One torpedo struck the mighty
battleship in the rudders -- her Achilles' heel -- and jammed them.
While America, Britain, France, and Italy continued to operate
battleships after the Second World War, the design and construction costs of
battleships proved exorbitant in relation to their utility in the era of the aircraft carrier.
Some of the men trapped inside the capsized Oklahoma were able to be rescued when crews cut open sections of the bottom of the
battleship to reach the trapped sailors.
This supreme manufacturing achievement, and the fact that most of the firms who made it possible have now gone, is the focus of Ian Buxton's book The
Battleship Builders, written with co-author Ian Johnston, from Seaforth Publishing.
It is fashionable in small naval circles to say that the age of the
battleship is over, having been superseded by the aircraft carrier.
Allen, and his research team will broadcast a live-stream tour of the wreckage of the Japanese
battleship Musashi, one of the most renowned and technologically advanced
battleships in history.
Malcolm Byrne, a retired Navy lieutenant had a self-made wooden boat, being built up in stages throughout his talk until a replica Dreadnought
battleship was on view.
The actress, 25, joked that her
Battleship co-star is more intimidating than the extraterrestrial creatures her character encounters in the sci-fi action movie.