battlewagon

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As a scout plane pilot attached to the Colorado and later the Pennsylvania, he learned what the old-time battlewagon skippers were generally like.

From Time Magazine Archive

In her first try, North Carolina did better than many an oldtime battlewagon does in target practice.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now that the aircraft carrier has replaced the battlewagon as the Navy's capital ship, the carrier is beginning to grow.

From Time Magazine Archive

With other agents following in the "battlewagon" protective car, the caravan moved swiftly through the ram-slick streets to the hotel.

From Time Magazine Archive

A change here, a shift there, and the stodgy freighter becomes the fast battlewagon.

From The Misplaced Battleship by Schoenherr, John