Block, Siteadmin, SkipCaptcha, Upload, Automoderated users, delete, edit, Moderators, move, protect, rollback, Administrators
27,336
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Line 1:
Line 1: +
no edit summary
[[Image:USSIowaBB61.jpg|right|300px|thumb|USS ''Iowa'' (BB-61)]]
'''Battleship''' is the name applied to very large, heavily-armoured warships bearing the largest guns afloat, and applied specifically to those ships built from the late 1800s through the mid-20th Century. Once considered the capital ship by the countries that could afford to build and deploy them, the battleship saw its heyday during the [[First World War]]; its subsequent weakness to aerial attack during [[World War II]] rendered it essentially obsolete.
'''Battleship''' is the name applied to very large, heavily-armoured warships bearing the largest guns afloat, and applied specifically to those ships built from the late 1800s through the mid-20th Century. Once considered the capital ship by the countries that could afford to build and deploy them, the battleship saw its heyday during the [[First World War]]; its subsequent weakness to aerial attack during [[World War II]] rendered it essentially obsolete.