The only battleship that managed to get underway at Pearl Harbor, Nevada survived bomb and torpedo hits by grounding itself to prevent sinking. Between the wars, Nevada survived the treaty restrictions imposed on the world's leading navies (Great Britain, France, Italy, Japan, and the United States), undergoing modernization between 19. Nevada had a starring role in the drama, serving with a squadron of American battleships supporting the British Grand Fleet and escorting convoys. Even the neutral United States got into the act, and this set the stage for the American Navy's arrival as a force to be reckoned with in the First World War. This was the age of the dreadnought, when the great powers competed to build the biggest, fastest, best-armed and -armored battleships afloat. Nevada's epic began with its design in the years preceding the First World War. This fascinating book describes not only the life of a battleship, but the emergence of the United States as the world's leading naval power. During the ship's career, it served with the British Grand Fleet in the North Sea, withstood the attack on Pearl Harbor, and participated in the invasions of Normandy, Southern France, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. Navy on 31 July 1948, laying to rest a vessel that survived not only two global conflicts but two atomic bombs tested at Bikini Atoll. Launched on 11 July 1914, the USS Nevada (BB 36) was sunk by the U.S.
Younger's Silver State Dreadnought tells the story of a ship and its crew through two world wars. in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in the Department of History.Stephen M. Navy adopted dreadnoughts, its leaders and thinkers were unable to grasp the battlecruiser concept, and decided against building them. Navy, shaped in large part by Alfred Thayer Mahan, was unable to adapt to the new environment suggested by Fisher's ships. This essay concludes that the strategic culture of the U.S. This thesis explores the impact of strategic culture on the United States Navy's reaction to the dreadnought and battlecruiser ship types introduced by the British Navy under Admiral Fisher.Affiliation: College of Arts and Sciences, Department of History.
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