Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – America’s 175 Fletcher-class destroyers, launched beginning in 1942, became WWII’s definitive U.S. workhorse and later fought in Korea and...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – USS Illinois (BB-65) was planned as the fifth Iowa-class battleship, laid down in late 1942 at Philadelphia. -By 1945...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Conceived during WWII but commissioned after, the three Midway-class carriers—Midway, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Coral Sea—bridged piston aircraft and...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Launched too late for WWII, the Essex-class USS Princeton (CV-37) quickly earned distinction in Korea, flying hundreds of strike...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – IJN Musashi—sister ship to Yamato—was among the largest, most heavily armed battleships ever built. -Laid down in Nagasaki and...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – USS Missouri (BB-63) embodied the last, best expression of American battleship power just as aircraft carriers took over the...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The South Dakota-class (South Dakota, Indiana, Massachusetts, Alabama) delivered the mix WWII demanded: nine 16″/45 guns, 16 dual-purpose 5″,...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – USS Wisconsin (BB-64) served across three eras: screening carriers and bombarding shores in WWII, smashing rail hubs and batteries...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Commissioned in the 1930s and sponsored by Eleanor Roosevelt, USS Yorktown (CV-5) fought from Tulagi to Coral Sea, then...