battlewagon

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Fourth of her class,* the 35,000-ton battlewagon, ready for launching this week�seven months ahead of schedule�may be ready for deep-water service by the fall of 1942.

From Time Magazine Archive

His first years as a junior officer in a battlewagon and destroyer of the surface Navy did nothing to change Felt.

From Time Magazine Archive

As a scout plane pilot attached to the Colorado and later the Pennsylvania, he learned what the old-time battlewagon skippers were generally like.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now that the aircraft carrier has replaced the battlewagon as the Navy's capital ship, the carrier is beginning to grow.

From Time Magazine Archive

Even though the flagship was considerably smaller than a Sovereign-class cruiser, there was a lot to show; it was still a full-scale battlewagon.

From Fearful Symmetry A Terran Empire novel by Wilson, Ann