The Five Most Epic Battleship Showdowns of All Time
Battleships took pride of place in the navies of the first half of the twentieth century.
Parting Salvos:
Only eight dreadnoughts remain, all in the United States. Over time, it is almost certain that this number will dwindle; several of the memorialized battleships are in poor condition, and likely will eventually find their way to the scrappers, or to service as an artificial reef. Nevertheless, for more than a generation analysts and the general public perceived these ships to constitute the currency of naval, and to some extent national, power.
This article first appeared in 2015 and is reprinted here due to reader interest.
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