battleship

The battleship was supplanted as king of the seas in the 1940s by the aircraft carrier.

From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026

“I think we’re trying to understand all the proper trade offs, and then think about it as a battleship strike group and a carrier strike group.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026

Navy decommissioned its last battleship in 1992, after the military recognized that battleships had become sitting ducks, vulnerable to modern military munitions that could pick off the vessel from the sky.

From Salon ● May 8, 2026

Her comments come as the US moves a second battleship into the region, and one day after progress was reported at US-Iran talks in Switzerland.

From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026

In fact, when America went to war with Spain in 1898, after the sinking of the U.S. battleship Maine, Roosevelt left his job as assistant secretary of the Navy and helped form the 1st U.S.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple

However, Woodburn said there was still a role for the traditional battleships and submarines that BAE has been manufacturing for decades.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

FDR’s “arsenal of democracy” produced External link 10 battleships, 27 carriers, 211 submarines, and 310,000 aircraft to help win the war and establish Pax Americana.

From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026

Navy decommissioned its last battleship in 1992, after the military recognized that battleships had become sitting ducks, vulnerable to modern military munitions that could pick off the vessel from the sky.

From Salon ● May 8, 2026

The U.S. has moved the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier along with other battleships and advanced fighters to the region.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026

"German battleships and submarines operating in the Atlantic sank 367,800 tons of merchant vessels from March 16 through March 23," says the announcer.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti