Article: Battleship misinformation; What is the Navy thinking?(OPED)

Article: Questions Over Battleship Role Resurface; Navy ...
The Washington Post;  April 23, 1989 ;     700+ words ... ... a U.S. battleship gun leaves ... world's navies turned their battleships into scrap ... the U.S. Navy coated its ... years. "The battleship was obsolete ... do with a battleship," said Navy spokesman ... that the battleships are military ...

Issues Related to Navy Battleships.
General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony;  February 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... U.S. Navy battleships provided an impressive ... in 1991, the Navy's Iowa class battleships provided Naval ... last Iowa class battleship was decommissioned ... concerned that the Navy would not be ... comparable to the battleships until well into ...

Article: Navy's plan to retire last battleships makes ...
The Virginian Pilot;  December 10, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... At present the Navy's active fleet ... reactivating the two battleships. "The Navy's attempt to rectify ... Currently, the Navy uses 5-inch guns ... operations. The battleship supporters say that only battleships can provide accurate ...

Article: Navy's last 2 battleships may become museums
Capital (Annapolis);  December 10, 2005 ;     637 words ... ... At present the Navy's active fleet ... reactivating the two battleships. "The Navy's attempt to rectify ... Currently, the Navy uses 5-inch guns ... operations. The battleship supporters say that only battleships can provide accurate ...

Article: Navy's Last 2 Battleships to Be Decommissioned
The Washington Post;  December 21, 2005 ;     622 words ... ... At present the Navy's active fleet ... reactivating the two battleships. "The Navy's attempt to rectify ... Currently, the Navy uses 5-inch guns ... operations. The battleship supporters say that only battleships can provide accurate ...

Article: NAVY IS MUM ON NORFOLK'S CHANCES FOR ...
The Virginian Pilot;  December 17, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... an edge to berth the battleship Wisconsin, the Navy still is not saying ... time, on Wednesday the Navy stated clearly that ... historic World War II-era battleship will one day be berthed ... are getting from the Navy seem to be positive ...

Article: BATTLESHIP MISSOURI IS SET TO MOVE SOON FROM PUGET SOUND ...
St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO);  December 7, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... Bremerton for the battleship. "We want to do ... trying to get the Navy's decision reversed ... several years at a Navy pier on Ford Island ... the island where battleships moored during the ... the rest of the Navy base. Later, a ... the harbor to the battleship, she said. A Navy ...