RapidFireWeb Nevada-class battleships, USS Nevada (BB-36), and USS Oklahoma (BB-37) The Nevada class comprised two dreadnought battleships, Nevada and Oklahoma, built for the United States Navy in the 1910s. They were significant developments in battleship design, being the first in the world to adopt “all or nothing” armour, a major stepforward in armour protection because it … Read more
Iowa-class battleships USS Iowa (BB-61), USS New Jersey (BB-62), USS Missouri (BB-63), USS Wisconsin (BB-64) (Phan J. Alan Elliott , USN Photo) USS Iowa (BB-61) fires a full broadside of her nine 16″/50 and six 5″/38 guns during a target exercise near Vieques Island, Puerto Rico, 1 July 1984. Note concussion effects on the water … Read more
New York-class super-dreadnought battleships: USS New York (BB-34), USS Texas (BB-35) The New York class was a pair of super-dreadnought battleships built for the United States Navy between 1911 and 1914. The two ships of the class, New York and Texas, saw extensive service beginning in the occupation of Veracruz, the First World War and … Read more
US Navy South Dakota-class battleships: USS South Dakota (BB-57), USS Indiana (BB-58), USS Massachusetts (BB-59), USS Alabama (BB-60) South Dakota-class battleships The South Dakota-class was a group of four fast battleships built by the United States Navy. They were the second class of battleships to be named after the 40th state; the first were designed … Read more
North Carolina-class battleships USS North Carolina (BB-55), and USS Washington (BB-56) The North Carolina class were a pair of fast battleships, North Carolina and Washington, built for the United StatesNavy in the late 1930s and early 1940s. In planning a new battleship class in the 1930s, the US Navy was heavilyconstrained by international treaty limitations, … Read more
New Mexico-class battleships, USS New Mexico (BB-40), USS Mississippi (BB-41), USS Idaho (BB-42) The New Mexico-class was a class of three super-dreadnought battleships built for the United States Navy in the late 1910s. The class comprised three ships: New Mexico, the lead ship, Mississippi, and Idaho. Part of the standard series, they were in most … Read more
US Navy Colorado-class battleships: USS Colorado (BB-45), USS Maryland (BB-46), USS West Virginia (BB-48) The Colorado-class battleships were a group of four United States Navy super-dreadnoughts, the last of its pre-Treaty battleships. Designed during the First World War, their construction overlapped the end of that conflict and continued in its immediate aftermath. Though all four … Read more
USS Macon (CA-132) (USN Photo) USS Macon (CA-132), a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy, was laid down on 14 June 1943 by the New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, New Jersey; launched on 15 October 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Charles F. Bowden, wife of the mayor of Macon, Georgia; and commissioned on 26 August … Read more
US Navy Wyoming-class battleships, USS Wyoming (BB-32), and USS Arkansas (BB-33) The Wyoming-class was a pair of dreadnought battleships built for the United States Navy. Wyoming and Arkansas were authorized in early 1909, and were built between 1910 and 1912. These were the fourth dreadnought design of the US Navy, but only an incremental improvement over … Read more
Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation Boomerang (John Thomas Harrison, Australian War Memorial Photo NEA0408) Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation Boomerang (Serial No. A46-126) , coded BF-S, “Sinbad II” of No. 5 (Tactical Reconnaissance) Squadron RAAF. The Boomerang was the first combat aircraft designed and built in Australia between 1942 and 1945. (Library of Congress Photo) Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation Boomerang … Read more
