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To: fugazi

There was a battleship-to-battleship shootout at the Battle of the Surigao Strait in 1944.

9 posted on 06/27/2021 2:52:44 PM PDT by Fiji Hill

To: Fiji Hill

There was also Bismark vs Prince of Wales and Hood in 1941.

13 posted on 06/27/2021 5:13:35 PM PDT by libstripper

To: Fiji Hill; fugazi

Also the Second Battle of Guadalcanal ...

Washington and South Dakota
versus
Kirishima

14 posted on 06/27/2021 5:23:08 PM PDT by BlueLancer (Orchides Forum Trahite - Cordes Et Mentes Veniant)

To: Fiji Hill

"There was a battleship-to-battleship shootout at the Battle of the Surigao Strait in 1944."

Correct...

15 posted on 06/27/2021 6:16:07 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another Sam Adams now that we desperately need him?)

To: Fiji Hill

USS West Virginia BB-48 fired 91 16”/45 AP projectiles during the battle.

16 posted on 06/28/2021 3:29:53 AM PDT by Bull Snipe

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