USS Guam (CB-2) came about through a curious set of circumstances. Early in World War II, the United States received intelligence suggesting that Japan was building a class of 18000.
Gun caliber was a big deal in battleship construction. A ship carrying 8 16" guns may have the same weight of broadside as one carrying 12 14" guns, but the.
USS Idaho (BB-24) was obsolete by the time she was commissioned. Designed as a smaller, cheaper alternative to the Connecticut class, Idaho and her sister Mississippi had the misfortune to.
I never got around to following up on this post, which was touted as the first in a series. I've been thinking lately about how to explain to people why.
The first USS Louisiana (BB-19) was a vessel of no great note. Commissioned in 1906, Louisiana was one of the last pre-dreadnought battleships. The completion of the British Dreadnought in.
This strikes me as nonsense:The USS Iowa joined in battles from World War II to Korea to the Persian Gulf. It carried President Franklin Roosevelt home from the Teheran conference.
New feature, serving three purposes. One, it enables my battleship obsession. Two, it serves as long term preparation for a project on the spread of Mahanianism across the international system..
Now for something we can all agree on. . .Nobody, or nobody sensible, anymore believes that the Iraq War was pre-emptive. A pre-emptive war, let's recall, is one launched against.
