![]() ![]() If it was still not obvious in 1942, it became so in 1943. ![]() This contributed to satisfy the ‘old guard’ of the Navy, those who knew the days of “great white fleet” in the shadow of Mahan, but not the youngest which saw in the carriers the new capital ships. That was certainly as a major blow to any Navy and was certainly perceived as a catastrophe for the admiralty, but not only the aircraft carriers soon showed what they can accomplish, but the pacific losses only amounted to two total losses, the other six were soon rebuilt and modernized whereas another four modern super-dreadnoughts joined the fray in 1943, four more in 1944 largely making up for the losses. This was the entire Pacific Fleet’s main striking force. Meanwhil eight were on the bottom of Pearl Harbour, notably the famous “battleship row”, the two Tennessee and four Colorado, and USS Nevada. The US Navy started on the evening of December, 7, 1941, with a fleet virtually left with half of its battleships, notably the two recent North Carolina class, and WW1 veterans such as the Wyoming class, New York class, and New Mexico class. This “old guard” was no longer in service in 1941. USS Utah in the Atlantic, camouflaged in 1918. Despite two coastlines to defend and a few overseas possessions, an opinion and a congress opposed to the war, the fleet’s hopes rested on no less than twenty battleships, at the time, the largest capital ships force worldwide: The Wyoming (2), New York (2), Nevada (2), Pennsylvania (2), New mexico (3) classes built before and during the great war, and the post-war Tennessee (2) and Maryland (4) which were of the late “super-dreadnought” type, plus the 1940 North Carolina (2), of the brand new “fast battleship” breed. Two generations of battleships: On December 6, 1941, the US Navy was confident. ![]()
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