During Operation Desert Storm, a creative war plan was put into action that aimed at making Saddam's forces think that a massive beach landing on the ... Iraqi forces further toward the Persian Gulf, turning their focus away from the south and west where throngs of coalition armor were ready to pounce. read more
Pages in category "Gulf War ships of the United States" The following 52 pages are in this category, out of 52 total. This list may not reflect recent changes . read more
Hull numbers BB-65 and BB-66 were originally intended as the first and second ships of the Montana-class of battleships; however the passage of an emergency war building program on 19 July 1940, resulted in both hulls being reordered as Iowa-class units to save time on construction. read more