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Are there any battleships today in service?

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If you're asking if are there still battleships that were built and are still in existence, then yes. Nine of them are maintained as museum ships - 8 are in the United States (Iowa, New Jersey, Missouri, Wisconsin, Alabama, Massachusetts, North Carolina, and Texas) and there's one (Mikasa) in Japan. read more

If you're asking if are there still battleships that were built and are still in existence, then yes. Nine of them are maintained as museum ships - 8 are in the United States (Iowa, New Jersey, Missouri, Wisconsin, Alabama, Massachusetts, North Carolina, and Texas) and there's one (Mikasa) in Japan. read more

Except for Kearsarge, named by an act of Congress, all U.S. Navy battleships have been named for states, and each of the 48 contiguous states has had at least one battleship named for it except Montana; two battleships were authorized to be named Montana but both were cancelled before construction started. read more

The chief surface ships of the U.S. Navy (USN) today displace less than a quarter that of the battleships of World War II. (Recommended: 5 Best Aircraft Carriers of All Time) Post-WWII ships also, broadly speaking, discarded the idea of armor as a means of ensuring survivability. read more

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