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Originally Posted by Torplexed
These three warships do summarize the fall of the battleship from grace well. All were victims of airpower. Maybe Bismarck to a lesser extent, but they still sealed her fate.
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Indeed its the airplane not the torpedo boat or submarine
that killed the battleship
secondary batteries were largely flawed that way outside the US.
Roma, Conte d Cavour, Tirpitz, Prince of wales, Repulse ,Arizona,
Oklahoma, Yamato and Musahi can attest to the effectiveness of
aircraft in naval combat.
only Hiei, Fuso, and Scharnhorst support an anti surface secondary
shore bombardment by battleships while impressive psychologically
was better done by six and eight inch gun cruisers which were
cheaper too. the only effective wwII role for battleships really
was as superior AA escorts in the carrier groups and at least
in the case of the USN they knew no equal.
M