Battleships
| Name | Location | Date | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 21°21′N 157°57′W / 21.35°N 157.95°W / 21.35; -157.95, Pearl Harbor | 01941-12-077 December 1941 | Sunk by carrier-based aircraft bombs |
| Oklahoma | Pearl Harbor | 01941-12-077 December 1941 | Sunk by carrier-based aircraft torpedoes, raised in 1943, sank 17 May 1947 in a storm while being towed to San Francisco for scrapping |
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Famous quotes containing the word battleships:
“By and by when each nation has 20,000 battleships and 5,000,000 soldiers we shall all be safe and the wisdom of statesmanship will stand confirmed.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)