battleship

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bat·tle·ship | \ ˈba-tᵊl-ˌship

Definition of battleship

: a warship of the largest and most heavily armed and armored class

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Recent Examples on the Web He was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. — Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Mar. 2022 Walker was assigned to the battleship, which was moored off Ford Island in Pearl Harbor, when it was attacked. — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Feb. 2022 The battleship also offers ghost tours and escape rooms. — Robin Soslow, Chron, 3 May 2022 At the same time, Emmert’s removal on its own will not be the event that turns the battleship around. — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2022 The last time Russia lost a flagship in wartime was the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05, when Japan sank the battleship Prince Suvorov during the battle of Tsushima that secured Russia’s defeat. — Alastair Gale, WSJ, 15 Apr. 2022 There’s the postage stamp with an image of a Ukrainian soldier defiantly displaying his middle finger to a Russian battleship. — Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2022 The battleship’s loss of life at Pearl Harbor totaled 429 sailors and Marines - second only to the 1,100 lost on the USS Arizona, whose wreck remains a hallowed historical site. — Michael E. Ruane, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Dec. 2021 Once located, Langley would pass the information on to a nearby battleship task force, which would then engage the enemy fleet with its massive 14- to 16-foot-long main guns. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 25 Mar. 2022 See More

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