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Montana-Class: 71,000 Ton Battleships The Navy Had No Shot At Building
The Montana-class battleships, authorized in 1941 but never built, were intended to be the last of their kind for the U.S.
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64,000 Ton Battleship: The U.S. Navy's Montana-Class Was Doomed
The Montana-class super battleships, designed as the largest and most powerful battleships ever for the U.S. Navy, were ultimately canceled in 1943. Featuring twelve 16-inch guns and heavy armor, they ...
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Royal Navy: New Type 26 warship HMS Glasgow training commences as sailors get to grips with new main gun
The US Navy use a Mk45 Mod 4A variant of the gun, which is also utilised on more than 280 warships in 11 navies including Australia, New Zealand, Japan and other Nato allies. Two Royal Navy Petty ...
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US Navy stealth destroyer Zumwalt's deck guns are basically useless, but it's on its way to get new hypersonic missile launchers
Ammunition procurement stopped in 2016, the year the Zumwalt was commissioned, and by 2018, senior Navy officials were publicly considering scrapping the main guns, which is now exactly what the ...
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64,000 Ton Battleship: The U.S. Navy's Montana-Class Was Doomed
With twelve instead of nine 16-inch main guns (the plans for the 18-inch guns ... This was the largest ship ever proposed for the Navy – a third bigger than the Iowas. The Iowa-class was faster ...
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Montana-Class: 71,000 Ton Battleships The Navy Had No Shot At Building
"With twelve instead of nine 16-inch main guns (the plans for ... of taking on the Imperial Japanese Navy's powerful battleship. Aircraft, not big gun battleships were what proved to be the ...