![]() CSS Virginia and USS Monitor at the 1862 Battle of Hampton Roads The modern armored ship entered popular American culture with the 1862 ironclad battle between the Union’s USS Monitor and the Confederacy’s CSS Virginia (often referred to by its Union moniker Merrimack). (The 2012 summer movie spectacular Battleship may have reinvigorated some of the calls to reactivate the big ships following the glorious montage of the USS Missouri coming to life to fight maritime aliens).īefore killing the buzz of why bringing back the Iowa-class ships doesn’t make sense, let’s take a quick history tangent. The argument goes like this: The four remaining World War II Iowa-class battleships are cheaper to operate, cheaper than building new ships, and provide powerful and much-needed weapons (giant 16-inch guns-that’s the diameter of the shell, not the length of the barrel) to the U.S. Navy to get back into the battleship business. ![]() Those who cover the militarized aspects of the ocean eventually will encounter a group of people who want the U.S. ![]() A fantastic spectacle but anachronistic in 21st century warfare. ![]()
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