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On April 18, many grassroots Patriots will remember Paul Revereâs midnight ride. Others will remember the Tokyo Raid, led by then-Lt. Col. James H. Doolittle. But thereâs one other anniversary forgotten by too many â the Pacific Theaterâs equivalent to the âZero Dark Thirtyâ mission that brought justice to Obama bin Laden.
Before bin Laden was even born, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto of the Imperial Japanese Navy plotted and carried out the unprovoked and dastardly attack that made December 7, 1941, live in infamy. America went to war with a vengeance, blunting the Japanese advance at the Battle of Midway (portrayed well in a 2019 movie that topped the 1976 version).
Today, the massive USS
Iowa (BB-61) calls the Port of Los Angeles home, where she is a museum ship and serves as a testament to the might of the United States Navy from World War II to the end of the Cold War.
The largest and most powerful battleships built for the U.S. Navy, the
Iowa-class were also the final battleships that entered service with the Navy.
Unlike slower battleships of the era, this class was also designed to travel with a carrier force, and even be able to transit the Panama Canal, enabling the mighty warships to respond to threats around the world.
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A Death Star of the sea would sport irresistible weaponry, impenetrable armor, and engines able to drive the vessel at breakneck speed.
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Victory was a formidable first-rate man-of-war, cannon bristling from its three gun decks. But her fame comes mainly from her association with Lord Horatio Nelson, whom Mahan styles the embodiment of the sea power of Great Britain.
Ranking the greatest battleships of all time is a tad easier than ranking naval battles. Both involve comparing apples with oranges. But at least taking the measure of individual men-of-war involves comparing one apple with one orange. That s a compact endeavor relative to sorting through history to discern how seesaw interactions shaped the destinies of peoples and civilizations.
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