (9,033 words) - 22:12, 16 January 2022
- sent its remaining ships, including the Battleship Yamato on a suicide mission ... battleships (Mississippi, Maryland, West Virginia, Tennessee, California, ...48 KB (7,546 words) - 10:05, 22 September 2023
- fleet, a role previously played by the battleship. This change, which took ... larger aircraft: The large, modern Nimitz class of United States Navy carriers ...53 KB (8,096 words) - 07:01, 16 June 2023
- alert status, and on at least one battleship, all watertight doors open ... pumps. Burning oil from Arizona and West Virginia drifted down on her, and ...60 KB (9,048 words) - 18:23, 21 August 2023
- the sinking of Germany's mightiest battleship, the Bismarck. He also ... writer-in-residence at Hollins College in Virginia. He then became a full-time ...18 KB (2,814 words) - 12:13, 8 May 2023
- the British Empire, visiting Norfolk, Virginia, the colonies in the Caribbean ... life mirrored that of a comfortable middle-class family rather than grand ...39 KB (5,812 words) - 13:04, 14 November 2022
- for a few hours to the Russian Typhoon class, which can remain submerged ... out of Waikiki beach. The largest Atlantis-class submarine of its fleet, launched ...65 KB (10,100 words) - 13:44, 28 April 2023
- Mary Pinkney Hardy MacArthur of Norfolk, Virginia. His father was a recipient ... cadet, he graduated as valedictorian of a class of 93 in 1903, with only ...47 KB (7,075 words) - 17:30, 30 January 2024
- guns use cased ammunition, but many battleship and cruiser main guns use ... Morgan was recruiting sharpshooters in Virginia for the impending American ...44 KB (7,015 words) - 19:53, 26 March 2024
- Fighter Wing at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, landed in Saudia Arabia ... to the gulf included a number of Broadsword class frigates, and Sheffield class ...62 KB (9,530 words) - 08:21, 8 January 2024