dreadnought

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It is the only remaining WWI-era dreadnought battleship.

From Washington Times • Aug. 31, 2022

The Imperatritsa Maria dreadnought battleship sank in 1916 after an explosion involving ammunition.

From Reuters • Apr. 14, 2022

A recommissioned dreadnought, the New Jersey, with sixteen-inch guns revamped and rumored to be out of dry dock in Philadelphia and headed this way.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 14, 2019

In the 18th Century the Royal Navy began sheathing ships in copper - dramatically improving speed - and the dreadnought revolutionised naval warfare in the run up to World War One.

From BBC • Aug. 28, 2017

Bethlehem Steel brought giant ingots and great slabs of military armor, including a curved plate seventeen inches thick meant for the gun turret of the dreadnought Indiana.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson