Talk:Battleship
Battleship/Definition
Howard, isn't this definition redundant?
- "A heavily-armored, warship optimized for fighting other warships using large-caliber guns; certain armor requirements differentiated from cruisers; obsolete by end of World War II."
Yes, tonnage plays a role in the definition of a battleship. To my way of thinking, a battleship is a heavy, all-big-gun ship descendant in design from the HMS ''Dreadnought''. We don't need to get an all inclusive definition (some were fast some were slow; and then there was the Battlecruiser variant, and the pocket battleship), but one that covers just the essentials. And, yes, there was a universal naval doctrine that like ships fight like ships. And come to think of it, some battleships just didn't have the armor (HMS Lion comes to mind); or were these classified as battlecruisers? And then there was the USS Alaska and Guam; the Graf Spee and sisters. Hey, I just thought about the Dictionary of American Fighting Ships. How do they define a battleship? Russell D. Jones 19:17, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
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