Battleships Have Much To Teach Us
Justly or not, carriers, cruisers, destroyers, and submarines don’t seem to make the cultural grade compared to battleships.
ByJames HolmesPublished18 hours ago
What accounts for the lasting allure of Iowa-class battleships?
These are ships of war built in the 1940s to fight Axis enemies that no longer exist.
We are constantly told that the aircraft carrier doomed the battleship to obsolescence at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
The Iowa-class briefly found new life during the 1980s and 1990s, including stints of combat duty, but they have slumbered in retirement for over three decades now.
All are museum ships, two in the Atlantic, two in the Pacific. They are yesterday’s news.
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