battleship

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Trump said at a news conference announcing the battleship that the construction of the first of the vessels, the USS Defiant, would begin soon, with the first ships operational in two-and-a-half years.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Pearl Harbor effectively ended the battleship era for the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2026

Gen. Billy Mitchell, who led American air forces during World War I, staged a famous demonstration off the Virginia coast for Navy brass in 1921 with the captured German battleship Ostfriesland as the target.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2026

This matters because the cutter and battleship could divert resources and focus from crucial priorities such as more stealthy submarines.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025

And yet she had been the first English battleship to have gunports and to mount complete batteries of siege artillery—a really key ship in the development process at a time of rapid technological change.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler