Tag Archives: battleship

Trumpeter’s April Announcements

Posted on March 7, 2015 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Trumpeter has announced two new WWII-era kits in their April 2015 product updates: Item No. 05770: 1/700th USS Maryland BB-46, 1945 and Item No. 03218: 1/32nd Junkers Ju-87G-2 Stuka.

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Battleship’s Main Battery Directors

Posted on November 15, 2013 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Illustration of U.S. Navy WWII battleship’s main battery directors. Source: Naval Ordnance and Gunnery, NAVPERS 16116, Bureau of Naval Personnel, Training Division, May 1944.

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“Battleship X” is the USS South Dakota

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

After the Battle of Santa Cruz and Guadalcanal, “Battleship X” is identified as the USS South Dakota. Source: Newsmap, U.S. Army Service Forces, Army Information Branch, October 11, 1943. “BATTLESHIP X” IS THE USS SOUTH DAKOTA Because she was the … Continue reading →

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BB in Port

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

BB in Port, All Hands Magazine, August 1944. (U.S. Navy Photo.)

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Wreck of Italian Battleship Roma Discovered

Posted on June 30, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The wreck of the Italian battleship Roma has been located by Italian Navy divers off the coast of Sardinia after a lenghty multi-year search. The battleship Roma was sunk by German aircraft on September 9, 1943 while underway to Malta … Continue reading →

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Battery of the Battleship USS California

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The shining 14-inch 50-caliber main guns, “sentinels of security,” form the forward main battery of the USS California (BB-44). The USS California was sunk on Battleship Row in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, but the ship was … Continue reading →

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The People of Missouri Can Take Pride

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Battleship USS Missouri from All Hands, Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin, October 1945. ‘THE PEOPLE OF MISSOURI CAN TAKE PRIDE…’ On 29 Jan 1944, the Senator from Missouri, Harry Truman, spoke at the launching of the nation’s mightiest battlewagon, … Continue reading →

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Your Battleship and Her Requirements

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Your Battleship and Her Requirements: (Newsmap, May 1944)

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Russian Battleship Sevastopol

Posted on October 22, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Details and illustrations from a U.S. Naval Intelligence 1943 report on the Russian battleship Sevastopol: BATTLESHIP SEVASTOPOL GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS Date laid down: 1909. Date commissioned: 1915. Normal displacement: 23,000 tons. Length overall: 594 feet. Beam: 87 feet. Maximum draft: 27 … Continue reading →

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Arrangement of Guns on Naval Vessels

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Illustation of the typical arrangement of guns on a WWII battleship, cruiser, and destroyer from Naval Ordnance and Gunnery, NAVPERS 16116, Bureau of Naval Personnel, Training Division, May, 1944:  

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