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Article: ARGUMENT RENEWED OVER BATTLESHIPS' ROLE.(Main)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- April 24, 1989
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Byline: Washington Post
They are floating fortresses, the most heavily armored naval vessels steaming the seas and armed with the biggest naval guns in the world.
The blast of a one-ton shell from a U.S. battleship gun leaves a scorched crater in the earth half the size of a football field.
When the rest of the world's navies turned their battleships into scrap metal after World War II, the U.S. Navy coated its behemoth vessels in gray, fish-oil-based paint, stuffed their insides with dehumidifiers and waited for future wars and bigger defense budgets.
Now, a half-decade after President Reagan resurrected the hulking battleships, the ...