ext_27571 ([identity profile] philmophlegm.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] ladyofastolat 2007-06-10 10:32 am (UTC)

Not even the US Navy has battleships now. Their last WW2 battleships were decommissioned in the 1990s I think, and I have a feeling that I've read somewhere that they aren't even in mothballs any more.

The closest to a battleship (in physical form) in any current navy are the Russian Kirov class battlecruisers, but even they are a lot smaller than say Bismarck or HMS Hood.

In terms of purpose, the closest thing to a battleship you'll see in a modern navy would be something like a Trafalgar class submarine, or the Astute class launched this week in Barrow.

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