6 Most powerful Battleships of the WW2

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A battleship is a large armored warship with a main battery consisting of large caliber guns. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries the battleship was the most powerful type of warship, and a fleet centered around the battleship was part of the command of the sea doctrine for several decades.

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[joniandersen]

My father was on the USS MISSOURI. He was a tojo chief during Ww11. Has a card from signing of peace treaty of WW2.I am very proud of him

[hairyjohn]

The North Carolina and South Dakota classes both had16 inch 45 caliber guns. The Iowas also had 16-inch guns, but theirs were 50 caliber.

[karlmiller]

It's absolutely amazing what went into these ships, The Heavy Armor plating, the huge guns, Teakwood decks, Etc only to have many of them lay on the ocean floor. And obscene waste of lives and resources.

[chucutitan]

Admiral "Ching Lee" answered that question at Guadalcanal in 1942 at night with HIS perfected RADAR gunnery. The US battleship Washington hit the Japanese battleship Kirishima NINETEEN DIRECT 16" HITS and sank her. All without suffering a scratch. The Second Night Battle of Guadalcanal.

[russellcrumley]

They should have never decommissioned the USS Missouri they should have brought her in a rebuilder and gave her better guns even though she had enough to do anything she needed to do and I'm from Nebraska

[timdelvillar]

Holy crap! The amount of ordnance expended on Yamato is mind boggling!

[ThePrader]

I served in the USN while the New Jersey was an active member of our Navy. Every Gunners Mate I ever knew wanted to be assigned to a BB. I never got to sail on one, as I always got an LPH or a CV. As an officer on the staff of the COMNAVCARRIB I also secretly wanted to get TDY to one. Well, I couldn't keep that desire a secret. So they "punished" me by making me the 30 day, TDY, on-sight Naval Staff presence to St. Kitts-Nevis. Yesssir, 30 days living at the Ocean Terrace Inn. Drinking dark beer, listening to cricket games on a radio, by the pool. Oh yeah, and again later, I was given the same 30 day, TDY, presence to Antigua . No OTI there. But a fun NAVFAC. "Don't throw me into that briar patch!"

[michaeltaylor]

YAMATO is just gorgeous. Only the most legendary battleships meet their fate at the bottom of the ocean floor. Bismarck has also earnt her respect.

[johnnelson]

The USS Wisconsin is longer than any of the other Iowa class battleships (I wouldn't know this except we visited it last week in Norfolk and watched a presentation on it. There was a collision with another ship which damaged its bow and they decided to take the bow off the USS Kentucky (which had started construction but by this time they had halted construction of battle ships to concentrate on carriers). Anyway, the USS Wisconsin with its Kentucky bow became the longest Iowa class battleship by about 11 inches.

[stevenpitts]

A 16-inch gun of 50 calibres (16" L/50) has a barrel length of 50 × 16 = 800 in (66 ft 8 in).

[markberger]

When I was just a pre-adolescent whipper snapper, I became enamored with battleships - loved the looks, and - when I was a little older - the histories. This was before I learned that the historic battleship class gave way to what is today the modern aircraft carrier; just look at the Pearl Harbor attack scenario: the Japanese carrier planes were hoping to find and sink all the American aircraft carriers, of which there were three in the Pacific theater. Luckily, Enterprise, Yorktown and Lexington were at sea at the time of the Japanese attack. (The US also had 4 more carriers in the Atlantic). After the Battles of Leyte Gulf, Coral sea, and - most importantly - Midway, America had taken control of the Pacific and - for all intents and purposes - won the War against Japan. Today, the aircraft carrier (not to mention our nuclear submarines!) is the mainstay of our naval presence around the globe, and has probably saved many more lives in many countries just by its presence! LET THE CHINESE AND RUSSIANS TAKE NOTE!!! Meanwhile, we maintain a few battle wagons in case naval support of any conflicts that might arise anywhere in the world are needed. Here's to all three of these iconic naval vessels that have helped protect American lives and those of our allies around the world!

[markreynolds]

The Navy still has one battleship still on active duty and as far as I know it is one the most famous. It's stationed in Pearl Harbor. It's sitting in the mud on the bottom. The Arizona.

[Albert]

We have the Wisconsin here in Norfolk, awesome looking... Great video

[HMS_Agincourt]

Some of the photos you got for the vanguard is actually the king George class

[frederickgates]

Just awesome never been on one can imagine they mustiv been fantastic

[erintaylor]

And Yamamoto took like 14 bombs and 10 torpedo to sink not counting shell hits thats a whip that can stand and slug it out ..

[kevwebb]

USS West Virginia vs IJN Yamashiro was the last Gunfight Between two Battleships. USS West Virginia was modernized with the new Fire control system that is also equipped by the Iowa and late war battleships, during the gunfight against IJN Yamashiro, USS West Virginia made the most hits at night thanks to her fire control systems that replaced the old manned range finders. The US Battleships that are equipped with this Fire Control system are the most powerful. Also, the Yamato Class ended up in the top of the most Useless things in the world.

[jaybee]

IOWAs didn’t have 16.5 inch guns. Maybe you were confused by the caliber? 16”/50

[bcain]

Interesting..I'd put the Yamato's #1 with their size and 18" guns. Didn't expect Vanguard and was expecting the King George's to be on the list..nice to see them in the video though. All were obsolete by wars end. Crazy the Iowa's were used as long as they were.

[hardingdies]

With all you said about the MISSOURI, I'm very surprised you didn't mention the surrender signing aboard her in Tokyo Bay.