Battleship

steamed from the Jade shortly before dawn on 31 May with five battle cruisers, five light cruisers, and 30 destroyers. After Hipper had steamed about 50 miles, Admiral Reinhard Scheer’s main body followed with 16 dreadnoughts, six pre-dreadnought battleships, six light cruisers, and 31 destroyers. The fleet was to pass approximately 50 miles off the Danish Peninsula. (Stokesbury,…

America looked like they were engrossed in Cuba’s Independence but the truth is they were interested in what they were getting from Cuba. The other reason behind Spanish-American war was the sinking of the U.S. battleship Maine in Havana Harbor. On February 15, 1898, the American battleship Maine exploded in Havana Harbor and killed 260 crew member. Though there was no evidence…

their leaders in succession, the column being formed at right angles to the original line of advance. To form the column into the right direction the fleet had to know from which direction the enemy was approaching before he could be seen by the battleships, as this maneuver took longer than two fleets heading towards each other at high speed needed to come within fighting range. It was the task of the scouting forces, consisting of battlecruisers and cruisers, to find the enemy and report from…

used by the union army in 1864, but was hard to operate and always had a lot of problems so it wasn’t the army’s weapon of choice. Another weapon that was designed during the civil war was a battleship known as the iron gun ship. The iron on this battleship was super thick, difficult to sink, and the battleship was usually loaded with canons all around. This ship forever changed naval warfare for America as the union armies decided to keep making them. While new ways of transportation,…

Nimitz had a clear, decisive and achievable objective when Yamamoto had an unclear objective which helped Nimitz to gain superiority. Nimitz also massed his forces to Midway when Yamamoto sent some of his battleships and carrier assets to Aleutians, and the rest to Midway. Yamamoto did not mass his forces, and this resulted in the US superiority. Moreover, the US surprised the Japanese fleet showing up when the Japanese did not expect to come across with the…

The Spartan military may have been strong but the Athenian navy was just as good, if not better. Athenians had control of the sea and were able to develop the strongest battleships of their time. One of the most known battleships is the wooden Triremes because of it’s immense strength and durability. The Triremes countered Persian attacks in the Peloponnesian War and defeated far more powerful attacks in the Bay of Salamis. This disproves the argument…

The Pearl Harbor Incident took place on December 7, 1941 on the Naval Base stationed in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The incident was a surprise attack from the Imperial Japanese Navy that killed approximately 1,177 United States sailors. The Japanese also succeeded in destroying several United States vessels in the process. The attack was caused by the severing of trade by the United States with the Japanese and the refusal to abandon the Chinese. The Japanese government intended for the attack to…

The United States responded by launching its own “dreadnaught”, the USS Michigan, and other nations later followed. Throughout the developments of ships and technology, navies could not afford keeping them all. The process of commissioning ships, as well as decommissioning ships became more and more influential when stronger technological advances came into play. There was no reason to keep a vessel used in the Battle of Ironclads when you have resources to further develop more and more…

Spanish American war, it resulted in a win. While Cuba rose back up the Spanish put them into camps and Cuba went to the U.S. which caused the U.S. to get involved. Yellow Journalism caused an outbreak of war in Havana which made the U.S. send a battleship that blew up right off the coast. Since the battles happened, it caused the U.S. to go to war, but the war had shifted to Cuba, but the rough riders had successfully charged up San Juan Hill and resulting in a win, But if it wasn't for Cuba's…

One of those the short term consequences of the attack on Pearl Harbour was the extreme devastation of the Pacific Fleet. During the attack, over 2000 people were killed, over 200 planes were destroyed and approximately 8 battleships were sunk or badly damaged (A&E Television Networks, 2015). “The attack yesterday… caused severe damage to American naval and military forces. Very many American lives were lost” (Day of Infamy Speech, Draft no 1. December 8, 1941). This quote from…