battleship

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

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

The study determined that a 40,000-ton battleship wasn’t necessary in the fleet, Clark said.

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

That September, while I was dreaming about babies, a German battleship opened fire on Polish troops.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson