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This was the largest battleship ever built - then 250 planes attacked it

At dawn on April 7, 1945, the battleship Yamato set sail on Operation Ten-Go - a desperate, one-way charge toward Okinawa ordered by the Emperor himself. The largest battleship ever constructed, ...
AOL

Trump’s battleships would be largest combat vessels in the world — here’s what we know about their weapons

President Trump’s plan for new American battleships appears to be going for a “bigger-is-better” mantra — perhaps a nod to the commander-in-chief whose name they will carry. The Trump-class vessels ...
War on the Rocks

Why the U.S. Navy Doesn’t Build Battleships Anymore

On Apr. 7, 1945, aircraft from the U.S. Navy’s fast carrier task force sank the largest battleship ever built, the Imperial Japanese Navy’s Yamato. Escorted by the light cruiser Yahagi and eight ...
Military.com

Trump Announces New Class of Battleships Despite Century of Evidence Proving the Large Warships Are Obsolete

President Donald Trump announced Monday the Navy will build a new class of battleships called the Trump class, with the first ship to be named USS Defiant (BBG-1). The ship will displace more than ...
New Atlas

US proposes return of the battleship with Trump-class warships

The end of the Age of the Battleship appears to have been called prematurely as the Trump administration, as part of its Golden Fleet US Navy reform, says it is reviving the giant battlewagons in the ...