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- The Most Decorated Battleship in U.S. History Gets an Overdue Face-Lift https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/01/nyregion/battleship-new-jersey-repairs.html 5 comments
- [Ramirez] Baltimore Ravens DC Don Martindale on #Chargers QB Justin Herbert, “He’s one of those guys who could throw a strawberry through a battleship.” https://twitter.com/RealFRamirez/status/1448688223035682816?s=20 21 comments nfl
- TIL the US Navy conducted mock air attacks by aircraft carrier on Pearl Harbor in 1932 and 1938. In both exercises the attacks were successful, demonstrating the importance of air power over battleships. Both exercises were ignored by the US Navy but were studied carefully by the IJN. https://newsletter.butwhatfor.com/p/an-attack-on-pearl-harbor 5 comments navy
- A small battleship game in Elm https://guid75.github.io/battleship/ 5 comments elm
- Iron Duke: Great Britain's World War I Super Battleship https://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/iron-duke-great-britains-world-war-i-super-battleship-19896 8 comments history
- How Hitler's Most Powerful Battleship Sunk the Pride of the Royal Navy http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/how-hitlers-most-powerful-battleship-sunk-the-pride-the-24331 54 comments europe
- The government plans to make public testimony denying Koreans were forced to work under harsh conditions during WW II at what is now UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site - South Korea...maintains workers were forced to work in Hashima Coal Mine off Nagasaki, or what is known as "Battleship Island". https://japantoday.com/category/national/locals-deny-forced-labor-by-koreans-at-coal-mine-now-unesco-site 2 comments worldnews
- Just found out the British signed their armistice with the Ottoman Empire on a battleship called the HMS Agamemnon. Was the ship intentionally chosen for its namesake Iliad parallels? https://www.reddit.com/r/history/comments/6vfo50/just_found_out_the_british_signed_their_armistice/ 12 comments history
- Donald Trump’s handling of North Korea is ‘like he’s playing Battleship between golf games’ says commentator http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-north-korea-latest-anna-navarro-like-playing-battleship-between-golf-games-a7889201.html 8 comments politics
- The first image generated of a scuttled German battleship at Scapa Flow after a multibeam echosounder survey has been released. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-40862458 10 comments worldnews
- The U.S. Navy's Stealthy Zumwalt Class Destoyer: America’s New 'Pocket' Battleships? http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/the-us-navys-stealthy-zumwalt-class-destoyer-americas-new-21713 24 comments navy
- Iran accuses US navy of firing warning shots at its vessels | USS Nimitz and accompanying battleship drew close to a rocket-bearing Iranian vessel in Persian Gulf on Friday, according to Revolutionary Guard’s website https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/29/iran-us-navy-warning-shots-persian-gulf 8 comments worldnews
- Who would win? A WW2 Battleship, or a modern ship firing one Mk45 gun only; but with advanced ammunition? https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/bae-leonardo-ammunition-triple-type-26-frigate-gun-range/ 5 comments technology
- Russian battleships & submarine fire 6 cruise missiles on ISIS targets in Syria https://www.rt.com/news/393667-russian-navy-isis-cruise-missiles/ 27 comments worldnews
- In 1905, Japanese Battleships Pulverized a Russian Fleet https://warisboring.com/41980-2/ 5 comments history
- Had to make a battleship for my c++ course, this article helped me make a good AI http://www.datagenetics.com/blog/december32011/index.html 16 comments compsci
- Optimal strategy for battleship https://www.reddit.com/r/math/comments/5ilury/optimal_strategy_for_battleship/ 20 comments math
- [x-post /r/dataisbeautiful] Battleship game algorithm comparison with results http://www.datagenetics.com/blog/december32011/ 22 comments programming
- Russia is bringing back the battleship http://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/military/russia-is-bringing-back-the-battleship-refurbishing-cold-war-warriors-with-ultrafast-new-missiles/news-story/6bad04422afd816e7a97ef64d2d54b14 3 comments worldnews
- Rare images have emerged of Italy's WWII Battleship Roma showing a very luxury interior http://www.argunners.com/seldom-interior-images-of-italys-wwii-battleship-roma/ 6 comments worldnews
- Seldom images have unearthed of Italy's WW2 Battleship ROMA (Corazzata Roma) http://www.argunners.com/seldom-interior-images-of-italys-wwii-battleship-roma/ 3 comments italy
- Paul Allen and team explore the wreckage of WWII Japanese Battleship, Musashi, live at 9pm EST http://musashi.paulallen.com/ 2 comments history
- American billionaire Paul Allen has announced the discovery of the famous World War Two Japanese battleship, the Musashi, more than 70 years after it was sunk by US forces http://m.bbc.com/news/world-asia-31724995 397 comments worldnews
- Battleships and Diplomacy, 1914 http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/anecdotes-from-the-archive/2014/12/05/battleships-and-diplomacy-1914/ 9 comments history
- "Battleship" board game gets real, dad points gun at daughter http://www.cbsnews.com/news/battleship-board-game-gets-real-utah-dad-points-gun-at-daughter/ 11 comments nottheonion
- An English diary written in the United States in the early 1900s by Chiaki Matsuda, who served as captain of the Japanese battleship "Yamato" during World War II, has been found. http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20140814p2a00m0na008000c.html 17 comments history
- How does the Navy's railgun compare to the guns battleships used to have? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16%22/50_caliber_Mark_7_gun 22 comments askscience
- If you didn't like the movie Battleship you will like this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kmatKUBBck 18 comments navy
- Russian battleships in Bosporus http://www.sanliurfa.com/mohaber-133607-russian_battleships_in_bosporus.htm 4 comments worldnews
- Battleship Earth: Does The Pentagon Have The Right Weapons To Fight Off An Alien Invasion? http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/05/31/battleship_earth?page=full 23 comments technology
- My bro wants to bail on his history blog, but it's full of cool shit like this about the Russian Battleship Potemkin's 1905 Mutiny, that's just too good to give up on. http://whatupnerds.blogspot.com/2012/08/omg-needs-more-potemkin.html 3 comments history
- Software testing, as a game of Battleship http://blog.ezyang.com/2011/12/bugs-and-battleships/ 4 comments programming
- A $200 million film based on a board game, staring Liam Neeson: Battleship... anyone else predict a flop? http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/universal/battleship 4 comments reddit.com
- Beer tank & battleship: meet the Beer Bomber. http://api.photoshop.com/home_27c3763abf37432394ce88187db6423b/adobe-px-thumbnails/a435446e57cd48a6ad82fde260dc086d/1024.jpg 5 comments reddit.com
- On This Day 1941: British Royal Navy sinks German battleship Bismarck, three days after the sinking of Britain's battlecruiser Hood. http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/may/british-royal-navy-sinks-german-battleship-bismarck.html 5 comments history
- Someone submitted pictures of a Lego aircraft carrier as a battleship. I was disappointed. Here is HMS Hood. In Lego. http://www.flickr.com/photos/legomonster/2934568744/in/set-72157604081309563/ 6 comments reddit.com
- M80 Stiletto Battleship http://www.the-amazing.com/?p=237 18 comments science
- Sunken French Battleship Found in Good Condition http://news.softpedia.com/news/sunken-french-battleship-found-in-good-conditions-104938.shtml 11 comments history
- Which WW2 Battleship Was the Best? Yamato? Bismarck? Nope! http://www.combinedfleet.com/baddest.htm 6 comments history
- If China, Iran, and Venezuela sent a fleet of destroyers and battleships into the Gulf of Mexico for joint war games, how would U.S. officials respond? Wouldn't they go ape? http://counterpunch.com/hornberger01122008.html 47 comments politics
